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Pilot information for Charlottesville Albemarle Airport

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General information for Charlottesville Albemarle Airport

Airport codes: CHO KCHO
Type: regional airport
Scheduled airline service: yes
Serves: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Latitude: 38.138599 | 38 8.315964 N | N38 08 18
Longitude: -78.452904 | 78 27.174225 W | W078 27 10
Field elevation: 639 ft/195 m MSL
Magnetic variation: 9.29°W

Radio communication frequencies for Charlottesville Albemarle Airport

A/D: 132.85 MHz (POTOMAC APP/DEP)
ASOS: 118.425 MHz
ATIS: 118.425 MHz
CTAF: 124.5 MHz
GND: 121.9 MHz
RDO: 122.2 MHz (LEESBURG RDO)
TWR: 124.5 MHz
UNIC: 122.95 MHz (UNICOM)

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Runways at Charlottesville Albemarle Airport

03/21
6,001 x 150 ft (1,829 x 46 m) — paved — lighted

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Aviation weather for Charlottesville Albemarle Airport

Current conditions (METAR) for Charlottesville Albemarle Airport

Retrieved 2012/05/26 23:53: 

KCHO 262353Z 17005KT 10SM CLR 28/19 A3013

Forecast (TAF) for Charlottesville Albemarle Airport

Retrieved 2012/05/26 00:33: 

TAF KCHO 262327Z 2700/2724 17006KT P6SM FEW028 
     FM270700 00000KT 5SM BR SCT250 
     FM271000 VRB03KT 3SM BR BKN007 
     FM271400 15005KT P6SM SCT250

Notices to Airmen (NOTAM) for Charlottesville Albemarle Airport

Please confirm all NOTAMs at the original source! These are for information only, and may be wrong, out of date, or incomplete.

NOTAM 05/017: Charlottesville Albemarle Airport (KCHO) 
!CHO 05/017 CHO NAV ILS RWY 3 LLZ/GP/DME OTS WEF
 1205291300-1205291800
CREATED: 26 May 2012 17:49:00 
SOURCE: KDCAYFYX
NOTAM 05/012: Charlottesville Albemarle Airport (KCHO) 
!CHO 05/012 CHO OBST TOWER 890 (530 AGL) 5.46 S LGTS OTS (ASR
 1064938) TIL 1206011826
CREATED: 17 May 2012 18:27:00 
SOURCE: KBUFYFYX
NOTAM 04/020: Charlottesville Albemarle Airport (KCHO) 
!CHO 04/020 CHO SVC ASOS WIND RELIABLE
CREATED: 27 Apr 2012 17:49:00 
SOURCE: KAOOYFYX
NOTAM 04/016: Charlottesville Albemarle Airport (KCHO) 
!CHO 04/016 CHO SVC ASOS SENSOR GROUP RELOCATED NOW
 380814N/0782818.48W
CREATED: 25 Apr 2012 22:16:00 
SOURCE: KDCAYFYX
NOTAM 03/016: Charlottesville Albemarle Airport (KCHO) 
!CHO 03/016 CHO APRON AIR CARRIER RAMP WORK IN PROGRESS CRACK SEALING
CREATED: 20 Mar 2012 16:15:00 
SOURCE: KBGRYFYX
NOTAM 2/9251: Charlottesville Albemarle Airport (KCHO) 
!FDC 2/9251 CHO SVC CHARLOTTSVILLE   ALBEMARIE AIRPORT AUTOMATIC 
DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE, ESSENTIAL SERVICE BROADCAST. EFFECTIVE MARCH 
30, 2012. THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) HAS ADOPTED TWO 
ADS-B DATA LINKS: 1090 MHZ EXTENDED SQUITTER (1090ES) AND 978 MHZ 
UNIVERSAL ACCESS TRANSCEIVER (UAT). THE TWO LINKS OPERATE SIMILARLY 
AND SUPPORT TRAFFIC INFORMATION SERVICE-BROADCAST (TIS-B). 
ADDITIONALLY, THE UAT LINK SUPPORTS FLIGHT INFORMATION SERVICE- 
BROADCAST (FIS-B). TIS-B SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE 
NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM (NAS) WHERE THERE ARE BOTH ADEQUATE 
SURVEILLANCE COVERAGE (RADAR) AND ADEQUATE BROADCAST COVERAGE FROM 
ADS-B GROUND STATIONS. FIS-B SERVICE AVAILABILITY IS EXPECTED 
THROUGHOUT THE NAS IN 2013, AND IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE WITHIN CERTAIN
REGIONS. THIS NOTAM ANNOUNCES THE AVAILABILITY OF THE INITIAL TIS-B 
AND FIS-B CAPABILITY WITH THE CHARLOTTSVILLE   ALBEMARIE CHO 
AIRSPACE. THE FAA IS DEVELOPING POLICY GUIDANCE MATERIAL ON AUTOMATIC
DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE-BROADCAST (ADS-B), ESSENTIAL SERVICES- TIS-B 
AND FIS-B THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED IN TRADITIONAL SOURCE REFERENCES 
SUCH AS THE AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION MANUAL (AIM). REPORTS OF TIS-B 
AND FIS-B MALFUNCTIONS SHOULD BE REPORTED BY RADIO OR TELEPHONE TO 
THE NEAREST FLIGHT SERVICE STATION (FSS) FACILITY.
CREATED: 28 Mar 2012 15:25:00 
SOURCE: KDZZNAXX