Charlottesville Albemarle Airport Guide
Charlottesville Albemarle Airport sits in Albemarle County, about eight miles north of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia. It is a public airport run by the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport Authority and has served scheduled airline traffic since Piedmont Airlines began flying there in 1955.
The airport handled 720,856 passengers and 133,014 aircraft operations in fiscal year 2025, with 6,981 scheduled flights. A single asphalt runway, 3/21, measures 6,801 feet (2,073 m). Passenger service is regional, with American Eagle, Delta Connection and United Express flights linking the airport to hubs at Charlotte, Atlanta, Chicago O'Hare, Newark, Washington Dulles and New York LaGuardia.
Everything runs through one 60,000 square foot terminal. Rental cars, ground transportation and food service are on site, so connections between the flight, the car and the road are short.
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Location
Key facts
- Size
- 721K passengers (2025)1 runwayopened 1955
- Location
- 38.139, -78.453
- Operator
- Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport Authority
- Links
- Wikipedia ↗
Terminals
1 terminalCharlottesville Albemarle Airport has 1 passenger terminal — Main Terminal, handling domestic flights for around 3 airlines. Check which terminal your airline uses before you travel, as check-in, security and boarding points differ between them, and moving from one to another can take time.
- Main TerminalDomestic
American Eagle, Delta, United Express
Nearby cities
1 cityCharlottesville Albemarle Airport is closest to Charlottesville (13 km south). With 1 town or city within reach, it is a practical gateway for the wider region. Distances shown are straight-line from the airport, so allow extra time for road transfers, traffic and parking.
- Charlottesville13 km south
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