FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 09 FEBRUARY 2012
Location
| FAA Identifier: | GVE |
| Lat/Long: | 38-09-21.5860N / 078-09-56.8080W
38-09.359767N / 078-09.946800W
38.1559961 / -78.1657800
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 454 ft. / 138 m (estimated) |
| Variation: | 10W (2010) |
| From city: | 3 miles NE of GORDONSVILLE, VA |
| Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time) |
| Zip code: | 22942 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 03/1940 |
| Sectional chart: | WASHINGTON |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | WASHINGTON CENTER |
| FSS: | LEESBURG FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | DCA (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | UNATTND |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | no |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN
ACTIVATE MIRL RY 05/23 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 123.0 |
| POTOMAC APPROACH: | 132.85 |
| POTOMAC DEPARTURE: | 132.85 |
| WX AWOS-3 at OMH (8 nm NE): | 118.075 (540-672-0505) |
| WX AWOS-3 at LKU (13 nm SE): | 119.475 (540-967-1983) |
| WX ASOS at CHO (14 nm W): | 118.425 (434-973-5024) |
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| GVEr002/8.6 | | GORDONSVILLE VORTAC | | 115.60 | | 06W |
| CSNr212/32.4 | | CASANOVA VORTAC | | 116.30 | | 06W |
| BRVr263/39.8 | | BROOKE VORTAC | | 114.50 | | 09W |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| LOUISA | | 308/16.6 | | 382 | | 09W | | IQK | .. --.- -.- |
| AZALEA PARK | | 070/18.8 | | 336 | | 08W | | AZS | .- --.. ... |
| NAILR | | 224/21.7 | | 351 | | 10W | | MSQ | -- ... --.- |
| SHANNON | | 269/34.4 | | 237 | | 10W | | EZF | . --.. ..-. |
| CAVERNS | | 165/35.6 | | 245 | | 09W | | LUA | .-.. ..- .- |
| BRIDGEWATER | | 116/39.5 | | 241 | | 07W | | VBW | ...- -... .-- |
| ASHEY | | 314/39.8 | | 280 | | 09W | | LJK | .-.. .--- -.- |
| A P HILL | | 286/39.9 | | 396 | | 10W | | APH | .- .--. .... |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL |
| Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | MINOR |
| Powerplant service: | MINOR |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 5/23
| Dimensions: | 2300 x 40 ft. / 701 x 12 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in poor condition
OLD CRACKSEAL SIX INCHES WIDE IN PLACES, VERY SOFT |
| Weight bearing capacity: | |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| Runway edge markings: | NPI MARKINGS ARE NONSTANDARD. SIX BARS THAT ARE NOT STANDARD SIZE. |
| RUNWAY 5 | | RUNWAY 23 |
| Latitude: | 38-09.209850N | | 38-09.508617N |
| Longitude: | 078-10.094100W | | 078-09.798933W |
| Elevation: | 453.0 ft. | | 442.0 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 048 magnetic, 038 true | | 228 magnetic, 218 true |
| Displaced threshold: | no | | 440 ft. |
| Markings: | NSTD, in fair condition | | NSTD, in fair condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | panels that may or may not be lighted, on right | | panels that may or may not be lighted, on right |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | 7 ft. tree, 216 ft. from runway, 73 ft. left of centerline, 2:1 slope to clear
TREE 187 FT FM RY END AND 73 FT LEFT ON APCH IS 7 FT ABV THE RY END ELEVATION. | | 69 ft. tree, 929 ft. from runway, 115 ft. right of centerline, 10:1 slope to clear
RY 23 APCH RATIO 0:1 TO DSPLCD THLD; +11 FT TREE 57 FT FM DSPLCD THLD; 115 FT L BASED ON DSPLCD THLD. |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | TOWN OF GORDONSVILLE
P.O. BOX 276
GORDONSVILLE, VA 22942
Phone 540-832-2233 |
| Manager: | BRENT HALL
PO BOX 518
GORDONSVILLE, VA 22942
Phone 434-996-5911 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 13 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 11 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 1 | | Ultralights: | | 1 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 26/day * | | 74% | local general aviation | | 22% | transient general aviation | | 3% | military | | <1% | air taxi | | * for 12-month period ending 30 June 2011 | |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 9 February 2012 at 0901Z and 8 March 2012 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| RNAV (GPS) RWY 05 | |
download (185KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 23 | |
download (193KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (84KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KOMH - Orange County Airport (8 nm NE)
KLKU - Louisa County Airport/Freeman Field (13 nm SE)
KCHO - Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport (14 nm W)
7W4 - Lake Anna Airport (23 nm SE)
KCJR - Culpeper Regional Airport (26 nm NE)
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| Aerial photo |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo taken 26-Oct-2008
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 13-Feb-2012
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(UTC-5) | | Zulu
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:39 | | 11:39 |
| Sunrise | | 07:06 | | 12:06 |
| Sunset | | 17:48 | | 22:48 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 18:15 | | 23:15 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 13-Feb-2012 16:22:11 |
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| Local (UTC-5) | 13-Feb-2012 11:22:11 |
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| METAR |
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KOMH
8nm NE | 131455Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM CLR 02/M08 A3021 RMK AO2
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KLKU
13nm SE | 131455Z AUTO 21006KT 10SM CLR 02/M09 A3019 RMK AO2
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KCHO
13nm W | 131453Z VRB04KT 10SM CLR 03/M13 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP224 T00331128 53006
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KCHO
13nm W | 131131Z 1312/1412 22004KT P6SM SKC FM132300 20004KT P6SM SCT070 BKN200 FM140600 VRB03KT P6SM BKN040 OVC100
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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