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KGVE Gordonsville Municipal Airport
Gordonsville, Virginia, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 JULY 2009

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: 06W (1965)
From city: 3 miles NE of GORDONSVILLE, VA
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard 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
GVEr002/8.6GORDONSVILLE VORTAC115.6006W
CSNr212/32.4CASANOVA VORTAC116.3006W
BRVr263/39.8BROOKE VORTAC114.5009W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
LOUISA308/16.638209WIQK .. --.- -.-
AZALEA PARK070/18.833608WAZS .- --.. ...
NAILR224/21.735110WMSQ -- ... --.-
SHANNON269/34.423710WEZF . --.. ..-.
CAVERNS165/35.624509WLUA .-.. ..- .-
BRIDGEWATER116/39.524107WVBW ...- -... .--
ASHEY314/39.828009WLJK .-.. .--- -.-
A P HILL286/39.939610WAPH .- .--. ....

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: 
Single wheel: 12.5
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 5  RUNWAY 23
Latitude: 38-09.209850N38-09.508617N
Longitude: 078-10.094100W078-09.798933W
Elevation: 453.0 ft.442.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 044 magnetic, 038 true224 magnetic, 218 true
Displaced threshold: no440 ft.
Markings: nonprecision, in fair conditionnonprecision, in fair condition
Visual slope indicator: panels that may or may not be lighted, on rightpanels that may or may not be lighted, on right
Obstructions: 25 ft. tree, 387 ft. from runway, 85 ft. right of centerline, 7:1 slope to clear
TREE 184 FT FM RY END & 74 FT LEFT ON APCH IS 13 FT ABOVE THE RY END ELEV.
37 ft. tree, 296 ft. from runway, 25 ft. right of centerline, 2:1 slope to clear
RY 23 APCH RATIO 0:1 TO DSPD THLD; +26 FT TREE 23 FT FM DSPLCD THLD; 115 FT L BASED ON DSPD 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
    
Aircraft operations: avg 26/day *
74% local general aviation
22% transient general aviation
3% military
<1% air taxi
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2007

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at KGVE.

Some 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)
KCJR - Culpeper Regional Airport (26 nm NE)
KHWY - Warrenton-Fauquier Airport (34 nm NE)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 05-Jul-2009
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:2509:25
Sunrise05:5609:56
Sunset20:3800:38
Evening civil twilight21:0901:09

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  05-Jul-2009 20:50:31
Local (UTC-4)  05-Jul-2009 16:50:31
 
METAR
KOMH 
8nm NE 
052020Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT005 OVC016 17/17 A2993 RMK AO2
KLKU 
13nm SE 
052020Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM -DZ SCT004 OVC019 18/18 A2990 RMK AO2
KCHO 
13nm W 
052009Z 00000KT 2 1/2SM BR BKN008 OVC020 17/16 A2991 RMK AO2
TAF
KCHO 
13nm W 
051720Z 0518/0618 17004KT 5SM BR VCSH SCT010 BKN025 OVC050 TEMPO 0518/0522 2SM -SHRA BR BKN008 FM052300 VRB03KT 5SM BR BKN020 OVC100 FM060400 VRB03KT 3SM BR FEW001 SCT080 TEMPO 0604/0608 1SM BR FM061300 VRB03KT P6SM SKC
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

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Hotels near Gordonsville Municipal Airport

Miles Price ($)
BEST WESTERN CROSSROADS INN 3.2 90-140
SHENANDOAH CROSSING 5.4 199-200

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

Hotels in other cities near Gordonsville Municipal Airport

1 in Keswick
21 in Charlottesville
 

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