Culpeper Regional Airport Explained

Culpeper Regional Airport
Icao:KCJR
Faa:CJR
Type:Public
Owner:County of Culpeper
City-Served:Culpeper, Virginia
Location:Brandy Station, Virginia
Elevation-F:316
Elevation-M:96
Coordinates:38.5256°N -77.8597°W
Pushpin Map:USA Virginia Northern#USA Virginia
Pushpin Label:KCJR
R1-Number:4/22
R1-Length-F:5,000
R1-Length-M:1,524
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2007
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:55,767
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:117
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] [2]

Culpeper Regional Airport is a county-owned public-use airport located seven nautical miles (13 km) northeast of Culpeper, a town in Culpeper County, Virginia, United States. Located in Brandy Station, Virginia, the airport opened in 1968. The runway originally measured 3200 ft. by 75 ft. In 1983, the runway was lengthened to 4000 ft. In 2004, the runway was expanded to 5000 ft. by 100 ft. It can handle corporate-size jets and large twin-engine aircraft. The airport has an airfest every October since 1998, with performances such as aerobatics.

Brandy Station Battlefield

The airport is located within the core battlefield of Brandy Station, as defined by the American Battlefield Protection Program. It was the site of the largest cavalry battle in the western hemisphere. In the first phase of the Battle of Brandy Station, Confederate artillery was set up in a line, the east end of which was on the current site of the airport. Union cavalry charged on their position, but was repulsed, and the fighting went on further to the north.

Facilities and aircraft

Culpeper Regional Airport covers an area of 301acres at an elevation of 316feet above mean sea level. It has one asphalt-paved runway designated 4/22 which measures 5,000 by 100 feet (1,524 × 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2012, the airport had 66,067 aircraft operations, an average of 181 per day: 94% general aviation, 5% military and 1% air taxi. At that time there were 114 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine, 4% multi-engine, 3% helicopter and 3% ultralight.

References

  1. , effective 2014-04-03.
  2. http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KCJR Great Circle Mapper: KCJR – Culpeper, Virginia (Culpeper Regional Airport)

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