Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport

D&D Lawn Care, LLC, a local company providing quality lawn services for Albemarle and Greene Counties since 1992, has provided a new look to one of the garden areas in front of the CHO terminal. The words CHO, in begonias, are surrounded by a variety of flowers, and accented with boxwoods, azaleas and a Japanese Maple Tree. Thanks to D&D Lawn Care for their great work.

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 Two airlines will be making some changes in their current CHO service for the remainder of 2010.

• 1. US Airways

Effective June 1, 2010: US Airways added a 7^th daily Charlotte, NC departure flight (5^th regional jet) at 0725 A.M arriving back at CHO at 11:18 A.M. US Airways accounts for over 50% of CHO's commercial traffic and Charlotte Douglas International Airport offers Central Virginian's a connection to hundreds of destinations worldwide.

• 2. Delta Airlines

Effective August 1, 2010: Delta Airlines will discontinue its service to Detroit, MI. for the Fall quarter. Delta will be losing over 60 aircraft, including 33 regional jets, for the remainder of the year and most airports in the region with service to Cincinnati and Detroit are being reduced in frequency by 1 or 2. Of course CHO only has 1 (with a seasonal second flight) to Detroit. Delta will continue with 3 daily flights to Atlanta, and will be adjusting those departure times slightly to better serve connecting flights.  Delta has committed to revisiting the Detroit service in the first quarter of 2011.

From the period July 12 through August 25, men and equipment will be working off of the Runway 21 approach.  
Declared distances in place July 12 - August 25 are as follows:

R/W 3  R/W 21

TORA 6003' 6003
TODA 6003' 6003'
ASDA 5603' 6003'
LDA     5603'  6003'

In response to concerns from some homeowners of the Forest Lakes Subdivision, the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport wants the community to fully understand the events leading up to the recent removal of geese within striking distance of airport traffic, generally a 5 mile radius.

Since the 2009 US Airways bird strike incident in LaGuardia, NY the FAA has placed a greater emphasis on airports to manage potential aviation related hazards."The North American non-migratory Canada goose population alone has increased about 4 fold from 1 million birds in 1990 to over 3.9 million in 2009.  About 1,500 Canada Geese strikes with civil aircraft have been reported in the U.S., from 1990-2008.  About 42% of these strike events involved multiple birds."*

After a recent airport inspection from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Wildlife Services, it was found that the Canada Geese population had increased to a point that further mitigation was required at CHO.  A flock of geese were even observed crossing the runway approach area flight path.

It was soon decided that it would be necessary to remove geese on and in proximity of the airport on behalf of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
The Forest Lakes Homeowners Association agreed to the mitigation plan. 

This action was part of an ongoing safety program designed to deal with the issue of wildlife incursions at airports. The removal of the geese is necessary and comes on top of other steps to protect the aviation system. The Airport Authority understands that Canada Geese are a species that many people care about. The concern of a potential hazard to aircraft cannot be ignored however, leaving the USDA no choice but to undertake this action.