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KCPK · Chesapeake Regional Airport

ICAO · US · 19 NTSB events

ID KCPK FAA CPK Elev 19 ft Lat 36° 39.94' N Lon 76° 19.24' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 5,500 ft. Max gradient: 0.03%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
05 36.9° 5,500 ft 100 ft ASP Yes 0.03%
23 216.9° 5,500 ft 100 ft ASP Yes 0.03%

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 3 frequencies

  • AWOS AWOS 3 123.675
  • A/D NORFOLK APP/DEP 118.900
  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 123.050

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Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · cycle 22JAN2026 · 4 matched · 10 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

TL;DR

  • ·Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 05–23: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.
  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate HIRL Rwy 05–23, MALSR Rwy 05 and REIL Rwy 23. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.
  • ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

Watch for

  • Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 05–23: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.

    right traffic

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate HIRL Rwy 05–23, MALSR Rwy 05 and REIL Rwy 23. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

All translated remarks (4)

  • Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 05–23: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.

    Raw FAA text · preamble · operational

    RWY 05–23: H5500X100 (ASPH–GRVD) S–30 HIRL RWY 05: MALSR. PA…

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate HIRL Rwy 05–23, MALSR Rwy 05 and REIL Rwy 23. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · service · operational

    ACTVT HIRL Rwy 05–23, MALSR Rwy 05 and REIL Rwy 23—CTAF

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    Deer and geese on and invof rwy.

  • Airport attended 1300–0100Z‡. Self-service or limited operations outside attended hours.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · advisory

    Attended 1300–0100Z‡.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (10 sentences)
  • ·Noise abatement procedures in effect; ctc arpt manager 757–432–8110.
  • ·For fuel after hrs call in advance 757–421–9000.
  • ·TPA 1019(1000), turbine/large acft 1519(1500).
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 757-432-8110
  • ·AWOS–3 123.675 (757) 204–4290.
  • ·CTAF/UNICOM 123.075 ®NORFOLK APP/DEP CON 118.9 CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHONE: GCO avbl on freq 135.075 thru Norfolk CD.
  • ·If un, for CD ctc Norfolk Apch at 757-464-0757.
  • ·NORFOLK (VH) (H) VORTAC 116.9 ORF Chan 116 N36º53.51´ W76º12.02´ 210º 14.7 NM to fld. 20/7W.
  • ·VOR unusable: 050º–070º byd 40 NM 100º–150º byd 40 NM 170º–180º byd 40 NM 211º–221º byd 40 NM blo 6,000´ 211º–221º byd 81 NM 260º–280º byd 40 NM 306º–324º byd 40 NM 325º–335º byd 10 NM blo 4,000´ 325º–335º byd 20 NM 336º–340º byd 40 NM 350º–020º byd 40 NM Byd 30 NM blo 2,500´ TACAN AZIMUTH unusable: Byd 30 NM blo 2,500´ DME unusable: Byd 30 NM blo 2,500´ ILS/DME 111.7 I–EYK Chan 54 Rwy 05.
  • ·Class IA. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – WASHINGTON H–10I, 12I, L–35D IAP NE, 22 JAN 2026 to 19 MAR 2026

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

FAA Chart Supplement

NTSB events

19 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

19

since 1982

Fatal

6

31.6% of total

Last 5 years

1

≈ 0.2/yr

Last 10 years

7

≈ 0.7/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 50,298 ops in 2020

2024 total

50,298

10-yr total

456,227

2024 mix

AC/AT 4% · GA 94% · Mil 2%

Events / million ops

15.3

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

4.85

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=6

  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 2
  • Weather · spatial dis / IMC 1
  • Stall / spin 1
  • Loss of control 1
  • Runway excursion 1

All time · n=19

  • Stall / spin 4
  • Other 2
  • Gear-up landing 2
  • Ground collision 2
  • Loss of control 2
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 2
  • Controlled flight into terrain 1
  • Hard landing 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2008-07-13 Diamond DA20-C1 · Other · VMC · day →
2008-05-24 Beech A36 · Gear-up · day →
2024-06-13 Textron Aviation Inc 172 · Weather · day →
2020-07-01 Cessna 172 · Runway excursion · VMC · day →
2020-01-07 Beech 23 · Loss of control · day →
2019-09-15 Diamond DA40 · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2018-05-22 Piper PA28 · Weather IMC · IMC · day →
2018-03-13 Piper PA28 · Weather · VMC · day →
2016-01-02 JOHNSON GLENN L ZODIAC 601 XL · Ground collision · VMC · day →
2011-04-03 REPLOGLE LANCAIR 360 · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day →
2010-07-05 Cessna 172P · CFIT · VMC · day →
2010-06-30 Cessna 172S · Hard landing · day →
2010-03-27 Diamond DA20 · Gear-up · VMC · day →
2009-12-21 Czech Aircraft Works Sportcruiser · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2007-10-03 Lambert John G Varieze · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2000-07-18 Beech BE-55 (T42A) · Ground collision · VMC · day →
2000-07-11 Cessna 337C · Stall / spin · day →
1999-03-16 Cessna 340A · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
1997-01-02 Aerostar 601P · Other · IMC · night →

Designees in VA

CFI Flight Instructors 1,802 A&P Mechanics 4,380 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 58 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 10 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 2 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 1 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 3 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 2 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 35 Schools Flight Schools 56 FBO Fixed Base Operators 51 Clubs Flying Clubs 37 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 10 EAA EAA Chapters 13

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
David Hynes Chesapeake VA 1 nm
Peter Stavrides Chesapeake VA 1 nm
Robert A Garcia Chesapeake VA 1 nm
Steven Arthur Martin Chesapeake VA 1 nm
Jon Combs Thompson Kill Devil Hills NC 50 nm
Christopher Bryan Smith Chesterfield VA 70 nm
Wilfred Bernard Consol Gasburg VA 75 nm
Andrew Walton Richmond VA 76 nm
Michael Gwinn Richmond VA 76 nm
Taft Louis Stallings Greenville NC 82 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Shannon Eugene Ennis Chesapeake VA 1 nm
Frank Genovese Chesapeake VA 1 nm
David Allen Hiland Chesapeake VA 1 nm
Alton Ray Jarman Jr Chesapeake VA 1 nm
James Harold Tarkington Chesapeake VA 1 nm
Bradley Duane Yetley Chesapeake VA 1 nm
Wayne Roy Bauers Jr Chesapeake VA 1 nm
Robert Edward Totty Chesapeake VA 1 nm
Thomas Augustus Harris Chesapeake VA 1 nm
Jeffrey Paul Michonski Chesapeake VA 1 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Shannon Eugene Ennis Chesapeake VA 1 nm
Alton Ray Jarman Jr Chesapeake VA 1 nm
Frank Gregory Satko Chesapeake VA 1 nm
Brian Joseph Strattner Chesapeake VA 1 nm
James Harold Tarkington Chesapeake VA 1 nm
Leonard Hamilton Carson Chesapeake VA 1 nm
Einar Sigurbjorn Sveinsson Chesapeake VA 1 nm
Steven Murel Edinger Chesapeake VA 1 nm
Christian George Gintyrapp Chesapeake VA 1 nm
James Andrew Webb Chesapeake VA 1 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Aircraft Repair Solutions
Chesapeake, VA
 9 nm
Bay Avionics, LTD
Suffolk, VA
 9 nm
Norfolk Aviation
Norfolk, VA
 14 nm
Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Chesapeake, VA
Chesapeake, VA
 16 nm
Whiskey75 Services, LLC
Topping, VA
 57 nm
Atkinson Aeronautics & Technology Inc.
Tappahannock, VA
 77 nm
Triangle Avionics
Louisburg, NC
 105 nm
Air Repair, Inc
Easton, MD
 129 nm
Flywyld Aviation
Manassas, VA
 136 nm
Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Washington, DC
Manassas, VA
 140 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.