Direct Flights from Washington to Charlottesville
Charlottesville · Virginia
Nonstop service from IAD to CHO on United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
Only 5 cities have a nonstop to Charlottesville, so this is a route worth knowing about — most travelers connect to get there.
How long to go to Charlottesville for, from Washington
40m in the air, 77 miles: short enough that a single night in Charlottesville is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
About Charlottesville
Charlottesville, in central Virginia, is a lovely university town of about 40,000 with lots to offer. Charlottesville is a town steeped in history and culture. Charlottesville is a major cultural center for central Virginia, and features more fine dining, shopping, and entertainment than one might expect for a town of its size. Ensconced in beautiful Albemarle County, Charlottesville is also surrounded by vineyards and horse country.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Charlottesville
- Shenandoah National Park is a national park of the United States that encompasses part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.
- Skyline Drive is a 105-mile (169 km) National Parkway that runs the entire length of the National Park Service's Shenandoah National Park in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, generally along the ridge of the mountain…
- The Robert E. Lee Monument was an outdoor bronze equestrian statue of Confederate general Robert E.
- Market Street Park, known as Lee Park until 2017, and as Emancipation Park from June 2017 to July 2018, is a public park in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.
- The Fralin Museum of Art is an art museum at the University of Virginia. Before 2012, it was known as the University of Virginia Art Museum. It occupies the historic Thomas H.
- Grand Caverns, formerly known as Weyer's Cave, is located in the central Shenandoah Valley in the town of Grottoes, Virginia, United States.
- The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia houses one of the finest Indigenous Australian art collections in the world, rivaling many of the collections held in Australia.
- Bear Creek Lake State Park is a 326-acre (132 ha) state park located in Cumberland, Virginia, United States.
- The Memorial to Enslaved Laborers is a memorial in honor of those enslaved African Americans who helped build and worked at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.
- The Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia is the biggest open-air museum in the Shenandoah Valley.
- Lake Anna State Park is a state park located in Spotsylvania County in Virginia. Initially, the site of the Goodwin Gold Mine – gold was first discovered at the site in 1829 – the land later played host to Lake Anna, a r…
- The Our Lady of the Angels Monastery is a 507 acres (205 ha) Trappistine monastery near Crozet, Virginia, which sits in a small valley of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Route 64. They are cloistered from the public.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Charlottesville weather, compared with Washington
Within 1° of Washington on the annual average, so pack much as you would at home — but the two cities do not track each other month to month:
- January
- Charlottesville 46°F · Washington 43°F · 3° warmer
- April
- Charlottesville 69°F · Washington 67°F · 2° warmer
- July
- Charlottesville 88°F · Washington 88°F · much the same
- October
- Charlottesville 69°F · Washington 68°F · much the same
Daily highs averaged from Meteostat station records (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Charlottesville
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Charlottesville is April–May and September–October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 69–79°F.
- How long to stay
- Charlottesville rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Shenandoah National Park, Skyline Drive, and Robert E. Lee Monument (Charlottesville, Virginia) and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Washington to Charlottesville?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Washington (IAD) to Charlottesville (CHO) on United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Washington to Charlottesville?
- United flies nonstop between Washington (IAD) and Charlottesville (CHO).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Washington to Charlottesville?
- There are about 3 nonstop departures per day (roughly 21 per week) from Washington to Charlottesville.
- How far is Charlottesville from Washington?
- Charlottesville is about 77 miles from Washington by air.
- What is there to do in Charlottesville?
- Popular things to do include Shenandoah National Park, Skyline Drive, Robert E. Lee Monument (Charlottesville, Virginia), Market Street Park, and more.
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