Richmond is the airport most Charlottesville travellers end up using when the fare matters. Seventy miles east on I-64, more nonstops than CHO, and often enough saving per ticket to pay for the drive several times over.
The route is I-64 the whole way, joining at Pantops or Shadwell and coming off at the airport exit east of Richmond. Seventy minutes is the usual door-to-terminal figure, and the two places it goes wrong are the Zion Crossroads stretch during weekday commuting and the Short Pump corridor, where the interstate narrows and a small incident backs traffic a long way.
We set departure time around the day of the week rather than the mileage, which is why a Tuesday pickup leaves earlier than a Sunday one for the same flight.
This is one of our most-booked directions. You land at Richmond, walk out, and the car is there — no rental counter queue, no hoping an app accepts a seventy-mile trip at eleven at night, which is a request many drivers decline because the return leg is empty.
We watch the inbound flight, so a delay out of Atlanta or Charlotte moves the pickup automatically. Drop-offs go anywhere in the area: the Grounds, the hospital, Pantops, Crozet, or the county.
Tell us the trip and we will come back with a flat price, usually within fifteen minutes. Nothing is charged when you book.
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