Airport to UVA: How long/much does it take?

Colleges & Universities University of Virginia
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<p>Basically what the title says. I’m just wondering if it’s like a 40-minute journey or a short ride.</p>

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<p>CHO - 10 minutes
RIC - 1 hour
IAD - 2 hours</p>

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<p>Flying to CHO is expensive. I recommend flying to RIC or IAD and taking bus or Amtrak. (Plus, JetBlue doesn’t fly to CHO…) </p>

<p>Better: rent a car from RIC or IAD and drive to C’ville, drop off the car at the C’ville branch of the rental company.</p>

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<p>Thanks for all the info! I’m not old enough to rent a car and don’t have that much time, so I think flying into CHO will be the best option. It’s not that much more expensive than flying into RIC (from Chicago anyway).</p>

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<p>Hmm, prices are 25%-35% higher than they were last year … even with lower fuel prices…</p>

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<p>Galos: multiple reasons for that actually

  1. Airlines often hedge fuel. This means companies create contracts with fuel suppliers (Exxon, BP, etc) and agree to buy the fuel in the future for a price set at the current time. So, a lot of companies (Delta was hit the worst by this) agreed back in July to continue paying the $150 a barrel (discounted at the time) or some other high price. Now, oil is at $50 a barrel, but airlines don’t benefit at all because they’re still paying that high price in their contract. So, you as the consumer, aren’t seeing the lower fuel prices, at all. Hopefully contracts will be re-made at the lower fuel prices, but probably not, since economists are projecting even higher oil prices this summer. This fact is probably the largest reason flights aren’t as cheap as people would expect them to be…
  2. People may be flying less these days, but there’s still a huge number of people who HAVE to fly. 1st/Business class passengers have only decreased by 7% since the beginning of the year, whereas economy passengers have declined 10%+. This shows that the business side of travel is still happening, and it has to. Then there’s the college travel, again, a customer base that still relies heavily on flights. Airlines can still charge a profitable price because they know people have no choice
  3. These companies are still trying to make money and cover HUGE loses some of them have endured recently.</p>
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<p>invu: i have been looking into transportation from Charlottesville also and I agree with you- in our case, at least, once you consider the cost of getting to Dulles or Richmond and the extra time involved, flying directly out of Charlottesville doesn’t seem like too bad an option if you’re going to fly. The Charlottesville airport is pretty easy to get to from campus, and covenient once you’re there. That is not to say that transportation in and out of Charlottesville is by any means particularly quick or inexpensive. Check the internet for sites offering student airline ticket dscounts,</p>

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<p>Yep, I found a round trip flight for $220, which is fine with me. Flights to Richmond and DC were actually more expensive…</p>