Lattice tower 1314458 — Chesapeake, VA

At 15 m, structure 1314458 is about 23% of the 66 m average across the 115 structures registered in Chesapeake city. It is about 23% of the Virginia average of 66 m across 4,237 registrations. Among the 35,838 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (LTOWER), the average overall height is 73 m, so this one is about 21% of that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 7 m, which puts the top of the structure 22 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Chesapeake in Chesapeake city, Virginia, at coordinates 36.78186, -76.45908, with the site address filed as "Hampton Roads Executive Airport". Chesapeake city has 115 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 6th-largest count among the 132 Virginia counties with registrations, and 77 of them are marked constructed. Virginia as a whole has 4,237 registrations, the 19th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Suffolk-23435, VA · 1057874, a guyed tower at 384 m (constructed).

Constructed means the owner has notified the FCC that construction is complete, so the registry treats the structure as standing. The FCC issued registration 1314458 on Apr 17, 2020. Nationally, 141,861 of the 197,703 registrations (71.8%) carry the constructed status, including 2,955 in Virginia.

The FCC record lists Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Aviation of Richmond, VA as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0002066272. Across the registry it holds 8 structure registrations, including 8 in Virginia. Its most common filed structure-type code is B (3 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2018-AEA-297-NRA and FAA Advisory Circular 70/7460-1L, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 9, is listed on the FCC registration form as "FAA Style A". The painting and lighting specification on file cites FAA chapters 3, 4, 5, 12.