First officer reported encountering a drone while on final approach to newport news airport.

Attributes
ACN	1656363
Time
Date	201906
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	PHF.Airport
State Reference	VA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Embraer Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Operating Under FAR Part	Other 107
Flight Phase	Other unknown
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC

Narrative:

On approach into phf at 7;500 feet MSL; a drone in close proximity (about 500 feet) flying in the opposite direction to our flight was sighted by the captain (pilot monitoring). It was a white quadcopter. No evasive action was required and the sighting was immediately reported to the controller by the captain. Reported it to ATC for their information and for the benefit of other traffic in the area.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: First Officer reported encountering a drone while on final approach to Newport News airport.

Narrative: On approach into PHF at 7;500 feet MSL; a drone in close proximity (about 500 feet) flying in the opposite direction to our flight was sighted by the Captain (Pilot Monitoring). It was a white quadcopter. No evasive action was required and the sighting was immediately reported to the controller by the Captain. Reported it to ATC for their information and for the benefit of other traffic in the area.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.