University Airport

University Airport
University Airport
	IATA: none; ICAO: KEDU; FAA LID: EDU;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	University of California
Location	Unincorporated Yolo County near Davis, California
Elevation AMSL	69 ft / 21 m
Coordinates	38°31′53″N 121°47′11″W / 38.53139°N 121.78639°W
Website	University Airport
Runways
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	24,475
	Source: FAA and airport web site

University Airport (ICAO: KEDU, FAA LID: EDU, formerly 0O5) is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) west of the central business district of Davis, a city in Yolo County, California, United States. It is owned by the University of California^[1] and operated by Transportation Services of the University of California, Davis. Of the ten campuses in the UC system, Davis is the only one with its own airport.^[3]^[4] It was the first university airport in the United States.^[4]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned EDU by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.^[5]

The airport opened in 1946 and was acquired by the University of California four years later, as part of an acquisition of the adjacent Straloch Farm.^[4]^[6] 100LL fuel and transient aircraft tiedowns are available. Two fixed base operators are located on the field: the Cal Aggie Flying Farmers flight school and Davis Air Repair.^[7]

The airport is used today by UC Davis students, faculty, and staff to travel to locations around California.^[6] The airport is also used to bring sick animals to UC Davis for treatment at the veterinary school.^[6]

Facilities and aircraft

University Airport covers an area of 95 acres (38 ha) and contains one asphalt paved runway designated 17/35 which measures 3,176 x 50 ft (968 x 15 m). For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2010, the airport had 24,475 aircraft operations, an average of 67 per day: 90% general aviation, 10% air taxi and <1% military.^[1]