Bellefontaine Regional Airport

Bellefontaine Regional Airport
File:Bellefontaine Airport.jpg
IATA: none – ICAO: KEDJ – FAA LID: EDJ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Bellefontaine
Location	Bellefontaine, Ohio
Elevation AMSL	1,123 ft / 342 m
Coordinates
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 7/25 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 8,325 Based aircraft 31
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Bellefontaine Regional Airport (ICAO: KEDJ, FAA LID: EDJ) is three miles west of Bellefontaine, in Logan County, Ohio. It is a general aviation airport operated by Midwest Corporate Air under the auspices of the City of Bellefontaine and is accessible from State Route 47.

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Bellefontaine Regional Airport is EDJ to the FAA and has no IATA code.

The airport replaced an earlier airport, Bellefontaine Municipal Airport, four miles (6 km) northeast of the current airport (to the north of the city, near U.S. Route 68). According to the AOPA, Bellefontaine Regional was, at its opening in 2002, only the second new airport to open in Ohio in the last 30 years.

For the last several years, Bellefontaine Regional has hosted an annual "Airfest" in late summer. The most recent of these airshows took place on July 3rd, 2010.

Facilities

The airport covers 300 acres (120 ha) and has one asphalt runway (7/25) 4,999 x 100 ft (1,524 x 30 m) long.

The airport has fuel available. Planes can use tiedowns or hangars for parking.

In the year ending April 24, 2007 the airport had 8,325 aircraft operations, average 22 per day: 89% general aviation (7,425) and 11% air taxi (900). 31 aircraft are based at the airport: 87% single-engine, 10% multi-engine and 3% helicopter.

External links

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for EDJ
  • AirNav airport information for EDJ
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for EDJ