Bellefontaine Regional Airport

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Bellefontaine Regional Airport

IATA: none – ICAO: KEDJ – FAA: EDJ
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Bellefontaine
Location		Bellefontaine, Ohio
Elevation AMSL		1,123 ft / 342 m
Coordinates		40°22′20″N 083°49′08″W / 40.37222, -83.81889
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
7/25	5,000	1,524	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			8,325
Based aircraft			31
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Bellefontaine Regional Airport (ICAO: KEDJ, FAA LID: EDJ) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) west of the central business district of Bellefontaine, a city in Logan County, Ohio, United States. It is owned by the City of Bellefontaine.^[1] It is a corporate and general aviation airport operated by Midwest Corporate Air under the auspices of the City of Bellefontaine. The airport is accessible by road from State Route 47.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Bellefontaine Regional Airport is assigned EDJ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.^[2]

The airport replaced an earlier airport, Bellefontaine Municipal Airport, which was located four miles 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.^[3]

For the last several years, Bellefontaine Regional has hosted an annual "Airfest" in late summer. The most recent of these airshows took place on 19-20 August, 2006.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Bellefontaine Regional Airport covers an area of 300 acres (121 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (7/25) measuring 5,000 x 100 ft. (1,524 x 30 m).^[1]

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

For the 12-month period ending April 24, 2007, the airport had 8,325 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 89% general aviation (7,425) and 11% air taxi (900). There are 31 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single-engine, 10% multi-engine and 3% helicopter.^[1]