Bellefontaine Regional Airport | |
Icao: | KEDJ |
Faa: | EDJ |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | City of Bellefontaine |
Location: | Bellefontaine, Ohio |
Elevation-F: | 1,123 |
Elevation-M: | 342 |
Coordinates: | 40.3722°N -83.8189°W |
Website: | https://www.ci.bellefontaine.oh.us/airport.html |
Pushpin Map: | USA Ohio#USA |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Ohio |
Pushpin Label: | EDJ |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
R1-Number: | 7/25 |
R1-Length-F: | 5,000 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,524 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2021 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
Stat1-Data: | 8,395 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
Stat2-Data: | 28 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Utc: | -5 |
Utcs: | -4 |
Bellefontaine Regional Airport is a publicly owned, public use airport located 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.[2]
For the last several years, Bellefontaine Regional has hosted an annual "Airfest" in late summer.
The airport replaced an earlier airport, Bellefontaine Municipal Airport, which was previously four miles (6 km) northeast of the current airport (to the north of the city, near U.S. Route 68). According to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, the current Bellefontaine Regional was, at its opening in 2002, only the second new airport to open in Ohio in the last 30 years.[3]
In 2021, the airport received a $32,000 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to fund operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and funds to combat the spread of pathogens at the airport. The money was aimed to help the airport recover from the covid-19 pandemic.[4]
The airport covers 300acres 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 September 3, 2021 the airport had 8,395 aircraft operations, average 23 per day: 89% general aviation and 11% air taxi. For the same time period, 28 aircraft were based at the airport: 22 single-engine and 5 multi-engine airplanes as well as 1 jet.[5] [6]
The airport is also home to a large flight school named Midwest Corporate Air.