University Airport
EDU · KEDU · Davis, California · Yolo County · map
University Airport is a public-use airport owned by the University of California, 2 miles west of Davis, California, 70 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,176 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KEDU · observed 3:00 pm PDT (22:00 UTC), 7 minutes ago
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 99°F (37°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 29.83 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KEDU 062200Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 37/06 A2983 RMK AO1
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA EDU · ICAO KEDU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- University of California
- Elevation
- 70 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1946
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,176 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 40 ft high 1,113 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 61 ft high 1,431 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.6 | |
| Edu and aWOS-3 | 119.025 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 530-754-6839.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Davis from the FAA register
66 aircraft are registered to owners in Davis, California: 56 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 2 turboprops, 2 gliders, 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Estabd prior to 15 may 59.
- 65 feet trees located south side of creek 1257 feet from threshold runway 35.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 17 and 35; PAPI runway 17 and 35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel SELF-SERVICE available 24 hours.
- Trees +40 feet, west side of runway near runway 17 threshold.
- Noise abatement, noise sensitive area north of airport.
- Caution: remote control aircraft WI area defined as 0.5 NM rad of 3835N/12142W (5 NM northeast edu), surface - 1200 feet above ground level, sunrise to sunset.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.