University Airport

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{{Infobox Airport

| name = University Airport

| image = UCD Water tower.jpg

| IATA =

| ICAO = KEDU

| FAA = EDU

| type = Public

| owner = University of California

| operator =

| city-served =

| location = Unincorporated Yolo County near Davis, California

| elevation-f = 69

| elevation-m = 21

| coordinates = {{coord|38|31|53|N|121|47|11|W|type:airport_region:US}}

| website = [https://transportation.ucdavis.edu/universityairport University Airport]

| r1-number = 17/35

| r1-length-f = 3,176

| r1-length-m = 968

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| stat-year = 2009

| stat1-header = Aircraft operations

| stat1-data = 24,475

| footnotes = Source: FAA{{FAA-airport|ID=EDU|use=PU|own=PU|site=01488.1*A}}, effective 2010-06-30 and airport web site[http://taps.ucdavis.edu/airport/ University Airport], official site by University of California, Davis

}}

University Airport {{airport codes||KEDU|EDU{{nobold|, 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 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.[https://taps.ucdavis.edu/airport/information University Airport - General Information]{{cite book |last1=Dingemans |first1=Dennis |last2=Scheuring |first2=Ann Foley |title=University of California, Davis|year=2013|publisher=Arcadia|location=Charleston|isbn=9780738596990|page=54|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mqVPwTiqc4cC&pg=PA54}} It was the first university airport in the United States.

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.[http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KEDU Great Circle Mapper: KEDU - Davis, California (University Airport)]

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.{{cite news |last1=Robertson |first1=Kathy |title=Yolo pilots alarmed |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2002/04/22/story7.html |work=Sacramento Business Journal |date=April 21, 2002 |url-access=subscription}} 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.[https://taps.ucdavis.edu/airport/information University Airport - General Information]

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