Bermuda Dunes Airport

Bermuda Dunes Airport
IATA: UDDICAO: KUDDFAA LID: UDD
Summary
Owner Bermuda Dunes Airport Corp.
Elevation AMSL 73 ft / 22 m
Coordinates 33°44′54″N 116°16′29″W / 33.74833°N 116.27472°W / 33.74833; -116.27472Coordinates: 33°44′54″N 116°16′29″W / 33.74833°N 116.27472°W / 33.74833; -116.27472
Website www.BermudaDunesAirport.org
Map
UDD

Location of airport in California

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 5,002 1,525 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 40,020
Based aircraft 137

Bermuda Dunes Airport (IATA: UDD, ICAO: KUDD, FAA LID: UDD) is a public use airport located 13 nautical miles (15 mi, 24 km) east of the central business district of Palm Springs, a city in the Coachella Valley in Riverside County, California, United States. It is privately owned by the Bermuda Dunes Airport Corp.[1]

The airport is home to Desert West Aviation, a local flight school[2] as well as Desert Jet, a local aircraft charter company recently named the preferred jet provider for the airport [3]

Facilities and aircraft

Bermuda Dunes Airport covers an area of 94 acres (38 ha) at an elevation of 73 feet (22 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,002 by 70 feet (1,525 x 21 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending January 5, 2011, the airport had 40,020 aircraft operations, an average of 109 per day: 80% general aviation and 20% air taxi. At that time there were 137 aircraft based at this airport: 75% single-engine, 16% multi-engine, 7% jet, and 2% helicopter.[1]

Past airline service

Air LA, a commuter airline that was based in Los Angeles, operated scheduled passenger flights from the airport in 1989 with British Aerospace BAe Jetstream 31 turboprop aircraft nonstop to Las Vegas (LAS) and Los Angeles (LAX).[4]

Instrument Procedures

STARs - Standard Terminal Arrivals

IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures

NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for UDD (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. "Contact". Desert West Aviation. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
  3. "Contact". Desert Jet. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
  4. http://www.departedflights.com, Dec. 15, 1989 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Palm Desert to Las Vegas and Los Angeles flight schedules

External links

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