Bermuda Dunes Airport

Bermuda Dunes Airport
Summary
OwnerCrown Aero LLC
ServesCoachella Valley, California
Elevation AMSL73 ft / 22 m
Coordinates33°44′54″N 116°16′29″W / 33.74833°N 116.27472°W / 33.74833; -116.27472
Websitewww.bermudadunesairport.org
Map
UDD is located in California
UDD
UDD
Location of airport in California
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 5,002 1,525 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations40,020
Based aircraft137

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

The airport is home to Desert West Aviation, a local flight school,[2] as well as Coachella Valley Aviation, providing A&P/IA service for airplanes and helicopters.

Facilities and aircraft

Bermuda Dunes Airport covers an area of 105 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 December 31, 2019, the airport had an average of 38 aircraft operations per day: 64% transient general aviation and 36% local general aviation. At that time there were 66 aircraft based at this airport: 56 single-engine, 5 multi-engine, no jet, and 3 helicopters.[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).[3]

Instrument procedures

STARs – Standard terminal arrivals

  • CLOWD ONE
  • SBONO ONE

IAPs – Instrument approach procedures

Note: Special take-off minimums/departure procedures apply.

References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for UDD PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 12, 2021.
  2. ^ "Contact". Desert West Aviation. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
  3. ^ "Airlines and Aircraft Serving Palm Desert Effective December 15, 1989". DepartedFlights.com. Retrieved December 20, 2022.