Skyhaven Airport (New Hampshire) Explained

43.2842°N -70.9292°W

Skyhaven Airport
Icao:KDAW
Faa:DAW
Type:Public
Owner-Oper:Pease Development Authority
City-Served:Rochester, New Hampshire
Elevation-F:322
Elevation-M:98
Website:www.skyhavennh.com
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:9
Mapframe-Wikidata:yes
R1-Number:15/33
R1-Length-F:4,001
R1-Length-M:1,220
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2006
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:17,000
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:106
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Skyhaven Airport is a public-use airport located three miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district of Rochester, a city in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The airport is owned and operated by the Pease Development Authority, with fixed-base operator (FBO) services provided by Skyhaven Aviation Services.[2] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility.[3]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Skyhaven Airport is assigned DAW by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Skyhaven Airport covers an area of 195acres and contains one asphalt paved runway designated 15/33 which measures 4,001 x 100 ft (1,220 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2006, the airport had 17,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 46 per day. At that time there were 106 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-engine, 3% multi-engine, 1% jet and 11% ultralight.

See also

Notes and References

  1. , effective 2007-12-20
  2. http://www.nh.gov/dot/org/aerorailtransit/aeronautics/sasp/airports/skyhaven.htm Skyhaven Airport
  3. Web site: List of NPIAS Airports. FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. 23 November 2016. PDF. 21 October 2016.
  4. http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KDAW Great Circle Mapper: KDAW - Rochester, New Hampshire (Skyhaven Airport)