Daytona Beach International
DAB · KDAB · Daytona Beach, Florida · Volusia County · map
Daytona Beach International is a public-use airport owned by Volusia County, 3 miles southwest of Daytona Beach, Florida, 34 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 07L/25R, is 10,500 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 260 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 308,423 takeoffs and landings a year. About 340,640 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KDAB · observed 6:53 pm EDT (22:53 UTC), 38 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 2,500 feet, a broken layer at 8,500 feet
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 74°F (23°C)
- Altimeter 29.88 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 7:28 pm EDT (23:28 UTC), good until Wed 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC)
- From Tue 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the north at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, a few clouds at 2,500 feet, a broken layer at 9,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 10:00 pm EDT (02:00 UTC): wind from the north at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, light rain showers, a broken layer at 2,500 feet, a broken layer at 4,000 feet and more above MVFR
- At times between Wed 2:00 am EDT (06:00 UTC) and 5:00 am EDT (09:00 UTC): a broken layer at 1,000 feet MVFR
- From Wed 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, light rain showers, a broken layer at 2,500 feet, a broken layer at 5,000 feet and more above MVFR
- From Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the east at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, light rain showers, thunderstorms nearby, scattered clouds at 2,000 feet, a broken layer at 3,500 feet (thunderheads) and more above VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KDAB 062253Z 00000KT 10SM FEW025 BKN085 25/23 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP117 T02500233
TAF KDAB 062328Z 0700/0724 01004KT P6SM VCSH FEW025 BKN090 FM070200 01004KT P6SM -SHRA BKN025 BKN040 BKN100 TEMPO 0706/0709 BKN010 FM071400 06009KT P6SM -SHRA BKN025 BKN050 BKN120 FM071800 08008KT P6SM -SHRA VCTS SCT020 BKN035CB BKN100
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 DAB · ICAO KDAB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Volusia County
- Elevation
- 34 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 965 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07L/25R | 10,500 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 16/34 | 6,001 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 07R/25L | 3,195 × 100 ft | Asphalt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07L: localizer and glideslope, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 690 ft, 9,810 ft available for landing, road 15 ft high 790 ft from the end
- Runway 25R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, 10,293 ft available for landing, trees 43 ft high 2,370 ft from the end
- Runway 16: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 42 ft high 1,630 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 46 ft high 1,130 ft from the end
- Runway 07R: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 55 ft high 1,580 ft from the end
- Runway 25L: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 42 ft high 1,485 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 132.875 | Daytona |
| Clearance delivery | 119.3 | Daytona |
| Ground | 121.9 | Daytona |
| Tower | 120.7 | Daytona |
| Approach · Departure procedure (LAMMA) · Departure procedure (ROYES) North 4:00 pm to 3:00 pm | 118.85 | Daytona |
| Approach · Class C airspace · Approach and departure South 3500 feet and below | 125.35 | Daytona |
| Approach 8000-11000 feet | 125.725 | Daytona |
| Approach · Class C airspace · Approach and departure North 3500 feet and below | 125.8 | Daytona |
| Approach South 4:00 pm to 3:00 pm | 127.075 | Daytona |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Daytona |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 386-232-5134.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 308,423, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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 Daytona Beach from the FAA register
399 aircraft are registered to owners in Daytona Beach, Florida: 292 piston singles, 67 piston twins, 17 drones, 10 business jets, 5 turboprops. 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 Florida.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 65 since 1982, 6 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
- Hvy migratory bird act on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Pattern altitude for light aircraft 965 feet above ground level; pattern altitude for HI per aircraft 1365 feet above ground level.
- Runway 07R/25L not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- First 2300 feet runway 7L concrete on 50 feet wide keel section.
- PAPI unusable beyond 5 degrees left and right of centerline.
- Runway 07L approach slp 50:1 to displaced threshold.
- Outer edges of pavement uneven.
- East end of taxiway south is NON-MOVEMENT area.
- Taxiway east rstrd to 22000 pounds maximum crtfyd gross takeoff weight; taxiway P rstrd to 190500 pounds maximum crtfyd gross takeoff weight.
- Taxiway "north" north of runway 7L-25R can be mistaken for the runway and approach environment.
- Use county fly quiet procedure or recommended noise abatement procedure - amgr.
- Airfield surface conditions are not mntd between the hours of 12:00 am to 4:00 am.
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.