Skyhaven Airport
DAW · KDAW · Rochester, New Hampshire · Strafford County · map
Skyhaven Airport is a public-use airport owned by Pease Development Authority, 3 miles southeast of Rochester, New Hampshire, 322 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 4,201 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KDAW · observed 5:51 pm EDT (21:51 UTC), 15 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 54°F (12°C), dew point 32°F (0°C)
- Altimeter 29.96 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KDAW 062151Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/00 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP143 T01220000 $
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 DAW · ICAO KDAW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Pease Development Authority
- Elevation
- 322 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- M to F, 7:30 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 4,201 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: trees 52 ft high 785 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, four lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.05 | |
| Daw and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.275 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 603-332-7814.
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 Rochester from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in Rochester, New Hampshire: 10 piston singles, 3 gliders. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in New Hampshire.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 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
- Established prior to 1959.
- Beacon located 3000 feet northwest of airport.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport aft sunset.
- Activate odals runway 33; runway end identifier lights runway 15; PAPI runway 33; medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33; wind cone light - the common traffic frequency.
- Except holidays.
- Self service 100LL available 24 hours with credit card.
- Runway 33 dsgnd calm wind runway.
- Ultralight; antique and nordo traffic in good weather.
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.