William H Morse State Airport
DDH · KDDH · Bennington, Vermont · Bennington County · map
William H Morse State Airport is a public-use airport owned by the State of Vermont, 3 miles west of Bennington, Vermont, 827 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 3,704 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 26 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 14,377 takeoffs and landings a year. About 9 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KDDH · observed 5:54 pm EDT (21:54 UTC), 59 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 51°F (11°C), dew point 30°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 30.03 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 KDDH 062154Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 11/M01 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP171 T01061011
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 DDH · ICAO KDDH
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of Vermont
- Elevation
- 827 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm; weekends, on call
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1937
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 3,704 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left, hill 170 ft high 3,100 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, gnd 40 ft high 509 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 132.825 | |
| Ddh and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.925 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 802-442-6059.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 14,377, 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 Bennington from the FAA register
27 aircraft are registered to owners in Bennington, Vermont: 23 piston singles, 4 piston twins. 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 Vermont.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 2 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Runway conditions may not be mnt or rprtd when airport is unatndd.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 13 and 31; PAPI runway 13 and 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- 100LL SELF-SVC available 24 hours.
- 20 feet gnd, 250 feet right of centerline.
- 40 feet trees, 540 feet, 128 feet L, approach slp 8:1.
- Noise abatement procedures in effect. Avoid flight ovr homes southeast of airport. Noise sens area aer 31. Runway 13 is preferred use runway. If practical, departure runway 13 using best roc and when above 400 feet above ground level, turn L WI 1 MI of der 13.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Mts all quads.
- Traffic pattern operations prohibited south of runway 13 and runway 31.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -12C.
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.