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) and about 66 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 10,250 takeoffs and landings a year. About 9 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Skyhaven Airport?
Its FAA code is DAW, and its ICAO code is KDAW.
Where is Skyhaven Airport?
It is 3 miles southeast of Rochester, New Hampshire, 322 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Skyhaven Airport?
Its one runway, 15/33, is 4,201 feet long, asphalt.
Does Skyhaven Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Skyhaven Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Skyhaven Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Skyhaven Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Skyhaven Airport?
7 pilot examiners and 17 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Skyhaven Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Sanford Seacoast Regional (12 nm northeast), Portsmouth International AT Pease (13 nm south), Concord Municipal (26 nm west), Laconia Municipal (27 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in New Hampshire · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 61 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
| helicopters | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 10,250, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 2,250 |
| general aviation, local | 8,000 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in New Hampshire.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Skyhaven Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · Dover, 7 miles away Skyhaven Flying Club is a not-for-profit private flying club based at Skyhaven Airport in Rochester, New Hampshire.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 7 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot; 5 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 17 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 2 training center examiners.
- Mark Albert Favolise private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Sanford, ME (12 nm) · (207) 432-9866 · [email protected]
- Jared Patrick Curtis private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · North Hampton, NH (19 nm) · (202) 280-3592 · [email protected]
- Gregory Stuart Livernois private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Sky Bright, Inc. · Gilford, NH (24 nm) · (386) 243-5944 · [email protected]
- James Victor Loranger private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Emerson Aviation · Gilford, NH (24 nm) · (207) 839-2443 · [email protected]
- Christopher Allen Thresher private pilot, commercial and instrument, commercial pilot, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Manchester, NH (31 nm) · (603) 203-0486 · [email protected]
- Marvin Randall Williams private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Portland International Jetport · Portland, ME (35 nm) · (617) 953-8764 · [email protected]
- Michael Rhodes private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Nashua, NH (40 nm) · (603) 759-8300 · [email protected]
All 35 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Rochester 13 aircraft · 10 piston singles, 3 gliders
- Skyhaven Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in New Hampshire 393 since 1982 · 57 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in New Hampshire 25 landing places
- New Hampshire 1,557 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/DAW.json.
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 27, 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.