Skyhaven Airport (New Hampshire)

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Coordinates: 43°17′03″N 070°55′45″W / 43.28417, -70.92917

Skyhaven Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KDAW – FAA: DAW
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner/Operator		NHDOT, Bureau of Aeronautics
Serves		Rochester, New Hampshire
Elevation AMSL		322 ft / 98 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
15/33	4,001	1,220	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			17,000
Based aircraft			106
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Skyhaven Airport (ICAO: KDAW, FAA LID: DAW) 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.^[1] The airport is owned and operated by the New Hampshire Department of Transportation's Bureau of Aeronautics, with fixed base operator (FBO) services provided by Ossipee Valley Aviation.^[2]

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.^[3]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Skyhaven Airport covers an area of 195 acres (79 ha) 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.^[1]