Daytona Beach International Airport
Daytona Beach International Airport | |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | KDAB |
IATA code | DAB |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 10 m (33 ft ) |
Transport links | |
Distance from the city center | 3 miles southwest of Daytona Beach |
Street | |
Local transport |
Bus : Votran route 18/19 |
Basic data | |
opening | 1930 |
operator | Volusia County |
surface | 728 ha |
Terminals | 2 |
Passengers | 763,538 (2018) |
Air freight | 128 t (2017) |
Flight movements |
307,976 (2017) |
Runways | |
07L / 25R | 3200 m × 46 m asphalt / concrete |
07R / 25L | 974 m × 30 m asphalt |
16/34 | 1829 m × 46 m asphalt |
The Daytona Beach International Airport ( IATA code : DAB , ICAO code : KDAB ) is the commercial airport of the American small town Daytona Beach in the US state of Florida .
Location and transport links
Daytona Beach International Airport is located five kilometers southwest of downtown Daytona Beach and is adjacent to Daytona International Speedway . It is on US Highway 92 , which runs north of the airport. Interstate 95 also runs west of the airport.
The Daytona Beach International Airport is integrated into the local public transport system by buses , the lines 18 and 19 of the local transport company Votran regularly connect it with the city center of Daytona Beach.
history
In the beginning, Daytona Beach was used for aviation. From 1928 an area at Bethune Point on the Halifax River was used. In 1930 the airport was moved to its current location. During the Second World War , the United States Navy used the airport for pilot training.
In 1946, the City of Daytona Beach returned to own the airport. In 1952, construction work began on the first airport terminal . In 1958, the airport received a grant to build a modernized terminal. In 1969, Volusia County took control of the airport and renamed it Daytona Beach Municipal Airport to Daytona Beach Regional Airport . In 1979 Delta Air Lines began operating flights to Atlanta .
In 1992, the airport was Daytona Beach International Airport and renamed for some 46 million US dollars extended. A new terminal was built, the old terminal was converted into an international terminal and the runway 07L / 25R was extended to its current length of 3200 meters for use by wide-body aircraft . Short term led LTU mid-1990s flights between Dusseldorf through and Daytona Beach.
From January 7, 2016, Jetblue Airways operated flights to New York – JFK . However, these flights were suspended on January 7, 2019. On January 14, 2019, Silver Airways began flights to Fort Lauderdale . Sunwing Airlines followed on January 28, 2019 with flights to Toronto – Pearson .
Airport facilities
Runways
Daytona Beach International Airport has three runways . The runway 07L / 25R is 3200 meters long and 46 meters wide, and the surface consists partly of asphalt and concrete. The parallel runway 07R / 25L is 974 meters long, 30 meters wide and has an asphalt surface. The cross wind runway 16/34 is 1829 meters long, 46 meters wide and has an asphalt surface.
Terminals
Daytona Beach International Airport has two passenger terminals . The domestic terminal has six piers and passenger boarding bridges equipped. Gates 2 and 4 are used by Delta Air Lines , American Eagle uses gate 3. The international terminal has a passenger boarding bridge.
Others
Numerous flight schools are located at Daytona Beach International Airport . In the northeast of the airport area there is a campus of the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University .
Airlines and Destinations
The Daytona Beach International Airport is served by American Eagle with Charlotte , by Delta Air Lines to Atlanta and Silver Airways with Fort Lauderdale connected. Sunwing Airlines also flies seasonally to Toronto – Pearson .
Traffic figures
Daytona Beach International Airport is only of minor importance in passenger and air freight traffic. However, there are numerous flight schools and 260 aircraft stationed at the airport, so it is of great importance for general aviation . In terms of flight movements, it was the 27th largest airport in the United States in 2017 and 58th worldwide.
year | Passenger volume |
Air freight ( tons ) (with airmail ) |
Flight movements |
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2018 | 763,538 | ||
2017 | 720.825 | 128 | 307.976 |
2016 | 707.657 | 120 | 307,333 |
2015 | 627.455 | 128 | 297,678 |
2014 | 629.843 | 130 | 292.147 |
2013 | 607.977 | 141 | 292.291 |
2012 | 584.280 | 98 | 284,512 |
2011 | 550.986 | 98 | 220,962 |
2010 | 498.978 | 85 | 267.173 |
2009 | 423.725 | 81 | 224.100 |
2008 | 594,871 | 106 | 244.167 |
2007 | 705.475 | 154 | 225,622 |
2006 | 542,681 | 169 | 287.960 |
2005 | 615.841 | 193 | 257.770 |
2004 | 631.038 | 192 | 309.234 |
2003 | 565,563 | 132 | 337.615 |
2002 | 485.961 | 137 | 356.268 |
2001 | 517.187 | 197 | 375.745 |
2000 | 547.403 | 198 | 368,538 |
1999 | 569,797 | 284 | 362,863 |
1998 | 625,324 | 326 | 305.796 |
Busiest routes
rank | city | Passengers | airline |
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1 | Atlanta , Georgia | 232,500 | Delta Air Lines |
2 | Charlotte , North Carolina | 86,500 | American Eagle |
3 | New York – JFK , New York | 44,760 | JetBlue |
4th | Atlantic City , New Jersey | 140 | k. A. |
5 | Syracuse , New York | 130 | k. A. |
6th | Tampa , Florida | 120 | k. A. |
7th | Palm Beach , Florida | 100 | k. A. |
Incidents
- On August 10, 1937, a Douglas DC-2 ( aircraft registration number NC13739 ) collided with a power pole on Eastern Air Lines Flight 7 and crashed. Four of the nine people on board were killed.
- On April 4, 2018, a Piper PA-28 from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University lost a wing during a training flight and crashed. Both occupants of the plane were killed.
Web links
- Airport website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Historical Information. FlyDaytonaFirst.com, accessed April 3, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c AirportIQ 5010: Daytona Beach International. GCR1.com, accessed April 3, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Terminal Facilities. FlyDaytonaFirst.com, accessed April 3, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c News Releases. FlyDaytonaFirst.com, accessed April 3, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e North America Airport Rankings. ACI-NA.org , accessed April 3, 2019 .
- ^ Taxi & Ground Transportation. FlyDaytonaFirst.com, accessed April 3, 2019 .
- ^ Maps and Schedules. Votran .org, accessed April 3, 2019 .
- ↑ dBĩA, Delta celebrate 35-year partnership. FlyDaytonaFirst.com, September 26, 2014, accessed April 3, 2019 .
- ^ German airline plans to pull out of Daytona Airport. OrlandoSentinel .com, March 27, 1997, accessed April 3, 2019 .
- ^ JetBlue Continues Florida Growth with Launch of Daytona Beach Service. Blue IR.InvestProductions.com, January 7, 2016, accessed April 3, 2019 .
- ↑ JetBlue to discontinue service. FlyDaytonaFirst.com, October 9, 2018, accessed April 3, 2019 .
- ↑ JetBlue Advances Focus City Strategy with Network Reallocation, Including New Service in Guayaquil, Ecuador. JetBlue .com, October 9, 2018, accessed April 3, 2019 .
- ^ Silver Airways inaugural flight. FlyDaytonaFirst.com, January 14, 2019, accessed April 3, 2019 .
- ^ Sunwing announces air service to DAB. FlyDaytonaFirst.com, September 12, 2018, accessed April 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Terminal layout. FlyDaytonaFirst.com, accessed April 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Airline information. FlyDaytonaFirst.com, accessed April 3, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Flight Schedule. FlyDaytonaFirst.com, accessed April 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Daytona Beach, FL: Daytona Beach International (DAB). Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed April 3, 2019 .
- ↑ accident report DC-2 NC13739, Aviation Safety Network (English) , accessed on April 3 of 2019.
- ↑ Plane crashes near Florida airport leaving at least two people dead. FoxNews .com, April 4, 2018, accessed April 3, 2019 .