# Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB / KDAB)

**Daytona Beach International Airport** (IATA: DAB, ICAO: KDAB) is a medium airport in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 3 runways; the longest is 10,500 ft (3,200 m). In 2025 it handled 752 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdab

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DAB / KDAB
- FAA: DAB
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Daytona Beach, Florida, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 34 ft / 10 m
- Coordinates: 29.1825, -81.0595
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 10,500 ft / 3,200 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches, 1 departure, 1 arrival
- Passengers: 752,057 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: https://www.flydaytonafirst.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daytona_Beach_International_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1708812
- Weather station: KDAB · WMO 74787
- Ident: KDAB

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Daytona Beach International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07L/25R | 10,500 ft / 3,200 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 065° / 245° | yes |
| 16/34 | 6,001 ft / 1,829 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 157° / 337° | yes |
| 07R/25L | 3,195 ft / 974 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 065° / 245° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00110AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 629,843 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 612,395 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 685,532 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 692,998 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 733,336 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 683,208 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 325,287 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 550,275 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 563,613 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 695,288 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 676,514 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 752,057 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

8 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (6)

- [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 366 mi / 589 km · Delta Air Lines
- [CLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kclt.md) Charlotte Douglas International Airport · United States · 417 mi / 671 km · American Eagle
- [RDU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krdu.md) Raleigh-Durham International Airport · United States · 481 mi / 774 km · Breeze Airways
- [HVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khvn.md) Tweed New Haven Airport · United States · 953 mi / 1,533 km · Avelo Airlines
- [BDL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbdl.md) Bradley International Airport · United States · 998 mi / 1,606 km · Breeze Airways
- [PVD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpvd.md) Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport · United States · 1,021 mi / 1,643 km · Breeze Airways

### Seasonal (2)

- [ILG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kilg.md) Wilmington Airport · United States · 789 mi / 1,269 km · Avelo Airlines
- [CAK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcak.md) Akron Canton Regional Airport · United States · 811 mi / 1,305 km · Breeze Airways

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from DAB, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- TFA [Trans-Florida Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/trans-florida-airlines)

### Passenger (4)

- MX [Breeze Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/breeze-airways) · 4
- XP [Avelo Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/avelo-airlines) · 2
- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 1
- DL [Delta Air Lines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-air-lines) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 752K (2025) | #938 of 3,974 | #229 in North America | #160 in US |
| Longest runway | 10,500 ft / 3,200 m | =804 of 29,858 | =183 in North America | =148 in US |
| Elevation | 34 ft / 10 m | =40,181 of 43,403 | =18,174 in North America | =14,965 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 118.850 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 132.875 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 119.300 |
| DEP | DEP | 123.900 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.700 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [SFB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksfb.md) Orlando Sanford International Airport · 30 mi / 48 km
- [KTTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktts.md) Space Florida Launch and Landing Facility · 45 mi / 72 km
- [ORL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/korl.md) Orlando Executive Airport · 47 mi / 76 km
- [TIX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktix.md) Space Coast Regional Airport · 49 mi / 78 km
- [LEE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klee.md) Leesburg International Airport · 52 mi / 83 km
- [MCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmco.md) Orlando International Airport · 54 mi / 87 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Daytona Beach International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daytona_Beach_International_Airport&oldid=1374917204), revision of 14 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdab/data
