Dayton International Airport

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Coordinates: 39°54′09″N 084°13′10″W / 39.9025, -84.21944

James M. Cox Dayton International Airport

IATA: DAY – ICAO: KDAY – FAA: DAY
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner/Operator		City of Dayton
Serves		Dayton, Ohio
Location		Vandalia, Ohio
Elevation AMSL		1,009 ft / 308 m
Website		www.daytonairport.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
6L/24R	10,900	3,322	Asphalt/Concrete
6R/24L	7,001	2,134	Concrete
18/36	8,502	2,591	Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			121,096
Sources: FAA^[1], airport website^[2]

James M. Cox Dayton International Airport (IATA: DAY, ICAO: KDAY, FAA LID: DAY), also referred to as simply Dayton International Airport, is a public airport located nine miles (14 km) north of the central business district of Dayton, a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States^[1]. The airport is situated in the Dayton suburb of Vandalia and it is owned and operated by the City of Dayton.^[2]

It was founded in 1936 when the city purchased the original private airstrips from a corporation. It is named after James M. Cox, a former governor of Ohio, Democratic presidential nominee, and publisher of the Dayton Daily News.

Dayton International Airport handled 1,306,237 passengers in 2006.

The airport was a hub for Piedmont Airlines until its merger with USAir. After the merger, USAir continued to maintain Dayton as a hub for a short while before eliminating some of its "long" routes like those to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas and to Floridian cities in preference to its Pittsburgh and Indianapolis hubs. USAir, and its successor US Airways, sustained Dayton as a Midwest focus-city with routes to cities like Grand Rapids, Indianapolis, and Columbus with routes to some other cities like Boston plus US Airways hubs in Pittsburgh, Charlotte, Philadelphia, New York City, and Washington, D.C. The airport also served as a hub for Emery Worldwide, a freight carrier.

Interstate 70 exit sign for Dayton International Airport.

It currently serves as the headquarters for US Airways Express carrier PSA Airlines. Dayton has emerged as an attractive destination for more airlines and more airline destinations in recent years, notably from low fare carriers. AirTran Airways and Frontier Airlines have emerged as significant competitors at Dayton to the "legacy" carriers.

Dayton was served by Independence Air and ATA Airlines until the dramatic changes at those airlines resulted in service being dropped.

Expansion room exists, with plenty of open gates and even the entire Concourse D - the one formerly used by Piedmont Airlines and USAir for their mini-hub operation.

[edit] Facilities

Dayton International Airport covers an area of 4,200 acres (1,700 ha) which contains three paved runways:

Runway 6L/24R: 10,900 x 150 ft. (3,322 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt/Concrete
Runway 6R/24L: 7,001 x 150 ft. (2,134 x 46 m), Surface: Concrete
Runway 18/36: 8,502 x 150 ft. (2,591 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt/Concrete

Dayton Cox Airport

[edit] Aircraft

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 121,096 aircraft operations, an average of 331 per day: 27% scheduled commercial, 42% air taxi, 31% general aviation and 1% military.

[edit] Ground transportation

Taxicab service is available at curbside. Liberty Cab (in operation since 1929), Dayton Checker Cab, and Airport Checker Cab all provide ground transportation throughout the Dayton metro area.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Concourse B

American Airlines Gates B16 and B18 (Dallas/Fort Worth)
- American Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines (St. Louis)
- American Eagle (Chicago-O'Hare)
Delta Air Lines Gates B12 and B14 (Atlanta)
- Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta)
- Delta Connection operated by Comair (Atlanta [seasonal], Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)
- Delta Connection operated by Freedom Airlines (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky [seasonal])
Northwest Airlines Gates B11 and B13
- Northwest Airlink operated by Mesaba Airlines (Detroit)
- Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul)
United Airlines Gates B17 and B19 (Chicago-O'Hare)
- United Express operated by Trans States Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Washington-Dulles)
- United Express operated by SkyWest (Chicago-O'Hare)
- United Express operated by GoJet (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver [ends September 1])

[edit] Concourse C

AirTran Airways Gates C22 and C24 (Atlanta, Baltimore/Washington, Orlando, Tampa)
Continental Airlines Gates C13, C15, and C15A
- Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Cleveland, Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
- Continental Connection operated by CommutAir (Cleveland) [seasonal]
Frontier Airlines Gate C17 (Denver)
Midwest Airlines Gate C12
- Midwest Connect operated by SkyWest (Milwaukee)
US Airways Gates C10, C12, C14, C16
- US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin (Philadelphia, Washington-Reagan, New York-LaGuardia)
- US Airways Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines (New York-LaGuardia)
- US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines (Charlotte, New York-LaGuardia, Philadelphia, Washington-Reagan)
- US Airways Express operated by Republic Airlines (New York-LaGuardia)

[edit] New Service

Air Canada
- Air Canada Jazz operated by Air Georgian (Toronto-Pearson) [begins July 14]

[edit] Accidents

An accident occurred at the airport on July 28, 2007, when an aircraft performing a loop to loop over the airport at the Vectren Dayton Air Show [1] slammed into the runway when attempting to finish the stunt. The pilot, Jim LeRoy, was killed in the crash.^[3]^[4]