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Dayton–Wright Brothers Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Serves
  
Dayton, Ohio

2/20
  
5,000

Elevation
  
292 m

Owner
  
City of Dayton

Elevation AMSL
  
957 ft / 292 m

Code
  
MGY

Phone
  
+1 937-454-8230

Dayton–Wright Brothers Airport

Location
  
Miami Township, Montgomery County / Clearcreek Township, Warren County

Address
  
10550 N Springboro Pike, Miamisburg, OH 45342, USA

Dayton–Wright Brothers Airport (IATA: MGY, ICAO: KMGY, FAA LID: MGY) is a public airport located 10 miles (16 km) south of the central business district of Dayton, Ohio, located mainly in Miami Township, Montgomery County and partly in Clearcreek Township, Warren County, near the suburb of Springboro. It is owned and operated by the City of Dayton and serves as the reliever airport for Dayton International Airport. It mainly serves corporate and personal aircraft users. The airport's identifying code, MGY, is a reference to its former name of Montgomery County Airport.

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Facilities and aircraft

Dayton–Wright Brothers Airport covers an area of 541 acres (219 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (2/20) measuring 5,000 x 100 ft (1,524 x 30 m). The airport has instrument landing facilities, but does not have a control tower.

For the 12-month period ending August 2, 2013, the airport had 89,060 aircraft operations, an average of 244 per day: 93% general aviation, 7% air taxi and <1% military. There are 90 aircraft based at this airport: 69% single engine, 26% multi-engine, 2% helicopter and 4% jet.

The airport facilities also include a runway equipped with a partial precision approach consisting of a localizer (LOC), approach lighting system (MALS), runway lighting (MIRL) and a visual approach slope indicator (VASI), 68 T-hangars, 6 conventional hangars, 5,000 sq ft (460 m2). maintenance facility and 9,600 sq ft (890 m2) administration building.

Historic replicas

On the airport grounds is a replica of the Wright brothers' Huffman Prairie hangar, containing a museum and replica Wright B Flyer. The museum is open to the public during limited hours.

References

Dayton–Wright Brothers Airport Wikipedia