Dayton International Airport
| James
M. Cox Dayton International Airport |
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|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: DAY – ICAO: KDAY | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | City of Dayton | ||
| Location | Dayton, Ohio | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,009 ft / 307.5 m | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 6L/24R | 10,900 | 3,322 | Asphalt / Concrete |
| 6R/24L | 7,001 | 2,134 | Concrete |
| 18/36 | 8,502 | 2,591 | Asphalt / Concrete |
James M. Cox Dayton International Airport (IATA: DAY, ICAO: KDAY), also referred to as simply Dayton International Airport, is a public airport located nine miles (14 km) north of the city of Dayton in Montgomery County, Ohio, USA.
It was founded in 1936 when the city purchased the original private airstrips from a corporation. The airport 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.
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.
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 slammed into the runway when attempting to finish the stunt. The only passenger, the pilot was killed in the crash.
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.
Airlines and destinations
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 Chautauqua Airlines (Boston, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)
- Delta Connection operated by
Comair (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky) - Delta Connection operated by Freedom Airlines (Orlando)
- 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 GoJet Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver)
- United Express operated by Trans States Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Washington-Dulles)
- United Express operated by SkyWest (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver)
Concourse C
- AirTran Airways Gates C22 and C24 (Atlanta, Baltimore/Washington, Las Vegas, Orlando, Tampa)
- Continental Airlines Gates C13, C15, and C15A
- Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Cleveland, Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
- Continental Connection operated by CommutAir Airlines (Cleveland)
- Frontier Airlines Gate C17 (Denver)
- Frontier Airlines operated by Republic Airlines (Denver) [seasonal]
- Midwest Airlines Gate C12
- Midwest Connect operated by Skyway Airlines (Milwaukee)
- US Airways Gates C10, C12, C14, C16
- US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin (Philadelphia, Washington-Reagan)
- US Airways Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines (New York-LaGuardia)
- US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines (Charlotte, New York-LaGuardia, Philadelphia, Washington-Reagan)
External links
- Dayton International Airport (official site)
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF)
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KDAY
- ASN accident history for DAY
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KDAY
- FAA current DAY delay information
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