James M. Cox Dayton International Airport |
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Airport in June 2012
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Dayton | ||||||||||||||||||
Operator | Dayton Department of Aviation | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Dayton, Ohio | ||||||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,009 ft / 308 m | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°54′08″N 084°13′10″W / 39.90222°N 84.21944°WCoordinates: 39°54′08″N 084°13′10″W / 39.90222°N 84.21944°W | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | www |
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Location of airport in Ohio / United States | |||||||||||||||||||
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Aircraft operations | 50,173 |
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Cargo tonnage | 10,068.93 |
Landed weight (1,000 pound units) | 1,556,881.54 |
Total passengers (2015) | 1,072,630 |
Dayton International Airport (IATA: DAY, ICAO: KDAY, FAA LID: DAY) (officially James M. Cox Dayton International Airport), formerly Dayton Municipal Airport and James M. Cox-Dayton Municipal Airport, is ten miles north of downtown Dayton, in Montgomery County, Ohio. The airport is within the city limits of Dayton, in an exclave of Dayton not contiguous with the rest of the city. Its address is 3600 Terminal Drive, Dayton, Ohio 45377.
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems called it a primary commercial service airport. Dayton International is the third busiest and third largest airport in Ohio behind Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and Port Columbus International Airport. In 2009 Dayton was one of the nation's 10 fastest growing airports. The airport is home to the annual Vectren Dayton Air Show.
Dayton International Airport handled 2,607,528 passengers in 2012 and had 57,914 combined take offs and landings in 2012. Dayton ranked No. 76 in U.S. airport boardings in 2008. The airport has non-stop flights to 15 cities.
It is headquarters for American Eagle carrier PSA Airlines. On August 12, 2012 Southwest Airlines began serving Dayton with flights to Denver International Airport. This was expected to increase passenger traffic by at least 15 percent.