Dayton–Wright Brothers Airport


Dayton–Wright Brothers Airport is a public airport located 10 miles 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.

Facilities and aircraft

Dayton–Wright Brothers Airport covers an area of which contains one asphalt paved runway measuring 5,000 x 100 ft. The airport has instrument landing facilities, but does not have a control tower.
For the 12-month period ending September 2, 2016, the airport had 89,045 aircraft operations, an average of 244 per day: 93% general aviation, 7% air taxi and <1% military. There are 67 aircraft based at this airport: 73% single engine, 15% multi-engine, 3% helicopter and 9% jet.
The airport facilities also include a runway equipped with a partial precision approach consisting of a localizer, approach lighting system, runway lighting and a visual approach slope indicator, 68 T-hangars, 6 conventional hangars,. maintenance facility and 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.