Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport

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Coordinates: 39°35′20″N 084°13′30″W / 39.58889, -84.225

Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport

IATA: MGY – ICAO: KMGY – FAA: MGY
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Dayton
Serves		Dayton, Ohio
Elevation AMSL		957 ft / 292 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
2/20	5,000	1,524	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			89,045
Based aircraft			90
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

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, a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. It is owned by the City of Dayton.^[1] The airport's identifying code, MGY, is a reference to its earlier name of Montgomery County Airport.

[edit] 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.^[1]

For the 12-month period ending February 11, 2005, the airport had 89,045 aircraft operations, an average of 243 per day: 93% general aviation, 7% air taxi and <1% military. There are 90 aircraft based at this airport: 71% single engine, 26% multi-engine, 2% helicopter and 1% jet.^[1]