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[1] and serves as the reliever airport for Dayton International Airport. It mainly serves corporate and personal aircraft users.[2] The airport's identifying code, MGY, is a reference to its former name of Montgomery County Airport.

Dayton–Wright Brothers Airport
Wright B Flyer Museum
IATA: MGY ICAO: KMGY FAA LID: MGY
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Dayton
Serves	Dayton, Ohio
Location	Miami Township, Montgomery County / Clearcreek Township, Warren County
Elevation AMSL	957 ft / 292 m
Map
MGY Location of airport in Ohio / United States Show map of Ohio MGY MGY (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 2/20 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Aircraft operations 89,045 Based aircraft 67
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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 September 2, 2016, the airport had 89,045 aircraft operations, an average of 244 per day: 93% general aviation (48% general aviation local, 45% general aviation itinerant), 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.[1]

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.[3]

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.[4]

References

External links

• Dayton–Wright Brothers Airport Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
• Wright "B" Flyer hangar at Dayton–Wright Brothers Airport
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for MGY
  • AirNav airport information for KMGY
  • ASN accident history for MGY
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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