- Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport
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Coordinates: 39°35′20″N 084°13′30″W / 39.58889°N 84.225°W
Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport IATA: MGY – ICAO: KMGY – FAA LID: MGY Summary Airport type Public Owner City of Dayton Serves Dayton, Ohio Elevation AMSL 957 ft / 292 m Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 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. The Airport is owned and operated by the City of Dayton and serves as the reliever airport for Dayton International Airport.[2]
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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]
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
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for MGY (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
- ^ "Airport Information Overview". http://www.flydayton.com/index.php?page=wright-brothers-airport-2. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
- ^ "Airport History and Information". http://www.flydayton.com/index.php?page=history-2. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
- ^ "The Wright B Flyer organization". http://www.wright-b-flyer.org/index.html. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
External links
- Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport
- Wright "B" Flyer hangar at Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KMGY
- ASN accident history for MGY
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KMGY
Categories:- Airports in Ohio
- Buildings and structures in Montgomery County, Ohio
- Transportation in Dayton, Ohio
- Midwestern United States airport stubs
- Ohio building and structure stubs
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