DAY

James M. Cox Dayton International Airport

ICAO KDAY39.9024°N 84.2194°W1,009 ft / 308 mMedium airport
On the map
Runway 24R, Dayton International Airport
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James M. Cox Dayton International Airport (IATA: DAY, ICAO: KDAY) is a medium airport in Dayton, Ohio, United States. It opened in 1936. It has 3 runways; the longest is 10,901 ft (3,323 m). It is operated by Dayton Department of Aviation. In 2025 it handled 1.3 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1936–1936
1936
OpenedJames M. Cox Dayton International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Concourse AConcourse B
06L/24R055° / 235° · LIT
LENGTH10,901 ft3,323 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
18/36179° / 359° · LIT
LENGTH8,502 ft2,591 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
06R/24L055° / 235° · LIT
LENGTH7,285 ft2,221 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2014–2025
2.3M
2.1M
2.0M
1.9M
1.7M
1.7M
639K
1.0M
1.1M
1.2M
1.3M
1.3M
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Routes

10 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsAllegiant Air 4United Express 3Breeze Airways 3

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from DAY. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Dayton International Airport” (revision of 13 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.3M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#733of 3,974 · #177 North America · #125 USLongest runway10,901 ft3,323 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#699of 29,823 · #169 North America · #136 USElevation1,009 ft308 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#17,489of 43,341 · #7,787 North America · #6,226 USAgeOpened 19362026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=649of 15,079 · =134 North America · =117 USRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =81 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

7 channels
A/DDAYTON APP/DEP118.000
ATISATIS125.800
CLDCLNC DEL121.750
GNDGND121.900
RDODAYTON RDO122.200
TWRDAYTON TWR119.900
UNICUNICOM122.950