# James M. Cox Dayton International Airport (DAY / KDAY) **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. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kday ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: DAY / KDAY - FAA: DAY - Type: Medium airport - Operator: Dayton Department of Aviation - Owner: City of Dayton - Serves: Dayton, Ohio, United States - Opened: 1936 - Elevation: 1,009 ft / 308 m - Coordinates: 39.9024, -84.2194 - Runways: 3 - Longest runway: 10,901 ft / 3,323 m - Instrument procedures: 13 approaches, 1 departure, 1 arrival - Passengers: 1,279,330 (2025) - Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York - Website: http://www.daytonairport.com - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayton_International_Airport (17 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1135486 - Weather station: KDAY · WMO 72429 - Ident: KDAY ## Timeline - 1936: James M. Cox Dayton International Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 06L/24R | 10,901 ft / 3,323 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 055° / 235° | yes | | 18/36 | 8,502 ft / 2,591 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 179° / 359° | yes | | 06R/24L | 7,285 ft / 2,221 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 055° / 235° | yes | - FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00107AD.PDF ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2014 | 2,282,211 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 2,095,507 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2016 | 2,043,655 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2017 | 1,870,920 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2018 | 1,722,666 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2019 | 1,696,410 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2020 | 639,107 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2021 | 1,043,511 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2022 | 1,122,129 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2023 | 1,195,385 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2024 | 1,253,118 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2025 | 1,279,330 | BTS T-100 Segment | ## Routes 10 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (6) - [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 240 mi / 386 km · United Express - [IAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiad.md) Washington Dulles International Airport · United States · 367 mi / 590 km · United Express - [RDU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krdu.md) Raleigh-Durham International Airport · United States · 406 mi / 654 km · Breeze Airways - [RSW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krsw.md) Southwest Florida International Airport · United States · 935 mi / 1,504 km · Breeze Airways - [FLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfll.md) Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · United States · 984 mi / 1,583 km · Breeze Airways - [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 1,082 mi / 1,742 km · United Express ### Seasonal (4) - [MYR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmyr.md) Myrtle Beach International Airport · United States · 520 mi / 837 km · Allegiant Air - [SFB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksfb.md) Orlando Sanford International Airport · United States · 787 mi / 1,267 km · Allegiant Air - [PIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpie.md) St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport · United States · 833 mi / 1,341 km · Allegiant Air - [PGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpgd.md) Punta Gorda Airport · United States · 906 mi / 1,458 km · Allegiant Air ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from DAY, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (3) - G4 [Allegiant Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/allegiant-air) · 4 · seasonal - MX [Breeze Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/breeze-airways) · 3 - UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 3 ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 1.3M (2025) | #733 of 3,974 | #177 in North America | #125 in US | | Longest runway | 10,901 ft / 3,323 m | #698 of 29,858 | #169 in North America | #136 in US | | Elevation | 1,009 ft / 308 m | #17,505 of 43,403 | #7,791 in North America | #6,230 in US | | Age | Opened 1936 | =649 of 15,079 | =134 in North America | =117 in US | | Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | A/D | DAYTON APP/DEP | 118.000 | | ATIS | ATIS | 125.800 | | CLD | CLNC DEL | 121.750 | | GND | GND | 121.900 | | RDO | DAYTON RDO | 122.200 | | TWR | DAYTON TWR | 119.900 | | UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 | ## Nearby airports - [FFO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kffo.md) Wright-Patterson Air Force Base · 10 mi / 17 km - [SGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksgh.md) Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport · 21 mi / 33 km - [ILN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiln.md) Wilmington Airpark · 40 mi / 64 km - [LUK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kluk.md) Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field · 56 mi / 91 km - [OSU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kosu.md) The Ohio State University Airport - Don Scott Field · 62 mi / 100 km - [CVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcvg.md) Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport · 64 mi / 102 km ## Sources - [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government)) - [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government)) - [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government)) - [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain) - [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0) - [Wikipedia: “Dayton International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dayton_International_Airport&oldid=1374705967), revision of 13 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0) - [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0) - Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kday/data