Dayton (DAY)

Wright Flyer replica in the lobby of DAY.

James M. Cox Dayton International Airport

Dayton, Ohio, United States

First visited 4 September 1994

James M. Cox Dayton International Airport, 20 miles from my home, is my primary airport. While it doesn’t serve quite as many destinations as Columbus, Cincinnati, or Indianapolis, it serves multiple hubs or focus cities for each of American, United, and Delta. It’s easy to get to, and parking is cheap. They’ve been working on renovating parts of the terminal and concourse, and they’ve placed all new signage with a background texture which matches their new control tower.

DAY tower, with an inset photo of signage in DAY terminal.

I have flown out of alternate airports for work, but with the additional justification required for the extra mileage reimbursement to get to other airports, Dayton is usually the most logical choice. I made my 100th visit to DAY on 21 March 2013,1 and my 500th visit on 23 May 2024.

Paul, in the lobby of the Dayton airport, wearing a party hat labeled with the number 100.

Celebrating my 100th flight through Dayton

  1. The photo was taken on 3 May 2013 on what I then thought was my 100th visit to DAY. I’ve since added some older flights to my flight log, so my actual 100th visit was on 21 March 2013. ↩︎

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