Dahio Trotwood Airport , also known as Dayton-New Lebanon Airport, is a public-use

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located seven miles (11 km) west of the

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, in Montgomery County,

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. It is privately owned by Gary Ridell. The airport is situated between Trotwood to the northeast and New Lebanon to the southwest. Operated as a Drag Strip in the late 1950s.

Facilities and aircraft

Dahio Trotwood Airport covers an area of which contains one

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paved

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measuring 2,900 x 52 ft (884 x 16 m). For the 12-month period ending May 29, 2007, the airport had 1,853 aircraft operations, an average of 5 per day, 100% which were

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. There are 27 aircraft based at this airport: 16 single-engine, 10

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and 1 multi-engine.

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