Moraine Airpark is a public-use

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situated in the city of Moraine,

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. southwest of the city of

Dayton Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater Da ...

in Montgomery County.

Facilities and aircraft

Moraine Airpark covers an area of which contains one

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paved

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(8/26) measuring 3,500 x 65 ft (1,067 x 20 m); though some use the grassy area next to the runway. For the 12-month period ending May 9, 2007, the airport had 87,263 aircraft operations, an average of 239 per day: 94%

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, 6%

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and <1% military. There are 121 aircraft based at this airport: 95% single-engine, 4% multi-engine and 1%

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