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First of its Kind Parking Garage for Dayton International

Posted on | August 31, 2010 | No Comments

Although parking garages have been a permanent fixture at many US airports over the years, Dayton International Airport is gearing up for its first parking garage only now. The 35 million dollar project was prioritized by the management after many passengers had complained about the absence of facilities and said that they wanted a parking garage consistent with the terminal building in many different surveys. Finally the parking garage’s entrance is right opposite to the entrance of the terminal.

The official opening of the garage was on July 29th and was built by Barton Mallow Co. The rental cars will occupy the ground level of the parking garage while the public overnight and short term parking will occupy the other two levels. Officials are having their fingers crossed that the Dayton airport will give competition to other top airports like Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Columbus that now cater to individuals living in Cincinnati OH homes for sale and Dayton OH homes for sale. The Dayton airport will be catering chiefly to the business travelers (some of which reside in West Chester OH homes for sale) who will comprise of at least 60% of the passengers’ crowd, flying to various destinations like New York, Toronto, Denver and Atlanta.

The garage is having an amazing offer wherein it will provide the first half an hour of parking free of cost for those who are waiting to pick up the passengers or drop them. The parking is equipped with heating coils under the sloped ramps and the exterior pavements to melt ice and snow. The administration of the airport is also looking to install kiosks for self service that will allow travelers to print their own boarding passes and entirely avoid the ticketing counter. This would be a major accomplishment given that many airports have long queues for the ticketing counters. The kiosks can be used by the passengers through a driving license or the credit card used for buying the ticket. The boarding passes can be issued at any time irrespective of the timing of the flight.

The garage is the first of its kind at Dayton which can be dated way back to the 1920s and was bought by the city in 1936. Former aviation directors of Dayton said that it was one of the biggest airports in the country to not have a garage of its own. According to estimations of the city officials the garage is likely to generate a whopping 6.6 million dollars in revenues every year while adding 10.7 million dollars in debt to the project. Not a profitable strategy, but the effectiveness could attract those travelers I between Dayton and Cincinnati (like owners of Mason OH homes for sale) to consider Dayton International airport as a viable solution.