The CenterPoint Energy Dayton Air Show is an annual event held at the Dayton International Airport in Vandalia, Ohio, eight miles north of Dayton, Ohio. From 2013 to 2019, the show has been held on a weekend in late June. Prior to 2013, and again starting in 2021, it was held in mid-July each year. The history of this flight exhibition dates back to 1910 and the Wright Company. Dayton is the hometown of the Wright brothers and is where Orville and Wilbur built their first powered aircraft. The show's main sponsor is CenterPoint Energy and it is considered to be one of the country's premier aviation events. It was sponsored by Vectren until 2018.
It is estimated that the 2010 Dayton Air Show attracted nearly 80,000 people and had a $5 million impact on the Dayton region's local economy. The 2012 show is estimated to have a $3 million impact on Dayton's economy.
There was no air show in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the show returned in July 2021.In 2023, an air show with the United States Air Force Thunderbirds, The Flying Bulls, The Red Bull Team, and the F-22 Raptor Demo Team was held, along with a McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet of VFA-122, McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle of the 159th Fighter Wing, A B-25D "Rosie's Reply" of the Twelfth Air Force, 57th Bomb Wing, 340th Bombardment Group in the 489th Bomb Group, a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17, and a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III.
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