Parking is free and available to registered participants, family members, friends, and spectators at Wright State University Nutter Center for Thursday and Friday events including two-day Health & Fitness Expo, 5K, and Tailwind Trot 1K Kids’ Run.

Nutter Center parking Lots 1 and 2. Please note that Lots 3 and 4 will be closed on Thursday and Friday until after the 5K. Additional parking is available in Lots 5-9 behind the arena. Those parked in Lots 5-9 will be unable to exit between 5:45-8:00pm while the 5K runners are running past these lots. Click here for more information.

3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton, OH 45435

Directions & Parking Map

Directions & Parking* (Saturday events)

*Plan to arrive 1.5-2 hours before your scheduled race start.

IMPORTANT: Parking gates open at 4:00 a.m. There will be NO participant drop-off allowed at the museum the morning of the race (see below for more info). All three parking gates (see map) will be entry only until 7:30 a.m. Any car entering through the gates should plan on staying on the museum grounds until 7:30 a.m. or later when the gates open to exiting traffic.

Parking is free and located about one mile from the start line in grass fields which will be wet early in the morning. Please take precautions to keep your socks and shoes dry.  Parking is open to registered participants, family members, friends, and spectators. Please be aware of the number on the nearest colored flag when exiting your vehicle. This will help you find your vehicle after the race.

Participant Pick Up

To pick up participants, enter through the main museum gate on Springfield Street after 8:00 a.m. and meet your runner at the Family Reunion area at the Finish Line Festival.

All vehicles must be removed from the designated parking areas on Saturday after the event. Overnight parking is strictly prohibited.

Motorcycle Parking: There will be no designated motorcycle parking.

Handicapped Participants and Spectators: All handicapped participants and spectators enter through the main museum gate on Springfield Street. You must have a valid handicap placard or Air Force Marathon handicap parking pass to be allowed entry through this gate.

GPS Users:

Gate 22B – (39.7756300, -84.0914491)

Spinning Road Gate: (39.7717055, -84.1086365)

Woodman Gate: (39.7735532, -84.1225847)

Shuttle Service* (Saturday events)

*Shuttle buses are for REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS ONLY. Race bibs must be visible.

Pre-Race Shuttles Depart from: Wright State University Nutter Center (Gate 3)
When: 3:30-5:00 a.m. departing every 10 minutes
Arrive to: Start Line area at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

Registered participants may be dropped off at Wright State University Nutter Center between 3:30-5:00 a.m. Registered participants riding the shuttle must be in the Nutter Center parking lot by 5:00 a.m. in order to catch the very last shuttle which leaves by 5:40 a.m. *Please arrive early to ensure you get a seat and please remember shuttles are for registered participants only and bibs must be visible.*

Participants may then be picked up at the finish line or at Wright State University Nutter Center after 8:15 a.m. Family members and spectators may enter through the Springfield Street gate (museum gate) after 8:00 a.m. and park in the main museum parking lot (free). You can then meet your finisher at the family reunion area near the festival tent.

Post-Race Shuttles Depart from: National Museum of the U.S. Air Force (Different location from where you were dropped off at. See map for details.)
When: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. with departure times at various times
Arrive to: Wright State University Nutter Center

Participant Pick Up

Participants who took the shuttle bus may be picked up at Wright State University’s Nutter Center after 8:15 a.m.