EAA AirVenture 2026 set a new attendance record with approximately 734,000 visitors, surpassing the previous year's total.
The event was a massive showcase of aviation, hosting over 10,000 aircraft arrivals, including 2,851 show aircraft, and recording 15,527 operations.
Beyond the numbers, the celebration featured a record 1,021 commercial exhibitors, attracted international guests from 98 countries, and was supported by 6,000 volunteers working to fulfill EAA's mission of growing aviation participation.
EAA AirVenture 2026 set an attendance record this year with approximately 734,000 attending the event billed as the “World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration,” according to the Experimental Aircraft Association.
That beat the record set in 2025 by 30,000.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
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