EAA AirVenture 2026 set a new attendance record with approximately 734,000 attendees, surpassing the previous year's figures.
The event was a massive aviation hub, welcoming over 10,000 aircraft with 15,527 operations, and showcasing 2,851 specialized aircraft across various categories.
AirVenture demonstrated broad international appeal, hosting visitors from 98 countries, featuring a record 1,021 commercial exhibitors, and relying on approximately 6,000 volunteers.
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.
CREATE A FREE ACCOUNT
Sign up to keep reading
Create a free account to continue. Already a member? Sign in below.
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.
![EAA AirVenture Oshkosh [Credit: Tripp Thurston]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IMG_8773.jpg)
