Air Race Classic

All-women aviator competition covers four days and nine states.

This year marks the 47th year for the event that traces its roots to the 1929 Women’s Air Derby.

Women pilots will race from Carbondale, Illinois, to Loveland, Colorado from June 18-21.

The race will begin June 18.

Coed teams are encouraged in the new Air Race Classic event, which can take place wherever the participants choose.

Teams have until March 31 to enter the 46th running of the women’s competition.

A collegiate team, the Flying Flashes from Kent State University, won the 45th Air Race Classic.

Launching on June 21 from Lakeland, Florida (KLAL), the racers will fly across 12 states and will have four days to best their own airplane’s performance.

A hangar full of teams gathers for the main weather briefing. It’s the morning of the first day of the Air Race Classic, and the focused tension in the building is palpable. Competitors all—whether new to the game or not—whisper strategy amongst themselves as the chief meteorologist tasked with the briefing delivers the verdict: Good […]

The Air Race Classic board of directors on Tuesday announced the route for the 45th Air Race Classic, to be held June 21 to 24, 2022. Next year’s competition will begin in Lakeland, Florida (KLAL), and end at the Terre Haute Regional Airport (KHUF) in Terre Haute, Indiana. Along the way, racers will have to […]