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EAA chapter breakfast fly-ins have kept grassroots aviation alive for over 70 years - here's why they matter more than any airshow.
Catalina Airport (KAVX) sits at 1,602 feet MSL on a Pacific island ridge 26 miles offshore - a 25-minute flight and Southern California's definitive pilot destination.
Moose Creek Airstrip in Idaho's Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness is one of the most extraordinary backcountry flying destinations in the lower 48 - accessible only by air, foot, or horseback.
How 5,000 EAA volunteers park 10,000 aircraft in a week at AirVenture Oshkosh - and why the operation is inseparable from the event itself.
Mackay Bar is a one-way sloped strip inside Idaho's Frank Church Wilderness demanding canyon approach skills, go-around planning, and density altitude awareness flatland flying cannot teach.
Mackinac Island Airport (KMCD) offers one of general aviation's most unique destinations - a car-free Victorian island in the Straits of Mackinac accessible only by air, ferry, or foot.
The annual Cub fly-in at William T. Piper Memorial Airport returns Piper J-3 Cubs to the Pennsylvania valley where Piper Aircraft built tens of thousands of them.
Johnson Creek Airport (3U2) in Idaho's Frank Church Wilderness is one of America's premier backcountry strips - here's what to expect and how to prepare.
Sedona Airport (KSEZ) sits on a mesa at 4,830 feet MSL surrounded by red rock formations - one of aviation's most stunning and operationally demanding destinations.
The aviation shirt-cut tradition began in the 1930s as a functional communication tool in open-cockpit biplanes - here's the origin story and why it has endured for nearly a century.
Gaston's White River Resort in Lakeview, Arkansas is one of general aviation's most celebrated fly-in destinations, offering a grass strip, world-class trout fishing, and a restaurant serving fish pulled from the river on final.
The Valdez Fly-In and STOL Competition draws the world's best backcountry pilots to Alaska every May to compete in measured short-field takeoffs and landings.
Catalina's Airport in the Sky - 22 miles offshore at 1,602 feet MSL - is Southern California's defining pilot destination, complete with ridge-top approaches and bison burgers.
Telluride Regional Airport (KTEX) sits at 9,078 feet in the Colorado San Juans - the performance planning that earns you one of the best approaches in American general aviation.
Schafer Meadows Airport sits in Montana's Bob Marshall Wilderness - one-way, uphill-only, 1,900 feet of grass at 4,700 feet MSL, accessible only by small plane.
Spruce Creek Fly-In Community in Port Orange, Florida is the world's largest residential airpark, with over 1,500 homes and 700 aircraft based on site.
The North Forty at EAA AirVenture is Oshkosh's camping ramp - acres of grass tie-downs where pilots sleep beside their planes and aviation's best culture comes alive.
Friday Harbor Airport puts pilots on a forested island 85 nautical miles from Seattle, with orcas, fresh salmon, and one of the most scenic overwater crossings in U.S. general aviation.
Johnson Creek Airport is a one-way grass strip at 5,000 feet in Idaho's Salmon River Mountains - a destination that demands rigorous preparation and delivers one of aviation's most unforgettable experiences.
The Antique Airplane Association's annual fly-in at Blakesburg, Iowa is one of aviation's most authentic gatherings, where antique aircraft are flown in, camped beside, and celebrated for doing exactly what they were built to do.