EAA Has Published Some Facts And Figures About The Attendance At AirVenture This Year

Earlier this week we published a report about the overall outcome at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016. EAA says that AirVenture went well, and despite some dicey weather during the week, attendance was good. Now, EAA has published some interesting facts and figures about what goes on at AirVenture. Here's the list they came up with.

Attendance: Approximately 563,000 passed through the gates at the world’s greatest air event.

Ground Crews: Ground crews and volunteers numbered more than 5000.

Total aircraft: More than 10,000 aircraft arrived at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh and other airports in east-central Wisconsin.

Total showplanes: 2,855 which included - 1,124 homebuilt aircraft, 1,032 vintage airplanes, 371 warbirds, 135 ultralights and light-sport aircraft, 101 seaplanes, 31 rotorcraft, 41 aerobatic aircraft, and 20 non-categorized aircraft.

Commercial exhibitors: The final total was 891.

Forums and Workshops: A total of 1,050 sessions were attended by more than 75,000 people.

Social Media, Internet and Mobile: More than 35 million people were reached by EAA’s social media channels during AirVenture; EAA AirVenture app had 1.6 million screen views; EAA video clips during the event were viewed more than 1 million times; and EAA’s 1,100 photo uploads were viewed more than 7.4 million times.

Guests registered at International Visitors Tent: A record 2,369 visitors registered from a record-tying 80 nations. Top countries represented: Canada (578 visitors), Australia (340), and Argentina (167). (NOTE: Actual international attendance by country is undoubtedly higher, since these are self-reported figures only.)

Media: 750 media representatives on-site, from six continents.

EAA’s Jack Pelton said, “The planning for EAA’s 65th annual fly-in convention begins now. There are people already coming forward with ideas that we’ll consider in the coming weeks. Next year, for instance, is the 80th anniversary of the iconic Piper Cub airplane and the 70th anniversary of the U.S. Air Force. We also want to continue to be the place where new aviation technology and innovations are unveiled to the world. Our evening lineups continue to provide attendees with additional reasons to stay throughout the night, and 2017 will be no different as we’ll kick off the week on Monday, July 24, with an evening concert by the Grammy-nominated alt-rock band Barenaked Ladies, presented by Ford Motor Company. Although the lineup of features, attractions and anniversaries is still developing, it will be a collection of aircraft and people unmatched anywhere in the world.”

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