Celebrate National Aviation Day at Dare County Regional Airport on August 19, 2022!

August 19 is National Aviation Day (NAD) celebrating the development of aviation. The holiday was established in 1939 by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who issued a presidential proclamation which designated the anniversary of Orville Wright’s birthday to be National Aviation Day. The event will take place at the Dare County Regional Airport from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and will feature airplane displays, exhibitors and food trucks.

For more information, please visit NationalAviationDay.org or click here to view the event flyer.

Location: Dare County Regional Airport
410 Airport Road, Manteo, NC 27954

As part of the First Flight Society Celebration of National Aviation Day, the Capital Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) will be providing warbird rides in its 1945 General Motors  TBM-3E Avenger named “Doris Mae”. Advance purchases of rides in the TBM can be made online at www.CapitalWingWarbirdRides.org/s/shop.

Exhibitors will include:
99.1 The Sound
Wright Brothers USA
Elizabeth City Composite Squadron (Civil Air Patrol)
Aviation Influence
AccessAerospace, LLC
Military Aviation Museum (bringing World War II planes)
Dare County Radio Control Flyers
Kitty Hawk Kites
Alert 5 Velo
Dare County
Elizabeth City State University
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Tubbs Hotdogs