Aviation/Aerospace Calendar of Events

Last Updated: 5/14/25

The International Coucil of Air Shows keeps an updated list of air shows on its website. Calendar of Events

January

January 9 National Balloon Ascension Day  

January 16 Martin Luther King Day

January 27-30 Commercial Space Week

February

Release news of your Aero Camp to Parenting Media

Black History Month

Career and Technical Education Month

February 4-10 Boy Scout Anniversary Week

February 5-9 National School Counselors Week

February 5-9 SkillsUSA Week

February 5-11 National Apprenticeship Week

February 7-9 Aero-Engines Americas

February 8 National Kite Flying Day

February 8 National Boy Scouts Day

February 8-11, 2023 Space Exploration Educators Conference

February 11 International Day of Women and Girls in Science

February 19-25 National Engineers Week 

February 18 National Battery Day

February 22-23 MRO Latin America

February 23 Canada’s National Aviation Day the anniversary of Canada’s first powered flight, when in 1909, pilot J.A.D. McCurdy flew the Silver Dart nearly 800 meters in Baddeck, Nova Scotia. 

February 23-25 Women in Aviation International Conference

March

Re-release news of your Aero Camp to Parenting Media

International Women’s History Month

March 4-10 Women of Aviation Worldwide Week commemorating Raymonde de Laroche who earned the first pilots license awarded to a woman.

March 1-3 Flight Schools Associaton of America Annual Conference

March 1-7 National Invest in Veterans Week

March 1-2 MRO Middle East

March 1-3 14th Annual International Flight School Operators Conference 

March 6-9 Heli-Expo

March 8 International Women’s Day

March 12 National Girl Scout Day

Week of March 12 Girl Scout Week

March 14-17 ARSA Annual Conference

March 21 Rosie the Riveter Day

March 22, Oklahoma Aviation, Aerospace and Defense Day

   At the Oklahoma State Capitol on March 22, the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commissio

March 26-29 ATEC Annual Conference

March 28-April 2 Sun ‘n’ Fun

April

April is when the National WASP WWII Museum’s holds its annual WASP Homecoming and Fly-in, in Sweetwater, TX.

National Internship Awareness Month 

April 12 International Day for Human Space Flight

April 16 Wilber Wrights Birthday

April 18-20 MRO Americas

April 21-27 National Volunteer Week

April 22 International Mother Earth Day

April 30 National Apprenticeshp Day

April 26 World Pilots Day

April 27 FAA Drone Safety Day

Fourth Thursday in April National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day

April 24-27 AEA International Convention & Trade Show

April 29-May 2 WATS 2024: 25th World Aviation Training Summit

May

General Aviation Appreciation Month

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

National Foster Care Month

National Military Appreciation Month

Mississippi Aviation Month

Sporty’s Learn to Fly Month

First Tuesday in May National Foster Care Day

First Wednesday in May National Skilled Trades Day

First Friday in May National Space Day

First Saturday in May International Drone Day

May 5 National Astronaut Day

May 15-20 EAA’s Learn to Fly Week on May 15-20

May 23-25 EBACE 2023

May 24 National Aviation Maintenance Technician Day

May 26 National Paper Airplane Day

May 29 Memorial Day

May 31 Autonomous Vehicle Day

May 31 International Flight Attendant Day

June

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month is currently celebrated each year in the month of June

Third week in June Black in Astro Week

June 19 Juneteenth

June 19-25 Paris Air Show

June 25-July 1 National Boys & Girls Club Week

June 23 International Women in Engineering Day

Fourth Saturday in June International Aerobatics Club (IAC) National Aerobatics Day.

July

July is Disability Rights Month. As Flying Scholarships for Disabled People, Able Flight and Aeroability we should leave no one behind.

July 4 Independence Day (USA)

July 20 Neil Armstrong’s First Moon Walk

July 24 National Amelia Earhart Day

July 24-30, 2023 EAA Air Venture

July 25 National Hire a Veteran Day

July 27 National Intern Day

August

National Black Business Month

Back to School, a great way to link aviation to educators.

August 9-11 Wings Over Muskegon Air Show, Yankee Air Museum

August 9-11 LABACE

August 13-27 Womens World Gliding Championship

August 16 National Airborne Day

August 19 National Aviation Day

August 19-25 National Aviation Week 

August 26 National Women’s Equality Day

September

Labor Day

First Wednesday in September Global Talent Acquisition Day

Second Week of September National Aerospace Week

September 7-8 Helitech Expo 2022

September 8 Star Trek Day

September 9 –10 AOPA The Hangout: An AOPA Fly-In

Third Saturday in September Boys’ and Girls’ Club Day for Kids

Second or Third Week in September National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week 

September 15-October 15 Hispanic Heritage Month

September 15, 2023, First Latino Pilots Association (LPA) Latin Aerospace Industry Expo in Kissimmee, Florida.

September 17 Free Museum Day

September 18 75th Anniversary of U.S. Air Force

September 20-22 MRO Asia-Pacific

September 22 American Business Women’s Day

September 24 Women in Aviation International 8th Annual Global Girls in Aviation Day  

Sep 28 – Sat, Oct 1 105th Annual AOPA National Assembly

October

October as LGBT History Month. In 1995, a resolution passed by the General Assembly of the National Education Association included LGBT History Month within a list of commemorative months. National Coming Out Day (October 11)

Through October 15 Hispanic Heritage Month continues

October 1 Latinas Global Aviation Festival

October 4-10 World Space Week 

October 11 First Flight by a US President

October 11 International Day of the Girl

October 5 World Teachers Day

October 18-20 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE)

October 18-20 MRO Europe

October 20 International Day of the Air Traffic Controller International Air Traffic Controller Day

October 29-31 Regional Air Cargo Carriers Association Conference

October 31, 2024 Aerospace Component Manufactures Aerospace Alley Future Workforce Opportunities Fair & Tradeshow

November

National Native American Heritage Month

National Aviation History Month

November 1-3 Regional Air Cargo Carriers Association Conference

November 8 National STEM/STEAM Day

November 9-10 European Rotors: VTOL Show & Safety Conference

November 11 Veterans Day

November 12-16 Dubai Airshow

November 17 AOPA 2022 Aviator Showcase

November 19-20 Aerospace Tech Week US

Fourth Thursday in November Thanksgiving Day 

November 25 National Native American Heritage Day 

December

First Saturday in December World Civil Aviation Day International Civil Aviation Day

December 9, Oklahoma Women in Aviation & Aerospace Day

December 17 Wright Brothers Day

Throughout December Santa Fly-Ins for Holiday Season