Flying to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh

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Provide your feedback to ATC Alternate Airports & Stops Foreign Visitors Clearing Customs Departure Briefing EAA Flight Planner Graphic TFR NOTAMS Wittman Regional Airport FBO Map & Fuel Prices Fuel Service at Oshkosh Emergency Aircraft Repair Safe Ground Operations for Conventional Gear (Tail Wheel) Aircraft Tying down your aircraft Camping with your aircraft

EAA AirVenture 2008 NOTAM
Download your 2008 EAA AirVenture NOTAM here. Pilots can order the booklet online or by calling 800-JOIN-EAA (800-564-6322).

AirVenture Flight Arrival Procedures - Understanding Air Traffic Control at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
An online guide created by veteran Oshkosh Air Traffic Controllers to give you - the pilot - a better understanding of the Air Traffic Control procedures in use at AirVenture. Learn more    Provide your feedback to ATC

Ultralight Arrival Procedures
An online and printable guide for ultralight/homebuilt rotorcraft flight arrival procedures. Learn more

Aircraft Parking Status
The aircraft parking information and field conditions can be accessed on our Aircraft Parking Status page

Safe Ground Operations for Conventional Gear (Tail Wheel) Aircraft
All pilots feel a need to be vigilant regarding safety issues. They carefully inspect their aircraft during pre-flight, run up the engine(s), check the weather. They ask themselves, “Am I physically and mentally ready to fly today?” Simply stated, pilots make many critical, safety-based decisions before the wheels start to roll.  Learn more

Departure Briefing
All pilots departing on Runway 18/36 before the daily air show should have a departure briefing, available on ATIS (128.75), in the EAA AirVenture NOTAM, or in the Departure Briefing shack located east of the control tower starting at 7 a.m., at the tent in South Aircraft Parking (Row 113), or from the roving briefer circulation through the South aircraft parking in a vehicle with a Departure Briefing sign.

Foreign Visitors
Foreign visitors/members flying to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh from any country must apply for and receive a TSA waiver. Print out the waiver form from the TSA General Aviation web site,  then fax it to the phone number on the form at least 14 days before you need the waiver.

Aircraft registered in either Canada or Mexico do not need the waiver if they can comply with the terms of the current border crossing NOTAM. NOTAM (2/5319) for VFR or IFR operations.

Experimental amateur-built aircraft and ultralight aircraft registered in Canada do not need the waiver if they can comply with the terms of the current border crossing NOTAM (2/5319) and the FAA Canadian ultralight and amateur-built aircraft border crossing Special Flight Authorization (SFA)

Pilots flying foreign-registered aircraft who are unable to comply with any of the above, as it applies to you, must apply for and receive a TSA international waiver.

Questions - call EAA Information Services at 920-426-4821 or e-mail: infoserve@eaa.org.

Airline Discounts
Airline discounts to and from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh are available from several airlines. Learn more

Commercial Airports
Appleton, WI - Outagamie County Regional; Green Bay, WI - Austin Straubel Int’l Airport;
Madison, WI - Madison Dane County Regional; Milwaukee, WI -  Mitchell International Airport; Chicago, IL - O’Hare International

EAA Flight Planner
Plan your flight to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh using the EAA Flight Planner. You must be an EAA member to use the Flight Planner. Learn more about the EAA Flight Planner.

Graphic TFR Notams
When flying in the U.S. EAA strongly encourages you to check Notams for current temporary flight restrictions (TFR's) that may affect your route of flight. There are two methods available to do this:

1. EAA Flight Planner - plots your desired route of flight and shows any TFR's that may affect the flight. The TFR display on this site allows you to show the TFR on many different types of aviation maps, including a VFR section.
2. FAA Graphic NOTAM web page - using the links for each posted TFR, this site allows you to read the exact NOTAM and also provides a link to a graphic display of the TFR area. The graphic display does not allow you the option to select different types of aviation maps to display the TFR on.

Convention Grounds and Wittman Regional Airport
Wittman Regional Airport has been home to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh since 1970. The airport and adjacent property create a 1,500-acre site for the annual celebration of flight.

Named after Steve Wittman, the local native who became a nationally renowned aircraft designer, builder and racer for more than six decades, the facility has grown several times since EAA first came to the facility.

A number of features at Wittman make it an outstanding airport for the event. First is the support from Oshkosh and Winnebago County, which enthusiastically welcomed the event in 1970 and EAA Headquarters in the early 1980s.

Next is the airport itself. It is a somewhat unique facility because its two major runways — the 8,000-foot north-south Runway 18/36 and the 6,100-foot east-west Runway 9/27 — do not cross. That allows air traffic to be safely moved much more efficiently. During EAA AirVenture, the main north-south Taxiway A is also utilized as a runway.

Although development has come to both the north and east sides of the airport, there are still hundreds of acres to safely park aircraft. Smaller runways 4/22 and 13/31, which are not active during AirVenture, make outstanding hard-surface areas for aircraft requiring that type of parking.

An airport master plan developed in compliance with FAA requirements in the early 1990s allowed EAA to shape its convention grounds for future growth. Since then, new exhibit hangars, taxiways and other construction has updated the site.

EAA-owned and leased properties form the core of the parking and camping areas at AirVenture. Camp Scholler annually welcomes 40,000 campers while each day during AirVenture, auto parking areas can accommodate more than 12,000 vehicles.

A special one-way loop traffic system developed in the late 1980s helps eliminate traffic tie-ups at the event’s busiest times, which are usually in the late morning and following the air show in the late afternoon. Internal service roads also assist movement of people and support vehicles.

Continual improvements made throughout the site have accelerated over the past five years, creating a site that serves aviation enthusiasts, regardless of how they travel to and enjoy AirVenture.

Alternate Airports and Stops
It’s nice to feel wanted, and those flying to and from AirVenture are certainly that. We will have a list of facilities that are providing special offers to traveling EAAers on their flights to Oshkosh. If you'd like your FBO or facility listed, please email the information to webmaster@eaa.org.

FBO Map
Check current fuel prices along your route. Learn more.

Fuel Service at Oshkosh
Fuel Service at Oshkosh Orion Flight Services will have fuel trucks available for on-field fueling from July 25 - August 3, from 7 a.m. to dusk daily. Orion offers hard surface parking for jet, turboprop and piston twin aircraft, however space is limited, so early registration is encouraged. An Orion courtesy shuttle will be available from the north fuel booth area to the FBO for Orion customers with special needs. The Orion FBO is located in the west wing of the Airport Main Terminal building. You may pre-register for parking and fuel, or get additional information at www.OrionFlightServices.com  or call 1-866-FLY-ORION.

Basler Flight Service will have fuel trucks on the field from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, July 28-August 3, 2008. We will have two fuel information booths - one located across from North Forty Registration, and the other adjacent to the Antique Classic Cafe. Hard surface parking is available on the Basler Ramp at the north end of the field right off of Taxiway A. More information is available at http://www.baslerflightservice.com/eaa/eaavisitors.html or call 920-236-7827. Unicom 122.95.

Tying Down Your Airplane
Tiedowns are required at EAA AirVenture for the safety of all planes and visitors. Learn more about how to effectively tie down your airplane.