Calendar

IAC Snowbird Classic 2026

IAC Snowbird Classic — season-opening winter contest in Florida.

Sport Air Racing League Round 1 2026

SARL Round 1 — Taylor Municipal closed-course air racing kicks off the season.

IAC Spring Fling 2026

IAC Spring Fling at Borrego Springs (L08) — desert thermals + reliable spring weather.

SSA Region 5 North Soaring Contest 2026

SSA Region 5 (Southeast) North contest at Bermuda High Soaring.

SARL Round of Champions 2026

SARL Round of Champions race at Taylor Municipal.

IAC Southeast Regional Aerobatic Contest 2026

IAC Southeast Regional Aerobatic Championships at Dunnellon (X35).

IAC Southeast Regional Aerobatic Championships 2026

IAC Chapter 19 Southeast Regional contest at Dunnellon-Marion (X35).

Air Race World Championship 2026

Air Race World Championship — the successor to Red Bull Air Race. Race-format aerobatic competition with global stops.

SARL Stihl Wood Chopper Air Races 2026

SARL spring race at Concord-Padgett Regional.

Club Class Nationals 2026 (Soaring)

SSA Club Class Nationals at Bermuda High Soaring (CDN) — South Carolina spring thermal soaring.

IAC East Coast Aerobatic Championships 2026

IAC East Coast Aerobatic Championships at Rowan County (SRW). Primary through Unlimited categories.

IAC Rocky Mountain Invitational 2026

IAC Chapter 12 Rocky Mountain Invitational.

15-Meter Nationals 2026 (Soaring)

SSA Sanctioned 15-Meter Nationals — competitive soaring, 11-day cross-country racing.

SSA 15-Meter Nationals 2026

SSA 15-Meter Class Nationals at Cordele.

SARL Pylons in the Pines Air Races 2026

SARL Pylons in the Pines at Lancaster Municipal (73C).

Air Race Classic 2026

The Air Race Classic — annual all-women transcontinental air race. Successor to the 1929 Powder Puff Derby. ~2,400-mile multi-leg course; team handicap-based scoring.

Sports Class Nationals 2026 (Soaring)

SSA Sports Class Nationals at Hobbs — high-performance western thermal soaring contest.

SSA Region 7 Soaring Contest 2026

SSA Region 7 (Upper Midwest) annual contest.

SSA Region 1 Soaring Contest 2026

SSA Region 1 (New England) annual soaring contest.

SSA Region 9 Soaring Contest 2026

SSA Region 9 (Southwest) contest at Moriarty — premier western US thermal soaring.

Standard Class Nationals 2026 (Soaring)

SSA Standard Class Nationals at Mifflin County — east coast thermal soaring contest.

IAC Northwest Aerobatic Contest 2026

IAC Chapter 67 Pacific Northwest contest at Ephrata (EPH).

SSA Region 4 North Soaring Contest 2026

SSA Region 4 North annual contest at Fairfield-Bermudian Valley.

SSA Region 3 Soaring Contest 2026

SSA Region 3 (NY/PA) annual soaring contest.

SSA Region 11 North Soaring Contest 2026

SSA Region 11 North contest at Truckee — Sierra Nevada thermal + mountain wave.

IAC Cleveland Aerobatic Contest 2026

IAC Chapter 34 Cleveland Aerobatic Contest at Wayne County (BJJ).

SARL Summer Air Races 2026

SARL summer race at Llano Municipal.

IAC Doug Yost Aerobatic Challenge 2026

IAC Chapter 78 Doug Yost Aerobatic Challenge — Iowa upper-Midwest contest.

IAC Canadian Regional Aerobatic Contest 2026

IAC Chapter 35 Canadian Regional contest at Olds Didsbury, Alberta.

IAC South Central Regional Aerobatic Championships 2026

IAC Chapter 24 South Central Regional at Llano Municipal (AQO).

SSA Region 12 Soaring Contest 2026

SSA Region 12 Minden — fall wave camp + contest combined.

National Championship Air Races (Reno) 2026

The world's only multi-class pylon air-racing event — Unlimited, Sport, T-6, Jet, Formula One, and Biplane classes. 2026 marks the relocation cycle from Reno-Stead; check the URL for the host venue.

SARL Fall Air Races 2026

SARL fall race at Taylor Municipal.

IAC U.S. National Aerobatic Championships 2026

The U.S. National Aerobatic Championships — IAC-sanctioned competition across Primary / Sportsman / Intermediate / Advanced / Unlimited categories. North Texas Regional (GYI) is the traditional host.