Women pilots will take off June 17, from H. L. Sonny Callahan Airport in Fairhope, Alabama, for a 2,426 statute mile competition across nine states that ends at Felts Field in Spokane, Washington.
Air Race Classic
Route for 2025 Air Race Classic unveiled
The 2025 race will take off June 17, 2025, from H.L. Sonny Callahan Airport (KCQF) in Fairhope, Alabama, and end June 20 at Felts Field Airport (KSFF) in Spokane, Washington.
A twist on tradition for 2024 Air Derby
The ARC Air Derby is a VFR flight flown during daylight hours on a single day between Sept. 27 and Oct. 10, 2024. The objectives are for each team to design a route that conforms to the ARC Air Derby Rules, estimate the time it will take them to fly that route, and then fly it as close to their estimated time as possible.
Big distance and bigger fun
The Air Race Classic is all about flying the “perfect” cross-country.
47th annual Air Race Classic prepares for takeoff
Women pilots are gearing up for the 47th annual Air Race Classic, which takes off June 18, 2024, from Southern Illinois Airport in Carbondale, Illinois, and ending 2,610-statute miles later at the Northern Colorado Regional Airport in Loveland, Colorado, on June 21.
Registration opens for Air Race Classic
This year’s Air Race Classic celebrates the 95th anniversary of that historic competition, which marked the beginning of women’s air racing in the United States.
Route revealed for 47th annual Air Race Classic
The 2024 all-women cross-country race starts at Southern Illinois Airport and ends at Northern Colorado Regional Airport in Fort Collins/Loveland, Colorado, with intermediate stops in 11 states.
Air Race Classic opens annual Air Derby to all pilots
For the first time, the Air Race Classic Air Derby is open to both male and female pilots “in response to popular demand.” Registration for the one-day flying proficiency event opens July 15, 2023.
100 women pilots set to compete in annual Air Race Classic
For the 2023 race, 42 teams, consisting of 100 women pilots from across the United States and around the world, will take off at 8 a.m. June 20 from Grand Forks International Airport in North Dakota, for a 2,684-statute mile competition across 12 states that ends June 23 at Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport in Florida.