EAA AirVenture · Wittman Regional · KOSH

OSH 2026
Wrapped

Ten days of the world's busiest airspace, counted one airplane at a time.

10,040
landings tracked on the arrival

Where they flew

Ten days of arrivals, drawn by the airplanes themselves.

Every track we could reconstruct, stacked on top of each other. Nobody drew the bright line running in from the southwest — that is roughly 10,000 pilots flying the published Fisk arrival by eye, over Ripon and up the railroad tracks. Drag to pan, scroll to zoom, and switch altitude layers to separate the 1,800 ft corridor from the 2,300 ft one.

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The numbers

5,059
unique aircraft
individual airframes
415
different types
50 seen only once
16
in a single minute
Jul 23, 9:16 AM
6.7s
between arrivals
at the busiest moment
72
aircraft in the line at once
Sun Jul 19, 5:07 PM
96%
altitude compliance
on the published corridors
1,022
Van's RVs
the single biggest fleet
516
warbird landings
Mustangs, DC-3s, two B-17s

The peak

On Thursday morning, airplanes landed faster than you could count them.

The busiest ten minutes of the whole event began at Jul 23, 9:50 AM: 89 landings — one every 6.7 seconds, on two runways at once. The busiest single hour saw 382, and in one remarkable minute 16 aircraft touched down.

Day by day

Arrivals built to a Thursday crescendo.

Mass arrivals peak the day before the show fills up. Thu 23 alone brought 2,159 landings — more than twice a typical day.

06251,2501,8752,500Fri 17 — 243 landings243Fri 17Sat 18 — 944 landings944Sat 18Sun 19 — 774 landings774Sun 19Mon 20 — 711 landings711Mon 20Tue 21 — 852 landings852Tue 21Wed 22 — 1,198 landings1,198Wed 22Thu 23 — 2,159 landings2,159Thu 23Fri 24 — 1,237 landings1,237Fri 24Sat 25 — 791 landings791Sat 25Sun 26 — 1,131 landings1,131Sun 26

The rhythm of a day

Oshkosh is a morning airport.

Landings by hour, summed across all ten days. The field wakes at six, roars until noon, dozes through the afternoon airshow, then briefly comes alive again as the show ends.

03757501,1251,5005am — 2 landings (all week)5a6am — 443 landings (all week)7am — 992 landings (all week)7a8am — 1,300 landings (all week)9am — 1,330 landings (all week)9a10am — 1,061 landings (all week)11am — 910 landings (all week)11a12pm — 827 landings (all week)1pm — 663 landings (all week)1p2pm — 317 landings (all week)3pm — 277 landings (all week)3p4pm — 328 landings (all week)5pm — 386 landings (all week)5p6pm — 634 landings (all week)7pm — 543 landings (all week)7p8pm — 13 landings (all week)9pm — 6 landings (all week)9p10pm — 7 landings (all week)

Every hour of every day

The whole event in one picture.

Each cell is one hour. Darker means busier — the afternoon gap is the airshow, when the arrival closes.

6a8a10a12p2p4p6p8pFri 17Fri 17 6am — 0 landingsFri 17 7am — 0 landingsFri 17 8am — 0 landingsFri 17 9am — 0 landingsFri 17 10am — 0 landingsFri 17 11am — 0 landingsFri 17 12pm — 0 landingsFri 17 1pm — 0 landingsFri 17 2pm — 4 landingsFri 17 3pm — 32 landingsFri 17 4pm — 37 landingsFri 17 5pm — 97 landingsFri 17 6pm — 45 landingsFri 17 7pm — 28 landingsFri 17 8pm — 0 landingsSat 18Sat 18 6am — 1 landingsSat 18 7am — 49 landingsSat 18 8am — 76 landingsSat 18 9am — 67 landingsSat 18 10am — 93 landingsSat 18 11am — 114 landingsSat 18 12pm — 71 landingsSat 18 1pm — 103 landingsSat 18 2pm — 93 landingsSat 18 3pm — 78 landingsSat 18 4pm — 65 landingsSat 18 5pm — 74 landingsSat 18 6pm — 55 landingsSat 18 7pm — 5 landingsSat 18 8pm — 0 landingsSun 19Sun 19 6am — 0 landingsSun 19 7am — 7 landingsSun 19 8am — 11 landingsSun 19 9am — 21 landingsSun 19 10am — 19 landingsSun 19 11am — 17 landingsSun 19 12pm — 17 landingsSun 19 1pm — 17 landingsSun 19 2pm — 81 landingsSun 19 3pm — 124 landingsSun 19 4pm — 117 landingsSun 19 5pm — 118 landingsSun 19 6pm — 135 landingsSun 19 7pm — 89 landingsSun 19 8pm — 0 landingsMon 20Mon 20 6am — 5 landingsMon 20 7am — 124 landingsMon 20 8am — 81 landingsMon 20 9am — 80 landingsMon 20 10am — 68 landingsMon 20 11am — 82 landingsMon 20 12pm — 78 landingsMon 20 1pm — 73 landingsMon 20 2pm — 13 landingsMon 20 3pm — 9 landingsMon 20 4pm — 8 landingsMon 20 5pm — 4 landingsMon 20 6pm — 52 landingsMon 20 7pm — 34 landingsMon 20 8pm — 0 landingsTue 21Tue 21 6am — 11 landingsTue 21 7am — 87 landingsTue 21 8am — 117 landingsTue 21 9am — 113 landingsTue 21 10am — 92 landingsTue 21 11am — 83 landingsTue 21 12pm — 82 landingsTue 21 1pm — 83 landingsTue 21 2pm — 24 landingsTue 21 3pm — 6 landingsTue 21 4pm — 10 landingsTue 21 5pm — 9 landingsTue 21 6pm — 56 landingsTue 21 7pm — 78 landingsTue 21 8pm — 1 landingsWed 22Wed 22 6am — 39 landingsWed 22 7am — 130 landingsWed 22 8am — 159 landingsWed 22 9am — 170 landingsWed 22 10am — 119 landingsWed 22 11am — 72 landingsWed 22 12pm — 150 landingsWed 22 1pm — 115 landingsWed 22 2pm — 31 landingsWed 22 3pm — 6 landingsWed 22 4pm — 7 landingsWed 22 5pm — 12 landingsWed 22 6pm — 103 landingsWed 22 7pm — 72 landingsWed 22 8pm — 8 landingsThu 23Thu 23 6am — 178 landingsThu 23 7am — 236 landingsThu 23 8am — 315 landingsThu 23 9am — 378 landingsThu 23 10am — 203 landingsThu 23 11am — 211 landingsThu 23 12pm — 216 landingsThu 23 1pm — 158 landingsThu 23 2pm — 22 landingsThu 23 3pm — 13 landingsThu 23 4pm — 4 landingsThu 23 5pm — 6 landingsThu 23 6pm — 132 landingsThu 23 7pm — 86 landingsThu 23 8pm — 1 landingsFri 24Fri 24 6am — 89 landingsFri 24 7am — 171 landingsFri 24 8am — 202 landingsFri 24 9am — 191 landingsFri 24 10am — 180 landingsFri 24 11am — 103 landingsFri 24 12pm — 68 landingsFri 24 1pm — 50 landingsFri 24 2pm — 17 landingsFri 24 3pm — 6 landingsFri 24 4pm — 4 landingsFri 24 5pm — 2 landingsFri 24 6pm — 11 landingsFri 24 7pm — 139 landingsFri 24 8pm — 1 landingsSat 25Sat 25 6am — 56 landingsSat 25 7am — 84 landingsSat 25 8am — 145 landingsSat 25 9am — 124 landingsSat 25 10am — 94 landingsSat 25 11am — 74 landingsSat 25 12pm — 63 landingsSat 25 1pm — 52 landingsSat 25 2pm — 22 landingsSat 25 3pm — 3 landingsSat 25 4pm — 4 landingsSat 25 5pm — 4 landingsSat 25 6pm — 45 landingsSat 25 7pm — 12 landingsSat 25 8pm — 2 landingsSun 26Sun 26 6am — 64 landingsSun 26 7am — 104 landingsSun 26 8am — 194 landingsSun 26 9am — 186 landingsSun 26 10am — 193 landingsSun 26 11am — 154 landingsSun 26 12pm — 82 landingsSun 26 1pm — 12 landingsSun 26 2pm — 10 landingsSun 26 3pm — 0 landingsSun 26 4pm — 72 landingsSun 26 5pm — 60 landingsSun 26 6pm — 0 landingsSun 26 7pm — 0 landingsSun 26 8pm — 0 landings
quiet busy peak (378/hr)

The fleet

514 Skyhawks led a field of 415 types.

The twenty most common aircraft on the arrival. Below them sits a very long tail: 50 types appeared exactly once all week.

Cessna 172 — 514 landingsC172514Cessna 172Piper Cherokee — 452 landingsP28A452Piper CherokeeCessna 182 — 447 landingsC182447Cessna 182Beech Bonanza — 358 landingsBE35358Beech BonanzaMooney M20 — 347 landingsM20P347Mooney M20Beech Bonanza 36 — 261 landingsBE36261Beech Bonanza 36Cirrus SR22 — 240 landingsSR22240Cirrus SR22Piper Comanche — 207 landingsPA24207Piper ComancheVan's RV-7 — 203 landingsRV7203Van's RV-7Van's RV-8 — 174 landingsRV8174Van's RV-8Van's RV-6 — 166 landingsRV6166Van's RV-6Van's RV-10 — 159 landingsRV10159Van's RV-10Piper Arrow — 145 landingsP28R145Piper ArrowS22T — 128 landingsS22T128T-6 Texan — 118 landingsT6118T-6 TexanCessna 150 — 112 landingsC150112Cessna 150Piper Saratoga — 111 landingsPA32111Piper SaratogaCessna Cardinal — 107 landingsC177107Cessna CardinalP32R — 97 landingsP32R97Cessna 180 — 90 landingsC18090Cessna 180

By marque

Cessna — 1,900 landingsCessna1,900Piper — 1,421 landingsPiper1,421Beech — 1,076 landingsBeech1,076Van's RV — 1,022 landingsVan's RV1,022Cirrus — 432 landingsCirrus432Mooney — 366 landingsMooney366

The RV army — 1,022 landings

RV7 — 203 landingsRV7203RV8 — 174 landingsRV8174RV6 — 166 landingsRV6166RV10 — 159 landingsRV10159RV14 — 88 landingsRV1488RV4 — 83 landingsRV483RV9 — 81 landingsRV981RV12 — 64 landingsRV1264

Warbirds & classics

516 landings by aircraft older than most of the crowd.

T-6 Texan — 118 landingsT6118T-6 TexanBeech 18 — 70 landingsBE1870Beech 18T-28 Trojan — 60 landingsT2860T-28 TrojanL-39 Albatros — 54 landingsL3954L-39 AlbatrosP-51 Mustang — 46 landingsP5146P-51 MustangDH Chipmunk — 39 landingsDHC139DH ChipmunkDC-3 — 37 landingsDC337DC-3Super Cub — 30 landingsPA1830Super CubB-25 Mitchell — 15 landingsB2515B-25 MitchellYak-52 — 14 landingsYK5214Yak-52Stearman — 11 landingsST7511StearmanJ-3 Cub — 9 landingsJ39J-3 Cub

Rare air

The ones that made people put their sandwich down.

Heavy metal, one-offs and visitors.

  • B-29 SuperfortressN69972
  • B-17 Flying FortressN9323Z×2
  • C-5M Super Galaxy86-0017
  • C-17 Globemaster III05-5153
  • C-130J Hercules169536
  • CH-47 Chinook10-08081
  • UH-60 Black Hawk07-20082
  • Airbus A320C-FDST
  • Boeing 737N883V
  • Boeing 757N969FD
  • P-63 KingcobraN191H
  • BAE Hawk — Red Arrows165060, XX219, XX221, XX310×8
  • Lockheed 12 ElectraN18906
  • PAC P-750N10CV
  • Douglas DC-3N103NA, N17334, N33VW, N345VJ×37

Frequent flyers

Ride-hoppers and tow planes, landing again and again.

  • N9645TRIM29 landings
  • N167822 landings
  • N601JFT-6 Texan20 landings
  • N260DCChipmunk17 landings
  • N44CR14 landings
  • N260SPPitts S-213 landings
  • N1592LBeech Bonanza 3613 landings
  • N803RLVan's RV-813 landings

From abroad

247 landings by 123 foreign-registered aircraft.

  • CanadaC-208
  • GermanyD-10
  • AustriaOE-6
  • MexicoXB-4
  • BrazilPT-4
  • United KingdomG-3

Where they landed

Two runways did 93% of the work.

Wittman runs one direction of each strip at a time, chosen by the wind — so the split records which way the wind blew all week.

Runway 36 — 4,837 landings (48.2%)RWY 364,837 · 48.2%Runway 27 — 4,531 landings (45.1%)RWY 274,531 · 45.1%Runway 18 — 341 landings (3.4%)Runway 09 — 331 landings (3.3%)
RWY 36 · 4,837 (48.2%) RWY 27 · 4,531 (45.1%) RWY 18 · 341 (3.4%) RWY 09 · 331 (3.3%)

The line itself

72
longest conga line
Sun Jul 19, 5:07 PM
74s
typical spacing
between aircraft
57
at once in the slow lane
1,800 ft · Jul 19, 3:52 PM
15
at once in the fast lane
2,300 ft · Jul 19, 5:01 PM

The Fisk arrival stacks two corridors over the same ground track: 90 knots at 1,800 feet, 135 knots at 2,300. 85% of the traffic took the slow lane, 15% the fast one — and 96% held their assigned altitude.

The long tail

Types that appeared exactly once in ten days:

A320 · AS65 · B212 · B29 · B429 · B737 · B752 · BE9T · C17 · C30J · C5M · CH70 · CMAS · CP30 · EAGL · EC35 · EC45 · EV97 · EVOT · FLE7 · G2CA · G2T1 · GABR · H47 · H500 · H53S · H60 · H64 · HIGH · L12 · LA60 · M10 · P63 · P750 · PRM1 · RANG · RCAL · RISN · S10 · S51D · S64 · SAVG · SD4 · SSTL · SV4 · SVNH · TA15 · U22 · VTUR · WCAT