Early Fly-In Arrival for AirVenture 2013

[CarlOrton]

Hi, All;

To celebrate the 2012 first flight of my Sonex, I am really wanting to fly-in this year. Although technically I've flown-in before, that was in a twin with another PIC, so I didn't have too much skin in the game.

I was thinking of arriving on the Friday before in order to miss most of the mass arrival confusion.

Anything special to know? Is homebuilt parking open at that time? (Specifically, by the Sonex booth...) Volunteers on the ground? I've read the notam in the past, but can't recall if special rules are in effect (Ripon/Fisk) on Friday or if everything starts on Saturday.

Thanks;

[FlyingRon]

Friday before is the first day of the NOTAM rules I believe. Certainly all ground operations and parking is operating by then. I arrive usually around Wednesday (before the NOTAM is in effect) and everything is running there.

[rleffler]

Carl,

You should be just fine arriving on Friday. As far as HBP/HBC goes, its pretty much like the next week minus a whole bunch of traffic. I've flown in twice and landing just before noon on Saturday. It wasn't a big deal. I don't think it starts getting really crazy until later on Saturday and Sunday.

bob

[Anymouse]

I'm curious if there's any documentation about the arrivals. In other words, historically, when are the busiest and slackest times. So far all I've ever heard was anecdotal info.

For the record, the only time I've been able to fly into Oshkosh was on a Tuesday about an hour or so before the show started. Only traffic was a Cub type aircraft and some jet that got on the frequency trying to explain that since he wasn't part of the airshow, he didn't have to comply with the NOTAM. Leaving on Saturday was pretty much a non-issue as well.

[rleffler]

I'm sure Jeff Point would be willing to share his team's busy times.

[CarlOrton]

Great! Thanks for the info, folks;