✈️ The Olympic Air Show Returns

Aerobatics, Vintage Aircraft, and $20-a-Day Family Fun at Olympia Regional Airport, June 20 to 21

If the dad in your life lights up at the sound of a radial engine, this one's already on your calendar.

The Olympic Air Show returns to Olympia Regional Airport on Saturday and Sunday, June 20 to 21, 2026, an annual Father's Day weekend tradition put on by the Olympic Flight Museum.

✈️ What to Expect

The show is two layers stacked together.

• Static display — vintage and modern aircraft parked on the tarmac, open for walk-around. Expect WWII-era warbirds, classic civilian planes, and modern military if a guest jet shows up. Bring kids.

• Live aerobatic performances — daily from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., with professional aerobatic pilots running the kind of routines that make people cheer with their hands in the air.

Doors open at 9:00 a.m. so you have time to walk the tarmac before the flying starts.

🎟 Tickets

• Day pass: about $20

• Weekend pass: about $35

• Kids 6 and under: FREE

Tickets are available on Eventbrite and at the gate. Buying ahead is recommended for Father's Day Sunday.

📍 Where & Parking

Olympic Air Show
Olympia Regional Airport, 7643 Old Hwy 99 SE, Tumwater, WA 98501

There's on-site parking, plus free overflow parking at the L&I building with shuttle buses running attendees back and forth to the airport.

🏛 About the Olympic Flight Museum

The host is the Olympic Flight Museum, a Tumwater nonprofit dedicated to preserving and flying historic aircraft. They keep planes airworthy, not just stationary, which is what makes this air show different from most museum visits.

📈 Why It Matters

Big air shows (Seattle's Seafair, Boeing's events) get the airline crowd. The Olympic Air Show is the opposite. Small enough that kids can stand 30 feet from a P-51 Mustang, intimate enough that pilots will talk to you between performances, cheap enough that a family of four costs less than dinner out.

If you've never been, this is the year. If you have, you already know.

📬 I'm Aaron Thomas, a local realtor sharing stories that connect us to the places we call home. Every Friday, we publish the South Sound Report, keeping you informed about what's happening in Tacoma, Olympia, DuPont, Puyallup, Lakewood, and the communities in between.

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