For the past 17 years, aircraft sales and airport information website GlobalAir has published an FBO specials page that highlights camping, cookout, and fuel deals for pilots flying to Oshkosh, Wisconsin for the annual EAA AirVenture show.
"I love this promotion,” said Abigail Sheets, director of GlobalAir’s Airport Resource Center. “It’s a win-win, FBOs who celebrate EAA AirVenture via discounts and specials can spotlight their ramp at no extra cost. Transient pilots can quickly scan for savings in their flight path using our interactive map, which pinpoints each FBO. I am extremely thankful to EAA for allowing us to put this together, and even more thankful that they host such an amazing and core event in aviation.”
More than 130 deals this year include fuel discounts up to $1.50 per gallon and free meals, along with no landing or overnight tiedown fees. FBO listings on the Airport Resource Center are free, although sponsored listings are also available.
Fuel discounts aren’t limited to avgas, and FBOs such as Atlantic Aviation in Casper, Wyoming is offering 25 cents off each gallon of jet fuel. With weather sometimes the bane of cross-country travelers, Gregory Municipal Airport in South Dakota is opening the doors of its large hangar for free weather-induced overnight stays.