While Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh becomes the world’s busiest this week because of the EAA AirVenture, you will still see plenty of traffic coming to Door County’s airports because of it. From July 24th to 30th, more than 600,000 aviation enthusiasts will make their way to the EAA grounds to check out the more than 10,000 aircraft that come to the area at a clip of 121 takeoffs and landings every hour according to the organization. Craig Ross from the Door County Cherryland Airport says the event causes them to see an uptick in traffic over the course of a three-week span with people visiting the area on their way to or coming back from Oshkosh. Ross says some even land in Door County and then make the more than 90-minute drive to the EAA during Airventure just so they can see more of the area and stay out of the fray.

Ross adds that even before EAA, the Door County Cherryland Airport continues to see an increase in traffic as people remain more comfortable traveling in a post-pandemic world. AirVenture wraps up on Sunday.

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