Attendance Tops 500,000, Over 800 Vendors
Official attendance numbers for AirVenture 2012 show the number of people through the turnstiles topped 500,000 ... but just barely for the 60th annual EAA fly-in. EAA president and CEO Rod Hightower said that 508,000 people attended the show. "That is a tremendous total considering the intensely hot weather, storms, and struggles in the overall economy,” he said.