2025 Avalon Airshow: Complete guide, how to get there, ticket prices
After last year’s congestion chaos, here’s all the info on how to get to the airshow, what’s on, and what you can expect when you get there.
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Gates to the 2025 Avalon Airshow open to the public on Friday afternoon, with visitors promised an exciting display of more than 350 aircraft across the weekend.
Organisers have rolled out a revamped traffic management plan and halved onsite parking in a bid to avoid congestion chaos that marred the 2023 event.
There is no free onsite parking at the event. Instead, pre-purchase parking will available for both onsite and park and ride options.
Visitors are encouraged to take shuttle buses from park and ride locations - one in Sutcliffe Reserve in Corio and another on Beach Rd in Point Wilson - and from public transport and commercial flights landing at Avalon Airport.
The 2023 airshow had nearly 250,000 attendees, with similar numbers expected this year.
While the industry events have already begun, the airshow opens to the public from 12pm Friday, March 28 and runs until late afternoon on Sunday, March 30.
Tickets to the event cost $98 for adult general admission, and $25 for children over four. Children younger than four will enter free.
A family pass for two adults and two children comes in at $221.
One day “gold pass” tickets cost $245.
Events and attractions are scheduled throughout the weekend, including the Friday Night Alight pyrotechnic display.
The display will feature a Cessna 185 light aircraft mounted with fireworks.
Meeting popular demand, the airshow is bringing back public viewing on the flight line. Punters will be able to again get close to the rumble and jet fuel of the high-speed takeoffs.
Across the weekend there will be around 350 aircraft on display in the air and on the ground, with 45 individual aircraft featured in the flying displays.
There will be a daily race between a supercar driven by champion driver Will Brown and an air racing plane flown by pilot Matt Hall.
AMDA Foundation chief executive Justin Giddings said there was something for everyone at the airshow.
“With exhilarating flying displays, interactive experiences, and the chance to get up close and personal with aircraft on the ground, we look forward to welcoming visitors from across Australia and the world to one of the world’s great airshows,” he said.
A report from the National Institute of Economic and Industry Research showed that the 2023 event injected around $240m into Victoria’s economy, $24m of which directly benefited Geelong.
There are a range of experiences for families including Superman Land, carnival rides and a ferris wheel, a VR amusement park and science experiences.
New this year is a fourth exhibition hall, giving a third more space for extra attractions in the halls.
Local businesses will also be highlighted at the event through their new “Geelong Is Home” program. Local accommodation, hospitality, and tourism businesses will be promoted at the event, including local cider and wine partners.
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