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Location
Visitor tip
Bring young children to explore the outdoor displays and small playground—kids as young as 2-3 years old enjoy the aircraft exhibits. The outdoor setting makes it engaging for multiple age groups simultaneously.
Visitor tip
Read the interpretive plaques throughout the grounds for in-depth context on the historic aircraft and rockets. Staff are noted as informative and helpful, so don't hesitate to ask questions for a richer educational experience.
Visitor tip
Extend your visit by walking the nearby Waterwalk pathway to observe local wildlife including herons, egrets, redwing blackbirds, and crabs—combining air power history with nature viewing.
About Air Power Park
Park with jets, rockets & a museum. Park featuring jets, missiles & rockets, plus a playground & a museum with model aircraft.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Aviation and Space Museum
- Admission
- Free
- Highlights
- Vintage aircraft, space vehicles, 325+ indoor models, Waterwalk nature trail
- Hours
- Outdoor sunrise-sunset; Indoor 9am-5pm daily
What visitors say
This is a great local museum that is mostly outdoors, but has a lot of historic aircraft and air power paraphernalia. There's a number of vintage jets as well as rockets and developmental aircraft. The interpretation of the museum is…
A nice unplanned stop along our route. Very informative, clean, staff was very kind and helpful. I learned a lot but my husband noted it was extremely fun for him as he had many of the toy versions of the display items as a kid. The…
What an unexpected treat. I saw the F-89 Scorpion from the road and had no idea it was part of a roadside museum. It's like they read my mind and knew all my favorite modern U.S. aircraft.
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Did You Know?
- Free admission to both outdoor aircraft displays and indoor museum with over 325 model aircraft, spacecraft, and nautical vessels
- Features vintage aircraft and experimental space launch vehicles from the 1950s and 1960s with direct connections to Langley Air Force Base and NASA Langley Research Center
- Waterwalk raised wooden observation deck provides wildlife viewing opportunities including herons, egrets, redwing blackbirds, and crabs along with paddle craft launch access
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