Air sports

Air Sports

Highest governing body	Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
Characteristics
Contact	No
Mixed-sex	Yes
Presence
Country or region	Worldwide
Olympic	No
World Games	1997 – 2017

The term "air sports" covers a range of aerial activities.

FAI governed sports

The following sports are governed internationally by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale and at the national level by aero clubs such as the National Aeronautics Association and the Royal Aero Club. The FAI web site contains lists of these national organizations. In some of the categories, there are lightweight classes which can be alternatively grouped as Ultralight aviation.

• Aerobatics
• Air Rallies
• Aeromodelling
• Air racing
• Ballooning
• Drone racing
• General aviation
• Gliding
• Hang gliding
• Human powered aircraft
• Parachuting
• Paragliding
• Power Kites

Orly Air Park in Kenya.

Other activities

Other aerial activities are not governed by the FAI rules

• BASE jumping
• Wingsuit flying
• Rocket Racing League (an attempt to create a new airsport)

See also

• Airsport, a Czech aircraft manufacturer
• World Air Games

External links

• Fédération Aéronautique Internationale