Österreichischer Aero-Club

The Osterreichischer Aero-Club (OAeC) is the Austrian aero club, the only organised representative body in Austria for all air sports. Its general secretariat is at Prinz Eugen-Strasse 12 in Vienna's fourth district, and the association now has around 20,000 members organised in six air sport sections and in state associations (Landesverbande) across the federal states, with affiliated flying clubs, airfields and the Vienna state association. On 13 October 2026 it celebrated its 125th anniversary with 100 guests from all sections and states at a ceremony in the Haus des Sports, moderated by Formula 1 and Airpower commentator Andreas Grobl and opened by president Wolfgang Malik.

Sections and services

• Six air sport sections: gliding (Segelflug), powered flight (Motorflug), model flying (Modellflug), hang gliding and paragliding, parachuting (Fallschirmspringen) and ballooning (Ballonfahrt), with drone-friendly model flying clubs, learn-to-fly information, event calendars and refresher courses for FI(S) and FI(UL) instructors
• Membership via an OAeC flying club, a state association or as a direct member, which includes collective accident insurance and model aircraft liability insurance, a national OAeC sports licence for national competitions and record attempts, and activation of an FAI Sporting Licence for international competitions
• Airspace representation: dedicated airspace officers negotiate across sections and state associations in annual airspace talks with Austro Control and the transport ministry, with members asked to report clearance behaviour through an online tool, and the site publishes airspace restriction notices and legal FAQs
• The Aero-Club authority (FAA), the association's delegated licensing authority, whose head Walter Ochsenhofer gave an account of its work at the anniversary event

125th anniversary

Speakers at the jubilee included Austro Control managing director Elisabeth Landrichter, Air Chief Gerfried Promberger, Michael Luczensky of the ministry, vice president Hannes Taborsky and Sport Austria president Hans Niessl, with a keynote by Vladimir Foltin of EASA on the future of air sports, general aviation and its airspaces, including updates on electronic conspicuity for collision avoidance. Panel discussions with Austro Control, the Austrian armed forces, Austrian air sports pilots and the German Aero-Club addressed fair use of airspace and youth development, and gliding talent Philip Heinrich described his start in the sport. President Malik closed with the eight-point Vienna Declaration on the future of air sports, issued for the first International Day of Air Sports, and the club also marked its double jubilee with Austria's Day of Sport on Heldenplatz in Vienna on 26 September.

Shows

The Osterreichischer Aero-Club appears in the exhibitor and partner lists of AERO Friedrichshafen 2027, where it is listed as an event partner association.

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