The Air Race Classic is an annual transcontinental air race for female pilots. Route lengths are approximately 2,400 statute miles (3,900 km). All flights are conducted in day visual-flight-rules (VFR) conditions. Each aircraft is handicapped for speed and engine power. The goal is to have the actual ground speed be as far over the handicapped speed as possible.
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The 2012 race will run from Lake Havasu City, AZ (HII, Lake Havasu City Airport) to Batavia, OH (I69, Clermont County Airport), a distance of 2330.2 nm/2681.5 sm.
June 17–21, 2011 from Iowa City, IA (IOW, Iowa City Municipal Airport) to Mobile, AL (BFM, Mobile Downtown Airport), a distance of 2365.4 nm/2722.0 sm. The race was won by Leah Hetzel and Sarah Morris flying a Cirrus SR-20.
June 22-25, 2010 from Fort Myers, FL (RSW, Southwest Florida International Airport) to Frederick, MD (FDK, Frederick Municipal Airport), a distance of 2158 nm. This year's theme was "100 years of licensed women pilots." The race was won by Terry Carbonell of Alva, FL, Ellen Herr of Fort Myers, FL and Laura Ying Gao of Spring Hill, FL.
June 23–26, 2009 from Denver, CO (APA, Centennial Airport) to Atlantic, IA (AIO, Atlantic Municipal Airport), a distance of 2359.0 nm/2714.7 sm. The race was won by pilots Kelly Burris of Ann Arbor, MI and Erin Recke of Seattle, WA in a Beechcraft Debonair.
Thirty-three teams completed the race in June 2008, flying a course from Bozeman, MT (BZN, Gallatin Field Airport) to Mansfield, MA (1B9, Mansfield Municipal Airport). Intermediate route stops were Miles City, MT, Aberdeen, SD, Mason City, IA, Decatur, IL, Frankfort, KY, Franklin, PA, and Saratoga Springs, NY.