There will be NO public greeting for the arrival or departure of the Great River Honor Flight on 21 May (Thursday). The veterans will be going directly from the plane to their bus and not come to the main terminal.

If you are looking ahead in your calendar with future flights, several have had time changes (and there will continue to be changes). The schedule has now been updated to reflect new times as we have learned from the hubs. Please double check for any flights that you have signed up for.

Thank you.

When Quad Cities and Mid-Michigan depart today (5/6), we start planning for the three flights next week.

On Monday and Tuesday (5/11 and 5/12), we will welcome the veterans from Dubuque, Iowa.  Their plane arrives each day at 9:50 am and the buses return at 7:50 pm.

Then on Saturday (5/16), we will welcome the veterans from Macon, GA for what we understand to be their last visit to Dulles.  The airline they use will be moving operations from Dulles.  Their plane will arrive at 8:00 am and the bus will return at 6:00 pm.  This is one of the infrequent opportunities for you to greet the veterans as they come off their plane.

To sign up for these and any greeting, click HERE.

When the Inland Northwest veterans headed back to Spokane this past Wednesday evening, we began a short break after a very hectic three weeks of almost non-stop flights. We certainly appreciate all of the greeters who made trip after trip to Dulles to honor our veterans.

On Tuesday and Wednesday (5/5 and 5/6), we will welcome Mid-Michigan and Quad Cities veterans for their day of honor. Then on May 11th and 12th, we will welcome the veterans from Dubuque each day.

If you haven’t signed up to come to an arrival or departure of these flights, head on over to our website by clicking HERE. We are now halfway through the spring flight schedule.

As if we haven’t been busy enough so far this season, this weekend continues that level of activity.  Middle Georgia and Stars & Stripes Honor Flights arrive on Saturday at 8:00 and 9:15 am.  Those two, plus Permian Basin, will be returning to the airport at 5:00, 5:45, and 6:30.  On Sunday, Western North Dakota will arrive at 10:30 am.  They depart on Monday at 3:30 pm.  We round out our hectic two weeks with Southwest Florida and Inland Northwest Honor Flights on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Due to system availability issues this weekend, the signup for Monday’s flight will close on Friday mornng (4/24).

After Inland Northwest leaves on the 29th, we will have a break until May 5th when we resume a more leisurely schedule of flights.  We thank you for your continued support of greeting our veterans at Dulles Airport.

To sign up to greet any flight, click HERE.

Hardly a day without an Honor Flight being at Dulles. We are in the beginning of our busiest part of the spring season for Honor Flights. Starting tomorrow (Saturday the 18th), only Friday the 24th will not see planes or buses at the airport until the 29th of April. We have a record number of back-to-back flights bringing the veterans to visit their memorials.  You can be a part of this very, very busy time at Dulles.

We invite you to come to the airport to wave, cheer, and thank these veterans.  Bring your families, clubs, neighbors, and co-workers with you. There certainly is no shortage of opportunities!   If you haven’t already signed up, click HERE to do so.

To get free parking at Dulles airport requires getting a parking placard and the directions to the parking lot.

We’ve learned that some groups have an “internal” signup process so they know how many people from the group will be attending. Unless the group redistributes the instructions and placard to its members, the Honor Flight at Dulles team has no way of knowing who needs the information.

If you are a driver, the best bet for you to get the instructions and placard is to fill out the signup form on our website. Unless you misspell your email address (and that still happens), you will get the information in your email 48 to 36 hours before the plane lands or buses return to Dulles.

The signups are here — heroeswelcomeiad.com

Tuesday, April 7th, sees the veterans from Peoria, Illinois and Provo, Utah arriving at Dulles.  On the 8th, the Utah veterans leave. On the 11th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 25th, flights bring more veterans to visit their memorials.  On the 25th, three sets of veterans will arrive.  After that, there are flights each day from the 26th through 29th.  It will be a very, very busy time at Dulles.

We invite you to come to Dulles to wave, cheer, and thank these veterans.  There certainly is no shortage of opportunities!   If you haven’t already signed up, click HERE to do so.

Greeting instructions are always sent out 48 to 36 hours before the planes arrive.  Check the instructions for the arrival/departure times as these sometimes change from the posted schedule. If you signed up but don’t get the instructions, it’s probably because there was an error in entering your email address.  Please double check when entering it.

While the weather outside is miserable and folks have been advised to stay off the roads, it’s a perfect time to cuddle up with a hot chocolate, a warm blanket, and your laptop to sign up for Honor Flights! All of the signup links are now active, so get busy. Folks have already been signing up for the early flights. It’s a great time for you to also get in the act and sign up to greet our honored veterans.

Changes will still be happening with the schedule so check back for any updates that occur.

Remember, if you do not get a confirmation email within minutes after signing up, there was a problem with the entry of your email address.

To sign up, click https://heroeswelcomeiad.com/2026-spring-signups/

In order to assist you in planning your visits to Dulles Airport to greet our veterans, we’ve posted the schedule as we know it today. We know that there will be changes throughout the season so check back periodically for those changes. Just follow the link below to get started.

https://heroeswelcomeiad.com/2026-spring-signups/