One of the Outer Banks’ best-known claims to fame is the Wright brothers and their successful attempt at powered flight. To commemorate the Wright brothers’ advances in the field, the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills marks the spot where the first powered and controlled flight in an airplane occurred. You can visit the Wright Brothers Memorial today to see where the first series of flights took off and landed and an information center to learn about the Wright brothers’ history and their original designs for airplanes. Another Outer Banks flight-oriented activity is the Dare County Regional Airport Museum. At this museum you can learn more about the history of flight on the Outer Banks beyond the Wright brothers, such as the importance of Outer Banks flight in World War II and local aviator heroes. Check out the listings below and prepare for a fun and educational experience with Outer Banks flight-oriented attractions.
Outer Banks Things To Do by Area
Corolla | Duck & Southern Shores | Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills & Nags Head
Roanoke Island & Manteo | Hatteras Island | Ocracoke Island
Outer Banks Things To Do by Category
Outer Banks Flying & Flight Oriented
Kitty Hawk Kites has been teaching the world to fly since 1974. With 10 retail locations from Corolla to Ocracoke, Kitty Hawk Kites boasts an impressive selection of kites, flags and spinners, toys, apparel, gifts and games on the Outer Banks. Kitty Hawk Kites specializes in kites, from the single-lines for kids to high-tech stunt varieties. The stores also sell fun outdoor goodies such as flags, toys, boomerangs and games. You’ll find a wide selection of Outer Banks gear, beach sportswear and footwear from Crocs, Chaco, Hey Dude, Southern Fried and Life is Good apparel, t-shirts, sweatshirts, outdoor clothing, sunglasses and more. Kitty Hawk Kites also offers a number of adventure activities including hang gliding, kayak and SUP tours, lessons and rentals, parasailing, Jet Skis, dolphin tours, wild horse tours, historic tours and much more. The brand-new Whalebone Watersports Center on the Nags Head Causeway offers kayak fishing, Jet Skis, pontoon boat rentals and more. At Kitty Hawk Kites' Waves Village Watersports in Rodanthe, you can learn kiteboarding; buy and rent kiteboarding gear; rent a kayak, surfboard or standup paddleboard or climb the adventure tower/ropes course. Kitty Hawk Kites Hang Gliding School at Jockey's Ridge in Nags Head offers private lessons, beginner lessons, advanced lessons and training packages for hang gliding, as well as retail merchandise and sand boards available for rent.
Kitty Hawk Kites has been teaching the world to fly since 1974. With 10 retail locations from Corolla to Ocracoke, Kitty Hawk Kites boasts an impressive...read more
Kitty Hawk Kites has been teaching the world to fly since 1974. With 10 retail...read more
Outer Banks Flying & Flight Oriented
264 Airport Road, Currituck County Regional Airport, Maple
UltraFlight OBX offers aerial tours in a motorized hang glider attached to a two-seater trike. It's a completely open-air experience, and your views are completely unobstructed. The trike takes off from the Currituck County Regional Airport and heads straight for the Outer Banks shoreline. You can choose a short 15-minute trip or go for 30 or 60 minutes. The pilot is FAA certified, of course, and can teach the passenger a little about the basics of flying a weight-shift aircraft, if you're interested. Passengers must be at least 10 years old and weigh less than 240 lbs.
UltraFlight OBX offers aerial tours in a motorized hang glider attached to a two-seater trike. It's a completely open-air experience, and your views are...read more
UltraFlight OBX offers aerial tours in a motorized hang glider attached to a two-seater trike....read more
Outer Banks Flying & Flight Oriented
The original biplane tour on the Outer Banks, Barrier Island Aviation offers biplane rides and air tours lasting from 10 minutes up to an hour. Three people...read more
Outer Banks Flying & Flight Oriented
Billy Mitchell Airport is a public use airstrip in Frisco. It is in Cape Hatteras National Seashore and owned by the National Park Service. Private planes...read more
Outer Banks Flying & Flight Oriented
Corolla Parasail is proud to partner with Coastal Explorations to bring their newest parasail location to the Historic Corolla Village. They are now the...read more
Outer Banks Flying & Flight Oriented
Located in the heart of Timbuck II, Corolla Parasail partners with Corolla Water Sports – the original and one of the most comprehensive watersports’...read more
Outer Banks Flying & Flight Oriented
The Wright brothers weren’t the only famous pilots to fly on the Outer Banks. Inside Roanoke Island’s small airport terminal is an informative two-room...read more
Outer Banks Flying & Flight Oriented
First Flight Airport is a public-use airstrip in the heart of Kill Devil Hills. Owned by the National Park Service, it's adjacent to the Wright Brothers...read more
Outer Banks Flying & Flight Oriented
The Monument to a Century of Flight was dedicated in November of 2003, just before the First Flight Centennial “in celebration of the soaring of the human...read more
Outer Banks Flying & Flight Oriented
As if an air tour over the Outer Banks isn't exciting enough, OBX Air Tour Adventures takes it even further by offering a variety of unique aircraft for...read more
Outer Banks Flying & Flight Oriented
Outer Banks Airlines' skilled pilots offer private charters, air tours and specialized air services. An FAA-certified air carrier, they fly to and from...read more
Outer Banks Flying & Flight Oriented
Attention all thrillseekers! Jumping from a plane at 9,000 feet should get your endorphins flowing — and you get the bonus of a bird’s-eye view of Roanoke...read more
