Future of Cleveland National Air Show up in the air as Burke Lakefront Airport debate continues

For more than 60 years, the Cleveland National Air Show has been a Labor Day tradition along the city’s lakefront. Each year, thousands of spectators gather at Burke Lakefront Airport to watch military jets roar across the sky over Lake Erie — a spectacle that has become one of the region’s most recognizable events. “The Cleveland National Air Show is one of the oldest and most iconic air shows in the United States,” said Kim Dell, executive director of the Cleveland National Air Show. Dell says the event has inspired countless people over the years — including future pilots. “There was a little girl that came to the Cleveland Air Show several years back, and she came to the 2025 Cleveland National Air Show as one of the members of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds,” Dell said. But the future of Burke Lakefront Airport — and what it could mean for the air show — is now part of a larger conversation happening across Cleveland. Kristen Mirand reports: https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/cleveland-national-air-show-burke-lakefront-airport-questions-future-closure-aviation-flights/95-deeaa69d-134b-4e3b-984b-17af0132ee84