Aviation Summer Camp takes off for 2026 season

LACONIA ― WinnAero, the STEM aviation and aerospace education nonprofit, announces its summer day camp schedule with a new twist. Due to increasing applications, WinnAero has engaged RegPack, a computerized online registration and payment software company to expedite the registration process.

“Our increasing enrollments each year dictated we offer an online registration and payment option for parents,” said WinnAero Education Director Dan Caron. The new online process will apply to this summer’s ACE Academies held at the Laconia Airport.

“Parents can now submit their student’s application fully online, reserve a seat early, pay tuition securely and submit required documentation as well,” added Caron.

The results have been immediate, said Zach Glennon of Meredith. Glennon joined WinnAero as its technology consultant responsible for onboarding the RegPack System. For the previous three years, the ACE Academies have averaged 100 students enrolled. So far in 2026, RegPack has already processed 56 applications for the July summer camps.

The dates, times, themes and tuition costs for the ACE Academies summer camps are available at winnaero.org or by contacting Camp Director Caron at dan.caron@winnaero.org. The 2026 session includes the following themes:

• Air Traffic Control
• Search & Rescue Techniques
• Aerospace Engineering
• Pre-Ground School for future pilots
• Space Academy
• Drone Operations, and
• Aeromedical Effects of High Altitude Flight

All sessions are taught by current certified New Hampshire teachers augmented by subject matter experts. The ACE Academies are day camps for students grade 3 through 12 the weeks of July 6-10 and July 13-17.

For more information, visit winnaero.org.