2017 SUN ‘n FUN Numbers
The 43rd Annual SUN ‘n FUN International Fly-In & Expo presented by VISIT FLORIDA and the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association took place April 4 –9, 2017 in Lakeland, Florida. SnF17 was the best fly-in SUN ‘n FUN has ever had. We are pleased to release the following data and fun facts:
• Approximately 200,000 guests attended from over 60 countries
• Brazil, Canada and United Kingdom once again had the highest amount of visitors
• SUN ‘n FUN ordered over 400 Portalets, 18 light towers, 415 golf carts, and 120 tents
• More than 4,000 rolls of toilet paper were used during the week
• SUN ‘n FUN distributed 90,000 bottles of water and approximately 19,000 sandwiches to volunteers
• More than 3,000 volunteers helped during the 6-day event
• HAM Radio worked 39 States, 12 Countries, Canada, Italy, Norway, Estonia are some of them and had a total of 742 worldwide contacts for the 6 days.
• 38 Student tours were conducted with 969 students
• Approximately 400 people attended educational workshops
• 500 Students attended the Blue Angels Symposium
• 10,000 Visitors toured the Piedmont Aerospace Experience, the only working Boeing 727 Classroom on a high school campus
• 7 speakers in the Museum that travelled Mach 3 (3 times the speed of sound) in the iconic SR-71 Blackbird
• 130 Career Minded individuals from 48 states and 3 countries attended our 4th Annual Career Fair with 14 exhibitors
• One astronaut, Senator Bill Nelson, spoke to educators during the Aerospace Educators Workshop
• First ever UAV Demonstration during an Air Show
• 500 People participated in the inaugural Drone Zone
• 443 media representatives attended from 16 countries
• 5,988 people attended 331 forums
• 3,228 People attended 56 workshops
• over 9,000 aircraft movements took place
• 510 Exhibitors participated in the event
SUN ‘n FUN Radio stats:
· Total connections: 21,882 (up 0.5% over 2016)
Total unique listeners: 8,431 (up 0.35% over 2016)
Total unique listeners: 8,431 (up 0.35% over 2016)
· More than 44 hours were live broadcasted over the 6 days
· Approximately 120 Live interviews and 120 field interviews were conducted
Social Media stats:
• Total Reach (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) = over 2.5 million
• Total Impressions = almost 10 million
• Engagement Rate = over 500,000 on Facebook
• Surpassed 80,000 Facebook followers
• Fielded more than 500 direct messages for customer service – and responded to 99% of them in fewer than 20 minutes
Florida Aviation Network stats:
· 82 Volunteers were on the crew and worked throughout the week of SUN ‘n FUN 2017 .
· Broadcasted 45 interviews from our set at the Florida Aviation Museum and shot numerous reports from the field.
Jackie Jenkins
Communications Coordinator