The tradition continues! We will welcome home our veterans and guardians from Flight #59 to Washington D.C.
The day begins early for everyone — flight takes off around 7 a.m. CST and arrives back in the Quad Cities around 10 p.m. Flight arrival in QC varies.
The first flight of 2024 is April 23, 2024.
Hope to see you at the airport!
2024 Honor Flights have been confirmed!
#59 April 23, 2024
#60 September 17, 2024
#61 October 29, 2024
Honor Flight #56 takes off Tuesday, April 4th and returns to the Quad Cities via Sun Country Flight #8664. The flight is scheduled to leave D.C. at 8:50 p.m. EDT.
Track the flight coming home using the Flight Aware website: https://flightaware.com/
Enter SC8664 in the flight number field. Or you can search by route entering the origin and destination of the flight.
Come out to the airport in Moline to welcome our Veterans home!
Honor Flight Spring Dates are confirmed.
Honor Flight Dates for 2022 are confirmed!
Honor Flight of the Quad Cities is happy to announce the resumption of Honor Flights to Washington DC so that veterans who served during our conflicts may visit the monuments built in their honor.
The next flight is planned for Thursday, November 4, 2021 and will be named the Bob Morrison Memorial Flight in honor of the late founder of Honor Flight of the Quad Cities.
Volunteers will call those eligible to go. Health and safety will be of prime importance. At this time, only those Veterans and Guardians who have been fully vaccinated will be on the flight. Those not vaccinated will be taken on a later flight.
Masks will be worn by all participants whenever they are indoors.
At the end of the day (about 10 p.m.), the Veterans will return to the Quad City International Airport. The public is invited to come to the airport and give the veterans a warm reception and welcome home.
Those interested in going on a flight as a Guardian that are capable of caring for and assisting Veterans, including those that may be in a wheelchair, may fill out an application available at Application Forms page.
Applications for veterans who served during WWII, Korea, or Vietnam can also be found on the Application Forms page. Veterans and guardians will be called in the order their applications are received. The waiting period may be a couple of years. We encourage all to apply now to get their names on the lists.
Today’s Date: April 13, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Honor Flight Planning for Resumption of Flights
The Board of Honor Flight of the Quad Cities and its many volunteers have put in motion the first steps to resuming flights to Washington DC. The initial plans are for flights for those veterans who served sometime during WWII, Korea, and Viet Nam conflicts.
Although the exact dates are not yet available, they will be announced as soon as possible. It is hoped that flights will begin sometime during the fall of 2021.
To view the full press release, Honor Flight Quad Cities Press Release Apr 13, 2021
Due to Covid19, all flights were put on hold for 2021. We have recently announced that our first flight this year #51 will now be on Thursday, November 4, 2021
Flight #51 – November 4, 2021
Due to COVID-19 the Honor Flight QC Board has also postponed the June 4th Honor Flight from the Quad Cities to Washington D.C.
Please continue to watch the news and check back on our site for more information about scheduling the flights in 2020.
Today’s Date: March 11, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 16th Honor Flight #51 postponed due to COVID-19
In consideration of the CDC’s guidance and the serious nature of the public health threat posed by COVID-19, the National Board of Honor Flight has issued a mandatory postponement of all Honor Flight trips effective immediately. This includes the Quad Cities flight of April 16th.
On March 10, 2020, the National Board held an emergency meeting concerning this developing situation and discussed the CDC’s recently issued advisory that adults over the age of 60 are particularly at risk of infection and should avoid all non-essential air travel.
To view the full press release, Honor Flight Quad Cities Press Release Mar 11, 2020.