Mission Statement

To foster an environment that allows business aviation to thrive in the United States and
around the world.

Statement of Purpose

Founded in 1947 and based in Washington, DC, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) is the leading organization for companies that rely on general aviation aircraft to help make their businesses more efficient, productive and successful. The Association represents more than 10,000 companies and provides more than 100 products and services to the business aviation community, including the NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, the world's largest civil aviation trade show.

• History

  

  Since its inception, NBAA has played a critical role in the growth and success of the business aviation industry.Read More.

• Leadership

  

  NBAA is led by an 18-member Board of Directors, a team of experienced senior executives and a network of standing committees and Strategic Focus Teams.
  

• Awards

  

  NBAA presents a number of awards each year to recognize important achievements in the aviation community. 
  

• NBAA Charities

  

  NBAA Charities provides support for a number of philanthropic organizations that use general aviation airplanes for humanitarian purposes.
  

• Environmental Policy

  

  NBAA supports reasonable and balanced policies in alignment with the industry’s twin objectives of promoting mobility while minimizing environmental impact. 
  

• Advertising Opportunities

  

  NBAA offers Member Companies and others in the business aviation community a variety of advertising and sponsorship opportunities at events, in publications and more. 
  

• Exhibiting Opportunities

  

  NBAA offers its Members 

• There might well be only a handful of aircraft flown by business today if it were not for the vision and determination of a group of men who met at the Wings Club in the Biltmore Hotel, New York, in the spring of 1946 to look at the air transportation environment from their point of view. What they saw in those post-World War II days was both encouraging and discouraging.

  On the bright side was a resurgence of commercial, business and personal flying. The scheduled airlines were beginning a new period of expansion; independent non-scheduled freight and passenger operators sprang up on all sides; and business firms, remembering the utility of aircraft during the war, were turning to air transportation to meet the accelerating tempo of competition. On the darker side they saw that the regulatory agencies were proposing drastic and even unwise measures to cope with the traffic control problems.