Cranky Dorkfest 2026 Will Be September 19


One of these days we will be able to announce the Cranky Dorkfest date for the next year at the current year’s event, but we aren’t quite there yet. Still, we have gotten much better about giving advance notice, and the 2026 edition will be on September 19.

I’ve been working with NYC Aviation to try to make sure that Cranky Dorkfest and SpotLAX are always together and roughly the same weekend every year, but there is a caveat. With NYC Aviation’s SpotLAX events stretching from Friday to Sunday, we won’t hold it on the regular weekend if one of the event days happens to be September 11. So next year, we’ll be running this one week later. I look forward to seeing everyone there.

I know that once I post this, some people will mark it and then others will forget. So, starting today, I now have a countdown timer in the site header that links to crankyflier.com/dorkfest. That is a new page that has all the details we know including an FAQ. (And just be aware that we don’t know anything right now other than the date and that the main event will be at the usual time of 11 am to 1pm.)

In case you missed it, there was a great article in Fast Company about the event, so head on over and read that to get excited about next year. See you in 338 days…!

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5 responses to “Cranky Dorkfest 2026 Will Be September 19”

  1. Keith Avatar
    Keith

    Hi Brett

    This was my first Dorkfest this year and I had a blast meeting all the other dorks.

    I don’t think I have ever seen that many cameras with such LONG lenses in one place! If you did not know what was going on, you would have thought it was a newpaper photographer or spy convention LOL!

    I did both the tarmac visit and the plane spotting in the park.

    My highlight was the Cathy Pacific 747 freighter taxing by us at what seemed like only 100 feet away.

    Now that I know that there is a whole weekend of activities, I can plan better for next year.

    One request… Can you use something other than a megaphone when you address your assembled minions? I was only about 25 feet and could barely hear you. Maybe LAWA could provide microphone and speaker set up for you?

    I can’t wait to see you and all the other dorks in 2026!

  2. Matt D Avatar
    Matt D

    Too soon to say if I’ll be there or not. I doubt it. But I do post my airplane pictures pretty much daily in the LAX and other groups on FB, both vintage and current.

  3. Anon Avatar
    Anon

    Dorkfest is 11 months away. Would it be possible to remove the countdown clock when it’s such a long way away ? If you want to bring it back, maybe when it’s a little nearer the time and people need to start putting their name down for specific events that will take place on the day ? When it’s 338 days away and you’ve got a clock counting down the seconds, it distracts visual attention from your excellent articles and makes your website look a little cheap and tacky.

    1. dfw88 Avatar
      dfw88

      Disagree with this. It’s a tiny reminder in the upper corner that disappears when you scroll past it. Not a distraction at all, merely a subtle reminder. Of course, to each their own.

      1. Anon Avatar
        Anon

        On a phone (not a big desktop PC screen)… the Dorkfest countdown clock becomes rather more dominant on the screen.

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