News Release

Wright Brothers National Memorial announces seven fee-free days in 2023

Visitors watch an airplane land at Wright Brothers National Memorial's First Flight Airport.

NPS/Kurt Moses

News Release Date: December 19, 2022

Contact: Mike Barber, 252-270-5389

MANTEO, N.C. — Wright Brothers National Memorial will waive its entrance fee on seven days in 2023.

The seven fee-free days will be:

• Monday, Jan. 16 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

• Saturday, April 22 – First Day of National Park Week

• Friday, Aug. 4 – Anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act

• Saturday, Aug. 19 – National Aviation Day

• Saturday, Sept. 23 – National Public Lands Day

• Saturday, Nov. 11 – Veterans Day

• Sunday, Dec. 17 – 120th anniversary of the Wright brothers’ first flight