AEA Central Regional 2026

The 2026 event is at Hilton KCI Airport Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri.

The stated attendee groups are approved maintenance organizations, manufacturers, regulators and educators.

It suits avionics shop owners, quality managers and technicians at approved maintenance organizations, since the two-day format brings regulators, manufacturers and educators into one room, which is useful for compliance questions that are hard to settle by email. Its scale is that of a regional meeting held at Hilton KCI Airport Hotel, so avionics vendors seeking a large national buyer pool, or anyone outside aircraft maintenance, will get less from it than from a national trade show.

Attendees at aviation maintenance and avionics training events usually wear business casual, such as collared shirts or polos with slacks or khakis, and some come in company-logo shirts.