2017
SUN ‘n FUN Numbers
The 43rd Annual SUN ‘n FUN International
Fly-In & Expo presented by VISIT FLORIDA and the Florida Restaurant &
Lodging Association took place April 4 –9, 2017 in Lakeland, Florida. SnF17 was
the best fly-in SUN ‘n FUN has ever had. We are pleased to release the
following data and fun facts:
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Approximately
200,000 guests attended from over 60 countries
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Brazil,
Canada and United Kingdom once again had the highest amount of visitors
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SUN
‘n FUN ordered over 400 Portalets, 18 light towers, 415 golf carts, and 120
tents
•
More
than 4,000 rolls of toilet paper were used during the week
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SUN
‘n FUN distributed 90,000 bottles of water and approximately 19,000 sandwiches
to volunteers
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More
than 3,000 volunteers helped during the 6-day event
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HAM
Radio worked 39 States, 12 Countries, Canada, Italy, Norway, Estonia are
some of them and had a total of 742 worldwide contacts for the 6 days.
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38
Student tours were conducted with 969 students
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Approximately
400 people attended educational workshops
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500
Students attended the Blue Angels Symposium
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10,000
Visitors toured the Piedmont Aerospace Experience, the only working Boeing 727
Classroom on a high school campus
•
7
speakers in the Museum that travelled Mach 3 (3 times the speed of sound)
in the iconic SR-71 Blackbird
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130
Career Minded individuals from 48 states and 3 countries attended our 4th
Annual Career Fair with 14 exhibitors
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One
astronaut, Senator Bill Nelson, spoke to educators during the Aerospace
Educators Workshop
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First
ever UAV Demonstration during an Air Show
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500
People participated in the inaugural Drone Zone
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443
media representatives attended from 16 countries
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5,988
people attended 331 forums
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3,228
People attended 56 workshops
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over
9,000 aircraft movements took place
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510
Exhibitors participated in the event
SUN ‘n FUN Radio stats:
· Total connections:
21,882 (up 0.5% over 2016)
Total unique listeners: 8,431 (up 0.35% over 2016)
· More than 44 hours
were live broadcasted over the 6 days
· Approximately 120
Live interviews and 120 field interviews were conducted
Social Media stats:
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Total
Reach (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) = over 2.5 million
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Total
Impressions = almost 10 million
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Engagement
Rate = over 500,000 on Facebook
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Surpassed
80,000 Facebook followers
•
Fielded
more than 500 direct messages for customer service - and responded to 99% of
them in fewer than 20 minutes
Florida Aviation Network stats:
·
82
Volunteers were on the crew and worked throughout the week of SUN ‘n FUN 2017 .
·
Broadcasted
45 interviews from our set at the Florida Aviation Museum and shot numerous
reports from the field.
Jackie Jenkins
Communications Coordinator
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