2016 in air sports

Paragliding World Cup

 * March 9 – 16: 2016 Paragliding World Cup Brazil in 🇧🇷 Castelo
 * Overall winner: 🇪🇸 Félix Rodriguez (4450 points)
 * Women's winner: 🇯🇵 Keiko Hiraki (4066 points)
 * June 4 – 11: 2016 Paragliding World Cup - Italy in 🇮🇹 Gemona del Friuli
 * Overall winner: 🇩🇪 Andreas Malecki (1463 points)
 * Women's winner: 🇮🇹 Silvia Buzzi Ferraris (1345 points)
 * July 2 – 9: 2016 Paragliding World Cup - Portugal in Serra da Estrela
 * Overall winner: 🇧🇷 Donizete Baldessar Lemos (2447 points)
 * Women's winner: 🇯🇵 Keiko Hiraki (2172 points)
 * September 3 – 10: 2016 Paragliding World Cup - France in 🇫🇷 Saint-André-les-Alpes
 * Overall winner: 🇫🇷 Maxime Pinot (2184 points)
 * Women's winner: 🇬🇧 Kirsty Cameron (1496 points)
 * October 1 – 8: 2016 Paragliding World Cup (final) in 🇷🇪 Saint-Leu
 * Overall winner: Michael Küffer (2832 points)
 * Women's winner: 🇵🇱 Klaudia Bulgakow (2259 points)

Paragliding Accuracy World Cup

 * May 5 – 8: Paragliding Accuracy World Cup #1 in 🇲🇪 Berane
 * Overall winner: 🇷🇸 Goran Đurković
 * Women's winner: 🇷🇸 Tamara Kostić
 * May 10 – 15: Paragliding Accuracy World Cup #2 in 🇦🇱 Vlorë
 * Overall winner: 🇲🇰 Mile Jovanoski
 * Women's winner: 🇷🇸 Tamara Kostić
 * August 5 – 7: Paragliding Accuracy World Cup #3 in Lombok
 * Overall winner: Permadi Chandra
 * Women's winner: 🇹🇭 Nunnapat Phuchong
 * August 11 – 15: Paragliding Accuracy World Cup #4 in Taitung County
 * Overall winner: 🇨🇳 Zhifeng Zhu
 * Women's winner: 🇹🇭 Nunnapat Phuchong

International and Continental events

 * May 27 – June 3: 3rd FAI Asian Paragliding Accuracy Championship in 🇰🇿 Taldykorgan
 * Overall winner: 🇹🇭 Tanapat Leangaiem
 * Teams winner: 🇨🇳
 * July 10 – 17: 5th FAI European Paragliding Accuracy Championship in 🇱🇹 Paluknys
 * Men's winner: 🇸🇮 Matjaž Sluga
 * Women's winner: 🇷🇸 Tamara Kostić
 * July 16 – 23: XXXIII Guarnieri International Trophy - Pre-World 2016 in 🇮🇹 Pedavena
 * Overall winner: 🇮🇹 Federico Nevastro
 * Women's winner: 🇫🇷 Seiko Fukuoka-Naville
 * August 8 – 20: 14th FAI European Paragliding Championship in 🇲🇰 Kruševo
 * Overall winner: 🇫🇷 Honorin Hamard
 * Women's winner: 🇫🇷 Seiko Fukuoka-Naville
 * Teams winners: 🇫🇷 (Honorin Hamard, Julien Wirtz, Maxime Pinot, Pierre Remy, Alexandre Jofresa, Seiko Fukuoka-Naville)
 * August 26 – September 4: 2nd FAI World Paragliding Championships in 🇫🇷 Montmin / Doussard
 * Men's winner: 🇫🇷 François Ragolski
 * Women's winner: 🇦🇹 Christina Kolb

Parachuting

 * January 15 – 17: Para-ski World Cup #1 in 🇦🇹 St Johann im Pongau/Alpendorf
 * Men's winner: 🇸🇮 Ule Uroš
 * Women's winner: 🇦🇹 Magdalena Schwertl
 * Junior mix winner: 🇦🇹 Sebastian Graser
 * Master mix winner: 🇦🇹 Alic Gernot
 * Overall teams winners: 🇦🇹
 * February 19 – 21: Para-ski World Cup #2 in 🇩🇪 Unterammergau
 * Men's winner: 🇦🇹 Sebastian Graser
 * Women's winner: 🇦🇹 Magdalena Schwertl
 * Junior mix winner: 🇦🇹 Sebastian Graser
 * Master mix winner: 🇮🇹 Marco Valente
 * Overall teams winners: 🇦🇹
 * March 4 – 6: Para-ski World Cup #3 in 🇨🇿 Vrchlabí/Krkonoše
 * Men's winner: 🇮🇹 Alessandro Di Prisco
 * Women's winner: 🇦🇹 Magdalena Schwertl
 * Junior mix winner: 🇦🇹 Sebastian Graser
 * Master mix winner: 🇮🇹 Tomas Saurer
 * Overall teams winners: 🇸🇮
 * no date set from #4 Para-ski World Cup in 🇸🇮 Srednja Vas v Bohinju
 * July 17 – 29: 40th CISM World Military Parachuting Championship in 🇷🇺 Kubinka
 * Individual Accuracy winners: 🇷🇺 Dmitrii Mastafanov (m) / 🇷🇺 Olga Lepezina (f)
 * Individual Style winners: 🇨🇿 Libor Jirousek (m) / 🇷🇺 Olga Lepezina (f)
 * Overall Results winners: 🇷🇺 Dmitrii Mastafanov (m) / 🇷🇺 Olga Lepezina (f)
 * Junior Individual Style winners: 🇷🇺 Andrey Izimetov (m) / 🇫🇷 Léocadie Ollivier de Pury (f)
 * Junior Individual Accuracy winners: 🇨🇳 Gao Tinabo (m) / 🇧🇾 Darja Shastakovich (f)
 * Junior Overall Results winners: 🇨🇳 Gao Tinabo (m) / 🇧🇾 Darja Shastakovich (f)
 * Formation Skydiving winners: 🇧🇪 (m) / 🇫🇷 (f)
 * Team Accuracy winners: 🇭🇺 (Tamas Banszki, Szaboles Gal, Gabor Hirschler, Tamás Varga, István Asztalos) (m) / 🇧🇾 (Nataliya Nikitsiuk, Yuliya Fiodarava, Aksana Famina, Natalia Zimina, Valeryia Osipava) (f)
 * Teams Overall Results winners: 🇷🇺 (m) / 🇷🇺 (f)
 * August 20 – 27: 6th FAI World Canopy Piloting Championships in 🇨🇦 Farnham
 * Overall winner: 🇺🇸 Christopher Bobo
 * Accuracy winners: 🇺🇸 Curtis Bartholomew & 🇫🇷 Eric Philippe
 * Distance here was cancelled
 * Speed winner: 🇺🇸 Christopher Bobo
 * September 11 – 20: 2016 FAI World Parachuting Championships - Mondial in 🇺🇸 Chicago
 * Freefall Style winners: 🇨🇿 Libor Jirousek (m) / 🇷🇺 Olga Lepezina (f)
 * Speed Skydiving winner: 🇸🇪 Henrik Raimer
 * Accuracy Landing
 * Individual Accuracy Landing winners: 🇸🇮 Uroš Ban (m) / 🇧🇾 Nataliya Nikitsiuk (f)
 * Junior Individual Accuracy winners: 🇦🇹 Sebastian Graser (m) / 🇨🇳 Tiantian ZHAO
 * Team Accuracy Landing winners: 🇸🇮 (m) / 🇨🇳 (f)
 * Formation Skydiving
 * 4 Way Formation winners: 🇧🇪 (m) / 🇺🇸 (f)
 * 8 Way Formation winners: 🇺🇸
 * Vertical Formation winners: 🇺🇸
 * Artistic Events
 * Artistic Freefly winners: 🇷🇺 1
 * Artistic Freestyle winners: 🇫🇷 2
 * Canopy Formation
 * 2 Way Sequential winners: 🇫🇷 1
 * 4 Way Sequential winners: 🇶🇦
 * 4-Way Rotation winners: 🇫🇷
 * October 11 – 16: 2nd FAI World Cup of Indoor Skydiving in 🇵🇱 Warsaw
 * Open Freestyle winner: 🇫🇮 Inka Tiitto
 * Junior Freestyle winner: Kyra Poh
 * Dynamic 2-WAY winners: 🇵🇱
 * 4 Way Formation winners: 🇧🇪 (m) / 🇫🇷 1 (f); Junior winners: 🇨🇦
 * Vertical Formation winners: 🇺🇸
 * November 3 – 6: 1st FAI World Wingsuit Performance Flying Championships in 🇺🇸 Zephyrhills, Florida
 * Winner: 🇺🇸 Chris Geiler

Ultralight aviation

 * June 9 – 18: 2nd FAI European Paramotor Slalom Championships in 🇪🇸 Bornos
 * PF1 Class winner: 🇫🇷 Alexandre Mateos
 * Trike Class winner: 🇫🇷 Alexandre Mateos
 * Racing teams winners: 🇫🇷 (Alexandre Mateos, Nicolas Aubert, Jérémy Penone, François Blanc)
 * Nations winners: 🇵🇱 (Bartosz Nowicki, Wojtek Bógdał, Marcin Bernat, Paweł Kozarzewski, Piotr Ficek, Szymon Winkler, Krzysztof Romicki)
 * August 20 – 27: 15th FAI World Microlight Championships in 🇬🇧 Popham Airfield
 * RAL 1 T winner: 🇨🇿
 * RAL 2 T winner: 🇬🇧
 * RGL 2 T winner: 🇭🇺
 * RWL 1 T winner: 🇬🇧
 * RWL 2 T winner: 🇷🇺
 * August 20 – 27: 9th FAI World Paramotor Championships in 🇬🇧 Popham Airfield
 * Winners: 🇫🇷, 2. 🇨🇿, 3. 🇵🇱

Hang gliding

 * July 16 – 30: 19th FAI European Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship in 🇲🇰 Kruševo
 * Winner: 🇮🇹 Christian Ciech
 * Team winners: 🇮🇹 (Christian Ciech, Alessandro Ploner, Suan Selenati, Filippo Oppici, Tullio Gervasoni)
 * July 17 – 30: 7th FAI World Hang Gliding Class 5 Championship in 🇲🇰 Kruševo
 * Winner: 🇩🇪 Tim Grabowski
 * Team winners: 🇦🇹 (Christopher Friedl, Wolfgang Kothgasser, Walter Geppert)

Grand Prix gliding

 * January 23 – 30: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #1 in Vitacura
 * Winner: Carlos Rocca
 * April 17 – 23: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #2 in 🇪🇸 Cerdanya
 * Winner: 🇫🇷 Louis Bouderlique
 * May 1 – 8: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #3 in 🇷🇺 Usman
 * Winner: 🇵🇱 Sebastian Kawa
 * May 14 – 21: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #4 in 🇮🇹 Varese
 * Winner: 🇦🇹 Peter Hartmann
 * June 4 – 11: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #5 in 🇫🇷 Rennes
 * Winner: 🇫🇷 Louis Bouderlique
 * June 18 – 25: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #6 in 🇦🇹 Niederöblarn
 * Winner: 🇸🇮 Boštjan Pristavec
 * July 9 – 17: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #7 in 🇬🇧 Bicester
 * Winner: 🇩🇪 Jan Omsels
 * July 24 – 31: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #8 in 🇺🇸 Ionia
 * Winner: 🇨🇦 Jerzy Szemplinski
 * August 6 – 13: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #9 in 🇩🇪 Ebersbach-Musbach
 * Winner: 🇩🇪 Matthias Sturm
 * November 5 – 12: 7th FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Championship in Potchefstroom
 * Winner: 🇩🇪 Holger Karow

International Championships

 * July 30 – August 13: 34th FAI World Gliding Championships in 🇱🇹 Kaunas
 * Standard class winner: 🇫🇷 Louis Bouderlique
 * Club class winner: 🇩🇪 Jan Rothhardt
 * 20 metre Multi-Seat class winners: 🇫🇷 (Duboc & Aboulin)

General aviation

 * September 4 – 9: 20th FAI World Rally Flying Championship in Santa Cruz
 * Advanced Category winners: 🇨🇿
 * Unlimited Category winners: 🇫🇷

2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship

 * March 11 & 12: WARC #1 in Abu Dhabi
 * Master Class winner: 🇫🇷 Nicolas Ivanoff
 * Challenger Class winner: 🇸🇪 Daniel Ryfa
 * April 23 & 24: WARC #2 in 🇦🇹 Spielberg
 * Master Class winner: 🇩🇪 Matthias Dolderer
 * Challenger Class winner: 🇩🇪 Florian Berger
 * June 4 & 5: WARC #3 in 🇯🇵 Chiba
 * Master Class winner: 🇯🇵 Yoshihide Muroya
 * Challenger Class winner: Cristian Bolton
 * July 16 & 17: WARC #4 in 🇭🇺 Budapest
 * Master Class winner: 🇩🇪 Matthias Dolderer
 * Challenger Class winner: 🇸🇪 Daniel Ryfa
 * August 13 & 14: WARC #5 in 🇬🇧 Ascot
 * Master Class winner: 🇦🇺 Matt Hall
 * Challenger Class winner: 🇺🇸 Kevin Coleman
 * September 3 & 4: WARC #6 in 🇩🇪 Lausitzring
 * Master Class winner: 🇦🇺 Matt Hall
 * Chellenger winner: 🇩🇪 Florian Bergér
 * October 1 & 2: WARC #7 in 🇺🇸 Indianapolis
 * Master Class winner: 🇩🇪 Matthias Dolderer
 * Chellenger winner: 🇵🇱 Luke Czepiela
 * October 15 & 16: WARC #9 in 🇺🇸 Las Vegas
 * Cancelled due to high winds.

Ballooning

 * February 24 – 29: 3rd FAI European Hot Air Airship Championship in 🇩🇪 Rottach-Egern
 * Winner: Jacques-Antoine Besnard (6875 points)
 * June 24 – July 4: 3rd FAI Junior World Hot Air Balloon Championship in 🇱🇹 Marijampole
 * Winner: 🇱🇹 Rokas Kostiuškevičius (17035 points)
 * July 5 – 10: 2nd FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship in 🇱🇹 Birštonas
 * Winner: 🇦🇺 Nicola Scaife (8713 points)
 * July 21 – 24: 2016 Luxembourg Balloon Trophy in 🇱🇺 Mersch
 * Winners: 1. 🇩🇪 Sven Göhler, 2. 🇦🇺 Matthew Scaife, 3. 🇧🇪 David Spildooren
 * September 15 – 24: 60th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett in 🇩🇪 Gladbeck
 * Winners: 1 (Kurt Frieden & Pascal Witpraechtiger)
 * 2nd place: 2 (Nicolas Tièche & Laurent Sciboz)
 * 3rd place: 🇪🇸 1 (Anulfo Gonzalez & Angel Aguirre)
 * October 30 – November 7: 22nd FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship in 🇯🇵 Saga
 * Winner: 🇺🇸 Rhett Heartsill

Aerobatics

 * May 28: 2016 Sky GP in Durban
 * Winner: Patrick Davidson
 * July 20 – 30: 7th FAI World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships in 🇭🇺 Matkopuszta
 * Winner: 🇸🇪 Sebastian Jansson
 * Team winners: 🇭🇺 (Dávid Józsa, Miklós Hoós, Péter Szabó)
 * July 20 – 30: 19th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships in 🇭🇺 Matkopuszta
 * Winner: 🇭🇺 Ferenc Tóth
 * Teams winners: 🇭🇺 (Ferenc Tóth, János Szilágyi, János Sonkoly)
 * August 4 – 14: 12th FAI World Advanced Aerobatic Championships in 🇵🇱 Radom
 * Winner: 🇫🇷 Loïc Lovicourt
 * Teams winners: 🇫🇷 (Loïc Lovicourt, Romain Vienne, Benoît Faict)
 * August 20 – 27: 20th FAI European Aerobatic Championships in 🇨🇿 Moravská Třebová
 * Winner: 🇷🇺 Mikhail Mamistov
 * Teams winner: 🇫🇷 (Olivier Masurel, Mikael Brageot, Alexandre Orlowski)

Model aircraft

 * April 11– 16: 2016 FAI F1D World Championships for Free Flight Indoor Model Aircraft in 🇷🇴 Slănic
 * Senior Individual winner: 🇺🇸 Yuan Kang Lee
 * Senior Teams winners: 🇭🇺 (Istvan Botos, Dezso Orsovai, Zoltan Sukosd)
 * Junior Individual winner: 🇷🇴 Călin Bulai
 * Junior Teams winners: 🇺🇦 (Vladyslav Klymenko, Iurii Vytko, Denis Zhariy)
 * May 7 – 13: 2016 FAI F2 World Championships for Control Line Model Aircraft in 🇦🇺 Perth
 * F2A winner: 🇬🇧 Paul Eisner
 * F2B winner: 🇺🇸 Orestes Hernández
 * F2C winners: 🇦🇺 (Robert Fitzgerald & Mark Ellins)
 * F2D winner: 🇺🇦 Illia Rediuk
 * July 20 – 24: 2016 FAI F1E European Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in 🇷🇴 Turda
 * Winner: 🇵🇱 Franciszek Kanczok
 * Teams winner: 🇵🇱
 * July 22 – 31: 2016 FAI F3 European Championships for Model Helicopters in 🇵🇱 Włocławek
 * F3C winner: Ennlo Graber
 * F3N winner: 🇩🇪 Eric Weber
 * F3C Teams winners:
 * F3N Teams winners: 🇬🇧
 * July 29 – August 6: 2016 FAI F3A European Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft in 🇩🇪 Untermünkheim
 * Winner: 🇦🇹 Gernot Bruckmann
 * Teams winner:
 * July 30 – August 6: 2016 FAI F3J World Championship for Model Gliders in 🇸🇮 Vipava
 * Senior winner: Arijan Hucaljuk
 * Junior winner: 🇺🇸 Dillon Graves
 * Senior Teams winner: 🇩🇪 (Manuel Reinecke, Dominik Prestele, Ryan Höllein)
 * Junior Teams winner: 🇩🇪 (Max Finke, Jan Christoph Weihe, Felix Parsch)
 * August 1 – 7: 2016 FAI F1 Junior World Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in 🇲🇰 Prilep
 * F1A winner: 🇷🇺 Mickail Lomov
 * F1B winner: 🇺🇦 Dmytro Merzilakov
 * F1P winner: 🇵🇱 Daniel Bogomaz
 * F1A Teams winner: 🇵🇱
 * F1B Teams winner: 🇷🇺
 * F1P Teams winner: 🇷🇺
 * August 13 – 20: 2016 FAI F1 European Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in 🇷🇸 Aradac/Zrenjanin
 * F1A winner: 🇸🇮 Roland Koglot
 * F1B winner: 🇷🇺 Aleksey Burdov
 * F1C winner: 🇷🇺 Artur Kaitschuk
 * F1A Team winners: 🇫🇷
 * F1B Team winners: 🇷🇺
 * F1C Team winners: 🇵🇱
 * August 13 – 20: 2016 FAI F5 World Championships for Electric Model Aircraft in 🇮🇹 Lugo
 * Winner: 🇦🇹 Johannes Starzinger
 * F5D winner: 🇨🇿 Tomáš Andrlík
 * Team winners: 🇦🇹 (Johannes Starzinger, Karl Waser, Franz Riegler)
 * Team F5D winners: 🇨🇿
 * August 20 – 28: 2016 FAI F4 World Championships for Scale Model Aircraft in 🇷🇴 Ploiești
 * August 22 – 30: 2016 FAI S World Championships for Space Models in 🇺🇦 Lviv
 * Winner: 🇺🇸 Robert Kreutz
 * Team winners: 🇺🇦
 * October 1 – 8: 2016 FAI F3A Asian-Oceanic Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft in Taichung
 * Winner: 🇯🇵 Onda Tetsuo
 * Junior winner: 🇯🇵 Minemura Shoutaiou
 * Team winners: 🇯🇵
 * October 2 – 8: 2016 FAI F3 World Championship for Model Gliders in Hanstholm
 * Senior winner: Arijan Hucaljuk
 * Junior winner: 🇺🇸 Dillon Graves
 * Seniors Team winners: 🇩🇪
 * Juniors Team winners: 🇩🇪