Honor Flight Bay Area History

The inaugural Honor Flight Tour took place in May of 2005. Six small planes flew out of Springfield, Ohio taking twelve World War II Veterans on a visit to the memorial in Washington, DC. In August of 2005, an ever-expanding waiting list of Veterans led our transition to commercial airline carriers with the goal of accommodating as many Veterans as possible. Partnering with HonorAir in Hendersonville, North Carolina, the Honor Flight Network was formed. Today, the network is expanding its programs to cities across the nation.

Honor Flight Bay Area was founded in 2014 to serve Veterans in the San Francisco Bay Area.

In 2016 two Northern California Honor Flight Hubs closed leaving our hub to serve Veterans in approximately 40 counties in Northern California (from the Bay Area to the northern California border with Oregon to the Nevada boarder).

In 2024 a new Northern California hub opened (North Bay Honor Flight) covering Marin county and the costal counties north to the Oregon border allowing the Veterans residing in those counties the option of flying with a closer hub. Honor Flight Bay Area will still be available as a choice for travel if it would be more convenient for those Veterans.

Board of Directors

Carl Stewart

Directors Emeritus

Dao Nguyen

Judith Petray