This article lists world & continental championships and other FAI-Sanctioned events in air sports for 2024.
Oschatz 
Zamość 
Clinceni Slanic Prahova 
Elverum 
Prilep Strejnic 
Muncie 
Limoux Maricopa Włocławek 
Grandrieu Simeria 
Ulaanbaatar 
Aabenraa 
Litoměřice Deva 
Lost Hills 
Lost Hills Lost Hills Tucson 
Albury 
Säkylä Kietrz Kietrz Slanic Prahova Raná 
Tapolca 
Larissa Szeged 
Rivalta di Torino Capannori Oberkotzau Oberkotzau 
Vipava Rivalta di Torino Narrandera Narrandera Narrandera 
Hainburg an der Donau Pécs 
Kaspichan Dupnitsa Kirchheim unter Teck Poway Modena Athens 
Switzerland 
Kutina 
Dubnica nad Váhom 
Sombor 
Escalona del Prado Szeged Münster Zephyrhills Sebastian 
Capas [2] Aichtal La Queue-en-Brie 
Seoul Mogyoród Sumirago Varna Bela Crkva Prilep Madrid 
Istanbul Namwon 
Chongqing 
Riyadh Hannover Ostrów Wielkopolski Uvalde Hutchinson Tábor 
Amlikon Airfield Szatymaz Corryong 
Fujinomiya Forbes Murchison Manilla Hadong-gun Vipava Ishioka Cádiz Romano d'Ezzelino Birchip Ishioka Dalby Airport El Pobo 
Pico do Gavião Groveland San Donato Val di Comino Laragne-Montéglin Groveland Raná St. Johann in Tirol Belluno Tolmin Pegalajar Mungyeong 
Gjirokastër 
Piedechinche Roldanillo Sapiranga Vila Valério Roldanillo Havelock North Roldanillo Rotorua 
Nong Khai Bright Sapiranga Governador Valadares 
Panchgani Nong Khai Jaraguá do Sul Corryong 
Trujillo 
Taldykorgan Gourdon Grindelwald Baixo Guandu Baixo Guandu Berat Grand Coo San Joaquín de Navay Marostica 
Kon Tum Hapcheon-gun Tangará Romano d'Ezzelino Verbier Raná Danyang Pancas Braslovče Vršac São Sebastião da Bela Vista Mayrhofen Pancas Begunje na Gorenjskem Teba Biel Sankt Radegund bei Graz Castelo Bezau Norma Vršac Raná Alanya Hapcheon-gun Bordano Etyek Alanya 
Panajachel Rampa de jandaia Algodonales Lenggries Tomazina 
Doha [3] [4] Bartosz Nowicki Morgane Planton France Hayan Al-Hebabi France 
Deenethorpe Manston Beaufort 
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