"Peter R." wrote

Jim, what day and time in your opinion is the busiest arrival period for
Oshkosh?

www.LiveATC.net has an Oshkosh feed this year and I want to be sure to
catch all the audio action.

Hmm, that is a good question.

I have never gotten there before Sunday before the week starts. It gets
pretty busy that afternoon, and I'll bet some people come in Saturday
afternoon and Sunday morning.

On Monday, there is a rush right after they open the field in the morning,
from people that have staged at nearby airports. It gets slow for a while,
then picks up about 11:00hrs, till around 14:00 hrs, when they are getting
ready to shut down the airspace for the airshow.

Same goes for the other days, but the volume is a little less, after that, I
think.

Around Wednesday and Thursday, right after the airshow, which is around
17:30, there is a rush as people start leaving, with departure lines
sometimes 45 minutes long (especially VFR departures) and a few are coming
in for the weekend on Friday evening and Saturday morning. Friday and
Saturday morning, there is a rush of people leaving from 07:00 till 11:00,
and also after the airshow, with sometimes big departure lines.

Depending on weather predicted to come in towards the end of the week, you
will see a bunch of people all getting the same idea, at the same time.
They have seen what they wanted to see, and don't plan to stay the whole
week, and would rather avoid the crowds. If _you_ would want to be getting
out ahead of a front, so would (and will) they. g

Oh, nobody has mentioned that when the field closes, at that tick of the
clock, (21:00hrs) nobody better touch their wheels down, because at that
minute, you will be violated. They will usually count it down, on the
frequency. Not one minute past!!!

You know, when it comes right down to it, it is almost always busy.
Sometimes it is REALLY busy!

What do you all think? That sound about right?
--
Jim in NC