Dulles Day Features 5K/10K Run and Plane Pull

On September 19th, Washington Dulles International Airport is hosting the Dulles Day Plane Pull and Family Festival, which will include activities through out the day for families. The event, which will donate funds to Special Olympics Virginia, is free and open to the public from 10:30 a.m. until 4 p.m.

The event will begin with a 5K/10K Run on the Runway for registered participants. About 2,500 registered runners will begin and end the run behind the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center, located on Dulles property off Route 28 via the Air & Space Museum Parkway exit.

The Plane Pull will double the fun this year with the addition of a second plane to pull. The planes will be parked side-by-side and more than 70 pre-registered teams will compete to be the fastest at pulling a full-size 12 feet jet aircraft in the shortest time.

Activities include music, food, entertainment, vintage aircrafts on display, a classic car show, airfield tours aboard the Dulles Mobile Lounges, and much more.

To get to the event, the Silver Line Express bus from Metrorail’s Silver Line will run free, non-stop busses from Metro’s Wiehle- Reston East station from 9:30 am till the festival ends. For people that are driving, there will be a designated event parking lot.

Last year’s event raised close to $300,000 for Special Olympics Virginia and attracted more than 15,000 visitors.

For those that are travelling, the airport would like passengers to keep left to avoid traffic. The Silver Line Express bus will also operate on regular schedule and charge $5.00 per passenger one way.