BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Field of Flight, an annual air show and balloon festival that brings thousands of visitors to Battle Creek for fives days, did not go off without a hitch for the holiday weekend.
The festival takes over the Battle Creek Executive Airport annually, this year scheduled for Wednesday, July 1, through Sunday, July 5. USA Today ranked the show as the sixth best air show in the country for their 2026 Reader’s Choice Awards.
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After two uninterrupted days on Wednesday and Thursday, Field of Flight encountered some setbacks to their regularly scheduled festivities after suffering significant damage from storms on Friday.
On Friday after 6 p.m., organizers took to their social media to announce a cancellation of the rest of the night’s schedule, originally planned to go through 11 p.m…