2026 Han River Paper Airplane Festival

This year's Festival, themed “Autumn Light Playground,” features the Hangang Paper Airplane Flying Competition, where participants fold and fly paper airplanes by the Hangang River in autumn; talks and demonstrations by national paper airplane team members; activities, performances, photo zones, photo-type events, and on-site event competitions for the whole family. Registration for the paper airplane competition, the Festival's highlight, is limited to a total of 700 participants, the maximum capacity for a competition held over 1 day. Advance registration is first-come, first-served and available online only. This year, “on-site event competitions” will be offered for spectators who were unable to register for the main competition. The event competition categories will be announced at the venue on the day, and anyone can participate on site.

- Main program: Paper airplane flying competition
- Additional events and programs: National team talks and demonstrations / Group flying performance / Celebration performances / Awards ceremony / On-site event competitions / Photo time by lottery / Make your own airplane / Fly paper airplanes through a target / Paper Airplane Pilot Academy / Paper airplane flying games / Colorful Balloon Playground / Photo time with Haechi / Festival photo zones / On-site photo-sharing event, etc.

1. Competition categories: 2 categories (distance / flight duration)
2. Competition divisions: 4 distance divisions / 3 flight duration divisions
- Distance: Kindergarten / Lower elementary / Upper elementary / Middle school, high school, and general
- Flight duration: Lower elementary / Upper elementary / Middle school, high school, and general
3. Participants: 700 total
- Distance: 500 total (Kindergarten 100 / Lower elementary 200 / Upper elementary 140 / Middle school, high school, and general 60)
- Flight duration: 200 total (Lower elementary 100 / Upper elementary 70 / Middle school, high school, and general 30)
※ Places previously allocated to the kindergarten flight duration division will be incorporated into the distance category.