---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 118"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "118"
heading: "National Aviation Day"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/118"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies"
  - "Part A — Observances and Ceremonies"
  - "Chapter 1 — Patriotic and National Observances"
---

# §118. National Aviation Day


The President may issue each year a proclamation—

- (1) designating August 19 as National Aviation Day;
- (2) calling on United States Government officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on National Aviation Day; and
- (3) inviting the people of the United States to observe National Aviation Day with appropriate exercises to further stimulate interest in aviation in the United States.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1258.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 118 | 36:151. | May 11, 1939, ch. 123, 53 Stat. 739. |