Greetings, Mall of N.H. visitor. You’ve found us!
If you’re at the Mall of N.H. right now, you’re just two miles away from some of the best plane-watching in New England.
So when you’re done shopping, drive a short distance to Aviation Museum of N.H.
Our parking lot is right next to Runway 17-35 at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. There’s no better spot to watch the big jets take off and land.
It’s free, and open every day from dawn to 8 p.m.
While there, considering visiting the Aviation Museum of N.H., named “Best Place To Take Kids” five years in a row by HippoPress readers.
We’re open Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday 1 to 4 p.m.
Learn more about our museum by exploring this website!
Directions from the Mall of N.H.
The Aviation Museum of N.H. is located at 27 Navigator Road, Londonderry, N.H.
- When exiting the Mall of N.H., turn LEFT onto South Willow Street.
- Make RIGHT onto Harvey Road.
- Make RIGHT onto Navigator Road.
- Follow Navigator Road to the end—we’re on the left at the bottom of the hill!
Hint: look for brown Aviation Museum signs and follow them:
Our ‘Flights of Discovery’ summer camp program
Each summer, the Aviation Museum of N.H. runs a series of two-week summer day camp programs for aviation-minded young people ages 10 to 17.
Visit the summer camp page of our website for more info.
Our high school student plane-building program
Every school day, students at N.H. high schools in Manchester, Lebanon, and Farmington are building airplanes.
That’s more than 50 students getting hands-on experience assembling a real flyable aircraft—specifically, a two-seat all-metal Van’s RV-12iS, a kit-based recreational airplane sold in kit form by the Van’s Aircraft Co.
It’s the result of a partnership between the non-profit Aviation Museum, the school districts, and Tango Flight, a non-profit organization that facilitates student plane-building programs across the nation.
We started the plane-building program in 2019 at the Manchester (N.H.) School of Technology, where students completed their first RV-12iS in 2022. The program expanded to Lebanon (N.H.) High School in 2024 and then Farmington (N.H.) High School in 2025.
In each school, the program is part of the curriculum, with students earning credit toward graduation. (It’s not an after-school activity.) Students are assisted by faculty as well as adult mentors from the Aviation Museum’s volunteer community.
And the program operates at no cost to local taxpayers. The Aviation Museum raises the start-up costs (about $300,000) for each program, and then the program is funded by selling each completed aircraft on the open market in order to purchase the next set of kits from Van’s Aircraft.
Want to volunteer to help? Want to bring this program to your school district? Want to donate to help us cover the museum’s commitment to supporting these builds? Check out the student plane-building section of our website.
