Sun 'n Fun

{{Short description|Annual airshow and aviation expo in Lakeland, Florida, United States}}

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| image = File:Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo logo.jpg

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| alt = Logo depicts a small plane flying towards the viewer and facing the left. The background consists of two concentric circles (inner is yellow depicting the sun, outer is light blue to represent the sky). On the right is a palm tree and on the left (above the plane) is the name "SUN 'n FUN".

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| formation = {{start date|1974||df=y}}{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.sun-n-fun.org/YearRound/AboutUs/History.aspx|website=SUN 'n FUN|accessdate=2 August 2014}}

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| type = Nonprofit organization

| tax_id = 59-2803958{{cite web|title=Exempt Organizations Select Check|url=https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/|website=Internal Revenue Service|accessdate=2 August 2014|quote=EIN:59-2803958, Legal name:Sun N Fun Fly in Inc., City:Lakeland, State:FL, Country:United States, Deductability status:PC ("Public charity")}}

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| status = 501(c)(3) public charity

| purpose = Aviation education

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| location = Lakeland, Florida

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| services = Fly-ins & other aviation events

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| fields = Aviation

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| leader_title = President & CEO

| leader_name = Gene Conrad

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| parent_organization = Aerospace Center for Excellence

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File:SUN 'n FUN.png

Image:MooneyM-18CMiteN4057.jpg on display at Sun 'n Fun]]

Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo (officially styled SUN 'n FUN) is a nonprofit organization in Lakeland, Florida dedicated to the promotion of aviation education. It is best known for the annual week-long fly-in and airshow at Lakeland Linder International Airport in Lakeland, Florida, usually held during late March or early April.{{cite web|url = http://sun-n-fun.org/content/flyin/main.asp?section=flyin|title = Sun 'n Fun Fly-in|accessdate = 2008-10-06|last = Sun 'n Fun|year = n.d. |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080730123132/http://www.sun-n-fun.org/content/flyin/main.asp?section=flyin |archive-date = 2008-07-30}}{{cite web|url = http://sun-n-fun.org/37thFlyInExpo/FutureDates.aspx|title = Future Dates|accessdate = 14 November 2010|last = Sun 'n Fun|year = 2010}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url = http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/briefs/187330-1.html|title = Sun 'n Fun Claims Record Exhibitors |accessdate = 2009-01-29|last = Swaine|first = Liz|date=May 2004}}{{cite web|url = http://www.avweb.com/news/snf/184956-1.html|title = Sun 'n Fun 2001: Hot Fun in the Sunshine |accessdate = 2009-01-29|last = AvWeb staff|date=April 2001}}

Previously called the 'Sun ’n Fun International Fly-In and Expo, for 2020 the event was officially renamed the Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo in April 2019.{{cite web|url = http://flash.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Sun-n-Fun-Rebrands-232590-1.html|title = Sun 'n Fun Rebrands|access-date = 7 April 2019|last = Niles|first = Russ|work = AVweb|date = 6 April 2019}}{{cite web|url = https://newsline.kitplanes.com/2019/04/06/snf-announces-new-name-sun-n-fun-aerospace-expo/|title = SnF Announces New Name: SUN 'n FUN Aerospace Expo|access-date = 7 April 2019|work = Kitplanes|date = 6 April 2019|archive-date = 7 April 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190407193921/https://newsline.kitplanes.com/2019/04/06/snf-announces-new-name-sun-n-fun-aerospace-expo/|url-status = dead}}

In addition to the fly-in, at one time Sun 'n Fun also operated the Florida Air Museum and supported the Central Florida Aerospace Academy—an aviation-focused career academy operated by the Polk County School Board as part of Kathleen High School. In October 2019 a reorganization made the fly-in part of the Aerospace Center for Excellence, a non-profit organization that was established in 2014 to provide young students with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instruction.{{cite web|title=Central Florida Aerospace Academy|url=http://www.polkacademies.com/cfaa/|website=polkacademies.com|publisher=Polk County School Board|accessdate=2 August 2014|archive-date=3 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703062146/http://www.polkacademies.com/cfaa/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url = https://www.avweb.com/air-shows-events/sun-n-fun/sun-n-fun-reorganizes/|title = Sun 'N Fun Reorganizes|access-date = 2 October 2019|last = O'Connor|first = Kate|work = AVweb|date = 2 October 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191002163005/https://www.avweb.com/air-shows-events/sun-n-fun/sun-n-fun-reorganizes/|archive-date = 2 October 2019}}