About this Event
🎉 CDA Airport Chili Cook-Off, Pumpkin Painting & Pony Rides 🎃🌶️🐴
✈️ Location: Coeur d'Alene Aviation at KCOE
📅 Date: Sunday October 19th,2025
🕚 Time: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM
Bring your family for a day full of mouth-watering chili, creative pumpkin painting, pony rides, and fall fun at the airport!
This is a Fly-In or Drive-In event with plenty of parking available. To help us plan for food, seating, ramp space and contests, RSVP is required.
✈️ Support a Great Cause
Donations will be accepted and all proceeds go to the CDA Airport Association who provide scholarships to young aviators!
🔥 Chili Cook-Off Contest
Think you’ve got the best chili in town? Prove it! Winner gets a FREE Discovery Flight with Coeur d' Alene Aviation!
How to Enter (Deadline: October 14, 2025):
Email 📧 [email protected] with:
- 🧑🍳 Your Full Name
- 📞 Phone Number
- 🍛 A short description of your chili masterpiece
Chili Entry Guidelines:
- Prepare 6–7 quarts of chili 🥣
- Bring in a crockpot by 11:00 AM (event starts at 11:30 AM)
- Bring an extension cord 🔌 (electricity provided to keep chili warm)
- Cups & spoons provided 🥄
- Contest format — bring your BEST! 🏆
- Provide:
- List of ingredients (minus your secret ones 😉)
- A creative chili name ✍️
- Spiciness level:
🌶️ Mild
🌶️🌶️ Medium
🌶️🌶️🌶️ Hot
🔥🔥 Extra Hot
👉 Note: RSVP and chili entry sign-ups are required!
🎨 Pumpkin Painting Contest 🎃
Unleash your Halloween creativity!
How It Works:
- Pick a pumpkin
- Paint, decorate & design (no carving allowed)
- Submit your entry by 1:00 PM
Categories & Prizes 🏆:
- Most Creative Design
- Best Kid’s Entry
- People’s Choice Award
Rules:
- Paint & decorations only — no carving please
- One entry per person
🎁 Prizes awarded in each category!
🐴 Pony Rides
Bring the kids! Pony rides will be available throughout the event — a perfect way to make this a family day at the airport.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Coeur d'Alene Aviation and Maintenance, 11101 North Airport Drive, Hayden, United States
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