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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1906:
Events
January–December
thumb|right|200px|The monument at the Château de Bagatelle to Santos-Dumont's flight on 12 November 1906.
- 17 January – The Zeppelin LZ2 makes its first flight, which ends in a forced landing.
- 18 January – The Zeppelin LZ2 is destroyed in high winds.
- 5 March – Romanian inventor Traian Vuia begins testing his Vuia 1 at Montesson, France, by driving it as an automobile without its wings mounted. It is a high-wing monoplane powered by a carbonic acid gas engine, and is first aircraft with pneumatic tires.
- 11 August – Mrs. C.J. Miller becomes the first American woman to ride as a passenger in a dirigible.
- 12 September – Jacob Ellehammer makes a tethered flight with his aeroplane "Semi-biplane" on the tiny island of Lindholm. The plane was attached to the ground by a rope and described a few circles.
- 13 September – Alberto Santos-Dumont successfully flies his Santos-Dumont 14-bis aircraft for the first time, on the grounds of the Château de Bagatelle in the Bois de Boulogne public park in Paris.
- 30 September – The Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning is awarded for the first time. It goes to Lieutenant Frank Lahm of the United States Army, who flies in the balloon United States from Paris to Fylingdales Moor in North Yorkshire, England. It is the first international balloon race.
- 23 October – Alberto Santos-Dumont wins the Archdeacon Prize as for a flight of in his Santos-Dumont 14-bis at the Château de Bagatelle's grounds.
- 12 November – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies in 21 seconds at the Château de Bagatelle's grounds in the Santos-Dumont 14-bis which has been recently equipped with primitive interplane ailerons. This is recorded as the first officially observed aeroplane flight in Europe and, although occurring after longer flights by the Wright brothers in the United States, is the first officially recognized airplane distance record.