16th FAI World Precision Flying Championship took place between July 19 - July 24, 2004 in Herning in Denmark, altogether with the 14th FAI World Rally Flying Championship (July 14-20).
There were 70 competitors from Poland (8), Czech Republic (8), South Africa (8), Denmark (8), Austria (6), France (5), Russia (4), United Kingdom (4), Sweden (4), Norway (4), Germany (3), Finland (3), Slovakia (2), Switzerland (2), Slovenia (1).
Most numerous airplane was Cessna 150 (27), then Cessna 152 (23), Cessna 172 (10). There were also two Glastar and Zlin Z-43's, single 3Xtrim, PZL Wilga 2000, Robin, Ikarus C42B, SAI KZ III, SOCATA Rallye.
On the July 19, 2004 there was an opening ceremony, on the next day an opening briefing and official practice.
On July 21 there was the first navigation competition, in which the first two places were taken by the Poles: Krzysztof Wieczorek (6 penalty points) and Marek Kachaniak (32 pts), the third by the Czech Petr Opat (33 pts).
On July 22 there was landings competition, won by Nathalie Strube (FRA, 4 pts) and Michał Bartler (POL, 4 pts), the third was Harri Vähämaa (FIN, 12 pts), all flying Cessna 152s. Krzysztof Wieczorek remained the leader in overall classification.
On July 23 there was the last, second navigation competition, in which the first three places were taken by the Poles: Krzysztof Wieczorek (24 pts), Wacław Wieczorek (Krzysztof's brother, 35 pts) and Zbigniew Chrząszcz ex aequo with Petr Opat (CZE, 41 pts).
On July 24 there was awards giving and closing ceremony.
| Pilot | Country | Aircraft type | Registration no. | Penalty points for: Observation + navigation + landings = total | |||||
| 1. | SP-YEX | 0 | 30 | 41 | = 71 | ||||
| 2. | Petr Opat |  Czech Republic | OK-NAV | 20 | 54 | 19 | = 93 | ||
| 3. | Wacław Wieczorek | SP-AHV | 20 | 71 | 17 | = 108 | |||
| 4. | Marek Kachaniak | Cessna 152 | SP-KDM | 20 | 86 | 16 | = 122 | ||
| 5. | Nigel Hopkins |  South Africa | OY-SUP | 40 | 105 | 16 | = 160 | ||
| 6. | Michał Bartler | Cessna 152 | SP-FGX | 60 | 102 | 4 | = 166 | ||
| 7. | Zbigniew Chrząszcz | Cessna 152 | SP-KDM | 20 | 75 | 76 | = 171 | ||
| 8. | Jiří Jakeš | Czech Republic | Cessna 152 | OK-NAV | 50 | 82 | 46 | = 178 | |
| 9. | František Cihlář | Czech Republic | Cessna 152 | OK-IKC | 60 | 62 | 66 | = 188 | |
| 10. | Patrick Bats | Cessna 152 | F-GDDM | 100 | 36 | 55 | = 191 | ||
Number of penalty points and place of three best competitors
- 301 pts - 459 pts
- 820 pts
- 1308 pts
- 1335 pts
- 1647 pts - 1929 pts
- 2314 pts
- 2413 pts
- 2461 pts
- 6482 pts