List of air shows

This is a list of airshows throughout the world.

Major air shows

Royal International Air Tattoo, England

• The world's largest military air show is the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, United Kingdom. The RIAT gathers military aircraft and military display teams from all over the world.
• The Royal Air Forces largest Airshow is held Annually at RAF Waddington RAF Waddington, United Kingdom known as the RAF Waddington International Airshow. The airshow features participants from across the World and showcases the work of the RAF Royal Air Force and its allies.
• Europe's largest free annual airshow is the Bournemouth Air Festival held on the Bournemouth seafront. It takes place over the course of four days each August and attracted around 1,300,000 spectators last year.
• The annual EAA AirVenture Oshkosh air show (Oshkosh, Wisconsin), organized by the Experimental Aircraft Association, is famous for its crowded fly-in of visitors. The air show includes multiple displays as well as talks by influential people in aviation.
• Aero India is a biennial air show held in Bangalore, India at the Yelahanka Air Force Station. It was first held in the year 1996 and since then has become one of the largest air shows in the world. In 2009 it had 592 exhibitors from over 25 countries it is the largest air show in Asia.
• The closest European equivalent to Oshkosh is Tannkosh, held annually at Tannheim airfield in Germany.
• The Southport Airshow is the largest airshow in the North West of England.
• The Aerosport airshow, created in 1993 in Igualada, is the only Spanish airshow dedicated to corporate and sport aircrafts.
• The Abbotsford Airshow is Canada's largest airshow.
• There are several annual air shows in the United States that display a variety of modern military aircraft, including the Miramar Airshow every October, and Aviation Nation at Nellis AFB every November.
• The Largest Warbird airshow is held by the Commemorative Air Force at its annual CAF Airsho in Midland, TX each October.
• Two large air and aerospace trade shows are the Paris Air Show (Le Bourget Air Show) in France, held in June on odd-numbered years, and the British Farnborough Airshow held in July on even-numbered years.
• Dubai Air Show has been held since 1989 each November on odd-numbered years, after every Paris Air Show.
• Asian Aerospace has been held in Singapore since its inception in 1981, until moving to Hong Kong in 2007. The Singapore event was rebranded as the Singapore Airshow in 2008, and is held in February on even-numbered years at the Changi Exhibition Centre which was the source of the dispute between Asian Aerospace organisers.
• The Langkawi International Maritime and Air Show since 1991, is held at Langkawi Island, Malaysia on odd-numbered years.

A Douglas C-54 Skymaster, called Spirit of Freedom, currently operated as a flying museum regarding the Berlin Airlift, at a Lancaster, Ohio air show.

• The biggest air show and aerospace trade show in Russia is MAKS, held at Zhukovskiy in August.
• The world's oldest air show is the Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung (ILA) (Berlin Air Show), in Germany, going back to 1909.
• The only air show in West Africa is held in Ghana each year (light aviation) in November hosted by WAASPS
• China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition.
• Australian International Airshow is held every two years at Avalon Airport.
• Warbirds Over Wanaka a military oriented show is held every two years in Wanaka, New Zealand
• Latin American best air show, since 1980, is held at Santiago, Chile. FIDAE (Feria Internacional Del Aire y Del Espacio) take place in Comodoro Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport in march every two years.

More airshows

• Abbotsford International Airshow (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)
• Aero India (Yelahanka Air Force Base, Bangalore, India)
• Aerosport Airshow (Igualada, Catalonia, Spain)
• Air/Space America 88 (San Diego, California, U.S.)
• Australian International Airshow (Avalon Airport, Avalon, Victoria, Australia)
• Batajnica Air Show (Belgrade, Serbia)
• Berlin Air Show - ILA (Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung) (Berlin, Germany)
• Boshears Skyfest (Augusta, Georgia U.S.A.)
• Bournemouth Air Festival (United Kingdom)
• Canadian International Air Show (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
• Charleston Air Force Base Air Expo, (Charleston Air Force Base, North Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.)
• Chicago Air & Water Show (Chicago, Illinois, U.S.)
• Classic Fighters (Blemheim, New Zealand)
• Cleveland National Air Show (Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.)
• Danish Air Show (Denmark)
• Dayton Air Show (Dayton, Ohio, U.S.)
• Dubai Airshow (Dubai)
• EAA AirVenture Oshkosh (Oshkosh, Wisconsin, U.S.)
• Fleet Week (various port cities, U.S.)
• Iran airshow (Kish, Iran)
• Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (Langkawi, Malaysia)
• Miramar Airshow (MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, U.S.)
• New York Air Show (Jones Beach State Park, New York, U.S.)
• Northwest EAA Fly-In (Arlington, Washington, U.S.)
• Oregon International Airshow (Hillsboro, Oregon, U.S.)
• Paris Air Show (Paris, France)
• Radom Air Show (Radom, Poland)
• RAFA Shoreham Airshow (Shoreham, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom)
• Redhill Airshow (Redhill, Surrey, England, United Kingdom)
• Reno Air Races (Reno, Nevada, U.S.)
• Royal Netherlands Air Force open days (Various military airports in the Netherlands)
• Rotorfest, All Helicopter Airshow, Brandywine Airport in West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.)
• Seafair Airshow (Seattle, Washington, U.S.)
• Seething Airfield Charity Airday (Seething, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom)
• Selfridge Air National Guard Base Airshow (Detroit, Michigan, U.S.)
• Singapore Airshow (Singapore) [1]
• Southport Airshow (Southport, England)
• Sun N' Fun (Lakeland, Florida, U.S.)
• Sunderland International Airshow (Seaburn, Sunderland, England, United Kingdom)
• Tannkosh (Tannheim, Germany)
• Thunder over the Boardwalk (Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.)
• Thunder Over Louisville (Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.)
• Windsor International Air Show(Windsor Ontario, Canada)
• Warbirds over Wanaka (Wanaka, New Zealand)
• Wings and Wheels (Dunsfold Park, Surrey, England, United Kingdom)
• Wings Over Gillespie (Commemorative Air Force static airshow, El Cajon, California, U.S.)
• Wings Over Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh International Airport, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

Historical air shows

• 1909: The "Internationale Luftschiffahrt-Ausstellung" was first held in Frankfurt am Main, Germany from July 10 to October 17, 1909, later becoming the Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung(ILA) and as such can lay claim to being the oldest aviation show in the world.
• 1909: Reims Air Meet in France in August 1909. A key aviator was Glenn Curtiss, who won the Gordon Bennett Cup. This show inspired John Moisant.
• 1910: Los Angeles International Air Meet at Dominguez Field from January 10 to January 20, 1910. Participants included Glenn Curtiss, Charles Hamilton, Lincoln Beachey and Louis Paulhan. The Los Angeles Times called it "one of the greatest public events in the history of the West."
• 1910: Harvard-Boston Aero Meet at the Harvard Aviation Field in Atlantic, Massachusetts, from September 3 to September 13, 1910. It was the first major air event in the Eastern United States and offered $90,000 in prizes and appearance fees. Participants included the Wright brothers, the Glenn Curtiss exhibition teams and Claude Grahame-White. This show inspired Harriet Quimby to become the first female pilot in the United States.
• 1910: Belmont International Aviation Tournament offered approximately $75,000 in prize money. Participants included Count Jacques de Lesseps, Roland Garros, Claude Grahame-White, Glenn Curtiss, John Moisant, Arch Hoxsey, Ralph Johnstone and Charles Hamilton.
• 1925–1931: Ford National Reliability Air Tour offered the Edsel B. Ford Trophy; it was inscribed, "This trophy is offered to encourage the up-building of commercial aviation as a medium of transportation."

See also

• List of hot air balloon festivals
• List of airshow accidents