Planning a year of aviation shows: the calendars we check, and how to confirm dates

Nobody plans a year of aviation shows from a single list. A maintenance supplier, an airshow photographer, a flight school owner and a business jet broker are all looking for events, but not the same events, and the calendars that serve them are built differently. Some cover one sector in depth, some list what their own company organises, and some are general trade fair directories that include aerospace. The fastest way to plan 2027 is to know which to open for which question.

This guide goes through the calendars we check ourselves, what each does well, and what to confirm before you book a flight.

The Flying Engineer aviation events calendar

Our own aviation events calendar is built for people who work in the industry rather than watch it: airline and airport conferences, MRO and aftermarket shows, aircraft interiors, space, defence exhibitions, training summits, business aviation conventions and the big international airshows. As of 15 October 2026 it lists 457 upcoming events in 63 countries, running to the end of 2027.

Every event has its own page with the dates, city, venue, organiser and a link to the organiser's site, with the date we last checked it. You can filter by sector, country and month, switch between a list and a map, and search by company to see which shows an exhibitor or sponsor is attending. If you want to meet a particular supplier, you can see where they will have a stand over the next year. Organisers can add or correct an event through the page for organisers.

MILAVIA

If the question is "where can I see a display team fly this summer", MILAVIA's airshow calendar is the one to open. It covers public airshows, military open days, fly-ins and display team appearances, organised by region and year, with Europe and North America in particular depth. It marks cancellations clearly. For enthusiasts, photographers and anyone planning a spotting trip, it is the specialist reference for a side of aviation that business calendars, including ours, only touch at the major international shows.

EventsEye

EventsEye is a general trade fair directory with an aeronautics and space category. Its strength is breadth across industry: alongside the aerospace shows you will find manufacturing, composites, materials, machine tools and other industrial fairs that matter to suppliers higher up the chain. If you make parts for aircraft but also sell into other sectors, EventsEye shows you both sides. Its listings usually give the next edition of each fair, so for a show two editions out you will want the organiser's site.

FlightLogger and Aviatize

Two calendars serve flight training. FlightLogger lists events for flight schools and training organisations, from the large training summits to regional pilot career fairs, and is honest about marking dates as provisional when they are. Aviatize keeps a conference list with a similar audience in mind: flight school operators, training managers and the software and simulator companies that sell to them. Both are worth bookmarking if your year revolves around recruiting students or instructors.

AeroTime events

AeroTime runs an events page next to its news coverage, with a short, curated selection of the major conferences and shows rather than an exhaustive list. It is a quick scan of the headline events in the coming months, often with reporting from the previous edition alongside.

Sprinkle

Sprinkle keeps a list of major industry events and, separately, FAA safety seminars and webinars for pilots in the United States. The first is a handy overview of the big shows; the second is useful for pilots who want to keep up with recurrent training and safety topics without travelling.

Business Air News

For business aviation, Business Air News keeps a calendar alongside its handbook, with a search by event type. It is where the magazine says readers can pick up a copy, which tells you which shows the business aviation community actually turns up to. Use it for the bizav conventions, regional business aviation shows and the charter and FBO circuit.

GlobalAir

GlobalAir's calendar is built for US general aviation: fly-ins, pancake breakfasts, type club gatherings, safety seminars and airport open days, shown on a map of what is coming up in the next 30 days. If you fly for yourself in the United States, it is the most practical short-range view of what is happening near you this month.

Aviation Week Events

Aviation Week Events is an organiser's calendar rather than an industry-wide one, and that is exactly why it belongs in your bookmarks. It is the primary source for the MRO series (MRO Americas, MRO Europe, MRO Asia-Pacific and the regional editions), the defence and air transport conferences, and the Laureate awards. When you need the confirmed dates, venue and registration for any of those, go straight to the organiser's page.

10times

10times is a large general aggregator that covers every industry, with an aviation category among hundreds. It will surface regional events that smaller calendars miss, especially in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Because entries are gathered broadly, check each one for relevance and confirm the date and venue against the organiser before relying on it.

Before you book travel

Whichever calendar you use, including ours, treat it as the starting point and the organiser's own site as the final word. Dates move. Editions are postponed, merged or skipped, and a calendar entry can outlive the change by months. Two examples from this year's planning:

• The Bahrain International Airshow was due in November 2026. The organiser, airshow.bh, now gives the next edition as 15 to 17 November 2028.
• The NBAA Schedulers and Dispatchers Conference 2027 is 22 to 24 February 2027 in Fort Lauderdale, per NBAA. Other dates for it have circulated.

A few habits that save wasted trips:

• Look for a provisional flag. Good calendars say when a date is expected rather than announced. Treat an unflagged date on a show more than a year away with the same caution.
• Check the last-checked date. If a listing was last verified before the organiser published this year's dates, it may be carrying forward last year's pattern.
• Watch for co-located events. Many conferences run inside a larger show, sometimes on different days from the exhibition. Confirm which days you need to be in the hall.
• Note the venue, not just the city. Shows move between halls and between cities.

Twelve 2027 dates to put in the diary

From our calendar, each verified against the organiser at the time of listing. Click through for venue, organiser and exhibitor list.

• Aero India, Bengaluru, 8 to 12 February
• Avalon Australian International Airshow, Geelong, 23 to 28 February
• VERTICON, Anaheim, 15 to 18 March
• Aircraft Interiors Expo, Hamburg, 6 to 8 April
• MRO Americas, Orlando, 13 to 15 April
• AERO Friedrichshafen, 14 to 17 April
• Paris Air Show, Le Bourget, 14 to 20 June
• EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, 26 July to 1 August
• MRO Asia-Pacific, Singapore, 21 to 23 September
• MRO Europe, Amsterdam, 19 to 21 October
• NBAA-BACE, Las Vegas, 19 to 21 October
• Dubai Airshow, 15 to 19 November

Before any of these, the MEBAA Show in Dubai closes 2026 on 8 to 10 December.

Keep your own entry current

If you organise an event, you can add it or update the dates, venue and exhibitor list through our page for organisers. If you work for a company that exhibits or sponsors, your Flying Engineer company page shows which shows you are listed at over the coming year, so a customer looking for you can find your stand. Check that it is right and tell us if it is not.

Calendars described as seen on 15 October 2026. Each is linked above; descriptions are of what we found useful, not a review of every feature.