ILA Berlin Air Show

ILA Berlin Air Show
Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung
Aerobatics show of Patrulla Águila at the ILA 2018
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GenreAir show
FrequencyBiennial: Even years
VenueBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) in 2012
Location(s)Berlin
CountryGermany
Established1909
Most recent2024
Next event2026
Attendance230,000 (2012)
Organized byGerman Aerospace Industries Association
& Messe Berlin GmbH
WebsiteILA Berlin Air Show

The ILA Berlin Air Show (German: Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung (ILA)) combines a major trade exhibition for the aerospace and defence industries with a public airshow. It is held every even year at the new Berlin ExpoCenter Airport next to the Berlin Brandenburg Airport in Schönefeld, Brandenburg 18 km southeast of Berlin, Germany. The most recent ILA Berlin Air Show was held in June 2024.

Established in 1909, it claims to be world's oldest air show, and it is among the largest and most important aerospace trade fairs today. According to the organisers Messe Berlin GmbH, in 2012 the Berlin Air Show attracted 125,000 professional visitors and 105,000 members of the general public, with 3,600 journalists from 65 countries also attending.[1]

The format is similar to the Paris Air Show in France and the Farnborough International Airshow in Britain, the other major events in the European air show calendar. The Berlin event starts with two professional days closed to the general public, and then on Friday, Saturday and Sunday the public are allowed in.

The main display sections in 2022 included commercial air transport, space, military aviation, helicopters and both civil and military unmanned aircraft systems, also known as UAVs.

  1. ^ "ILA statistics at a glance". Archived from the original on 17 March 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.