By Harry Nara · Last updated
- Opens, to trade visitors firstMonday 14 June 2027
- Last public daySunday 20 June 2027
- Where
- Paris–Le Bourget Airport, Parc des Expositions
- Tickets
- Ticketed
- Time of year
- June
- Dates
- Held every other year, not annually
The 56th edition, from the organiser, SIAE, and the industry body GIFAS. The week opens to trade visitors; the organiser’s public page describes the show opening to everyone over the weekend, with a free day on the Friday for students who register online. At the last edition, 16 to 22 June 2025, the public had three days, Friday to Sunday. No public prices had been announced by October 2026.
The Paris Air Show is held at Le Bourget airport, just north of Paris, every other year. Most of the week is for the industry, and the public gets the end of it, when the halls, the parked aircraft and the daily flying displays are open to anyone with a ticket. Book a weekend day, come by public transport, and plan around the afternoon flying.
What Paris Air Show actually is
The aerospace industry’s showcase, staged on the airfield at Le Bourget by its organiser, SIAE. It alternates with the air show at Farnborough in England, which is why it only happens in odd-numbered years.
The last edition gives the scale: 2,400 exhibitors from 48 countries, 155 aircraft on show and 173 flying displays over the week. Of its 305,200 visitors, 164,200 came on the public days.
For a visitor the draw is the flying, from airliners and military jets to aerobatic teams, plus aircraft parked on the apron that you can walk around. The halls are mostly the trade’s stands; the public days add family areas and entertainment.
How to see the flying
- From the static display, between the parked aircraft. You see the flying with the aircraft you have just walked around in the foreground, and you can move as the displays change.
- Through the afternoon. The organiser builds each public day towards its flying displays, so the later part of the day is when to be outside.
- Near the family areas, with children. The public days add play and learning areas for younger visitors, built around the show’s mascot, which makes a break from the noise of the apron.
Tickets and what it costs
Public tickets cover the days at the end of the week and are sold through the organiser, which had not set them in mid-October. Buy from the official ticket office rather than a reseller.
The trade days are not open to the public. Students can come free on the Friday by registering online in advance.
Official information and booking: www.siae.fr/en
Getting there
Le Bourget is a short distance north-east of Paris. The airfield’s year-round public transport, as the Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace on the same site gives it: RER B to Le Bourget station and then bus 152, metro line 7 to La Courneuve–8 Mai 1945 and then the same bus, or the 350 bus direct from Paris.
The organiser publishes show-week transport, including any extra services, nearer the time.
In any other week the Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace is the reason to come: it sits on the same airfield and is open from Tuesday to Sunday.
Mistakes worth avoiding
Going in the wrong year
There is no show in even-numbered years. In those Junes, the museum on the same airfield is the alternative.
Turning up on a trade day
Most of the week is for professionals with registration. Members of the public come at the end.
Leaving before the flying
Each public day builds to its flying displays. Leave at lunchtime and you miss what most people come for.
Forgetting sun and ear protection
The apron is open tarmac with little shade, and jets are loud at close range, which matters most for children.
Buying from resellers
Public tickets are sold on the organiser’s site. Use that rather than paying a reseller’s mark-up.
Other Paris events
Frequently asked questions
When is the next Paris Air Show?
In June of odd-numbered years, over a week that ends with the public days.
Can the public go to the Paris Air Show?
Yes, on the last days of the show week. The earlier days are for trade visitors only.
How do you get to the Paris Air Show?
By RER B to Le Bourget station and then bus 152, by metro line 7 to La Courneuve–8 Mai 1945 and the same bus, or on the 350 bus from Paris.
Is the Paris Air Show held every year?
No. It is held every other year, in odd-numbered years, alternating with Farnborough in England.
Is there anything to see at Le Bourget in other years?
Yes. The Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace sits on the airfield and is open from Tuesday to Sunday.
Sources
- SIAE, the Paris Air Show organiser
- SIAE, for the general public
- GIFAS, the last edition’s closing figures (French)
- Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace, getting there
Dates on this page are checked against the organiser’s own listing and confirmed through 2027. Written and maintained by Harry Nara.