FIDAE

According to the organiser, FIDAE 2028 is the 25th edition and runs from 4 to 9 April 2028 at Base Aérea Pudahuel in Santiago de Chile. The organiser announced the dates at Farnborough International Airshow in the United Kingdom. TradeShowBuzz lists the show as biennial in Santiago, with the venue shown as Aeropuerto Internacional Arturo Merino Benítez, so check the organiser's site before you plan your travel.

The organiser describes FIDAE, the Feria Internacional del Aire y del Espacio, as the most important aerospace, defence and security exhibition in Latin America. Its pages list six sectors: civil and commercial aviation, defence, airport equipment and services, homeland security, aircraft maintenance and space technology.

The organiser's history page says FIDAE began in 1980 as the Feria Internacional del Aire, created to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Chilean Air Force, and was held every two years from then on. Space was added in 1990 and the name changed to FIDAE. Since 2006 it has been held at Base Aérea Pudahuel, and the organiser's leadership page names a Chilean Air Force general as president.

The organiser says FIDAE also holds a series of conferences, positioning the fair as a meeting point between industry, academia and defence. When we read the organiser's site, the page for the FIDAE 2028 programme was still marked as coming soon, so session details and times were not yet published.

The organiser has an exhibitor catalogue page with a search by name, country and segment and a downloadable PDF catalogue. When we read it, the page was still headed FIDAE 2026, so the 2028 exhibitor list had not been posted yet. Check back on fidae.cl closer to the show.

The organiser's site lists its address as Diego Barros Ortiz 2300, Pudahuel, Santiago de Chile, and a public relations telephone line on +56 2 2976 9562. The organiser also publishes news, FIDAE News Daily and FIDAE News Digital on the same site, which are useful for updates before the 2028 edition.