Airspace World 2027
Airspace World is CANSO's global air traffic management showcase — the annual meeting point for the world's air navigation service providers and the technology vendors that equip them. The 2027 edition returns to Lisbon's FIL, 25–27 May.
What is Airspace World?
Run by CANSO (the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation), Airspace World succeeded the World ATM Congress as the global ATM industry's principal exhibition and conference — ANSPs, regulators, airspace users and the ATM supply chain in one venue.
The floor covers ATM automation platforms, communications/navigation/surveillance (CNS), digital and remote towers, airspace-management software, and the UTM/AAM integration layer that drone and eVTOL operations depend on.
Dates, venue and format
Airspace World 2027 runs 25–27 May at FIL in Lisbon's Parque das Nações — the event's established home, with the 2026 edition having run there 26–28 May.
- Exhibition + multi-stage conference programme
- ANSP pavilions alongside vendor stands
- UTM/AAM and space-based surveillance zones in recent editions
Who attends
ANSP leadership and engineering teams, civil-aviation regulators, military airspace authorities, airlines' flight-ops and airspace teams, airports, and the ATM technology vendor base — from radar and CNS majors to UTM startups.
GCC ANSPs (GCAA in the UAE, GACA/SANS in Saudi Arabia, QCAA in Qatar, Bahrain's ANS) attend in delegation strength — Gulf airspace modernisation is among the world's most active programmes.
Key themes
Why GCC procurement teams track this show
Gulf airspace is being re-architected — corridor restructuring, new ANSP entities, digital-tower programmes and AAM corridors in Dubai and Riyadh. The vendors delivering those programmes exhibit at Airspace World, and the ANSP-to-ANSP benchmarking happens in its corridors.
Cross-reference exhibitors with Aviation Souk's ATC/navigation category when GCC ATM tenders move.
- Digital/remote tower vendors here map onto GCC regional-airport modernisation
- UTM platforms exhibiting at Airspace World feed Dubai/Riyadh AAM vertiport programmes
- Airspace Africa & Middle East (Abu Dhabi) is the regional satellite event
Venue & logistics
- FIL, Parque das Nações — ~10 minutes from Lisbon Airport (LIS), metro Red line
- Same venue hosts GSE Expo Europe and World Aviation Festival — Lisbon is a recurring aviation-event hub
Travel tips
- Stay in Parque das Nações for walking access; central Lisbon is 20 minutes by metro
- Late May in Lisbon is warm and dry
Frequently asked questions
When is Airspace World 2027?
25–27 May 2027 at FIL, Lisbon, Portugal.
Who organises Airspace World?
CANSO — the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation; the event succeeded the World ATM Congress as the global ATM showcase.
What is exhibited?
ATM automation, CNS systems, digital/remote towers, airspace-management software and UTM/AAM integration platforms, alongside ANSP pavilions.
Do GCC air-navigation providers attend?
Yes — GCAA (UAE), GACA/SANS (Saudi Arabia), QCAA (Qatar) and Bahrain ANS are active CANSO participants with live modernisation programmes.
How does it differ from the World ATM Congress?
Airspace World is the successor event under CANSO's banner — same global ATM community, Lisbon-based since 2023.
Going to Airspace World 2027?
Describe what you’re sourcing — Souk surfaces ranked supplier shortlists per category and flags which exhibitors at this show are worth your meeting time.
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