18th Annual International Flight School Operators Conference & Trade Show
present by FSAI, formerly FSANA
Save the date: February 9-11, 2027 / New Orleans
Plan to join your peers, friends, and exhibitors at the next Flight School Operators Conference & Trade Show. Come learn, network, and meet government officials, supply chain partners, and others who interface with your industry. Nearly 20 professional sessions to choose from. Don’t miss out on the most important days of the year for your business.
This is the annual event that has been having a huge effect on businesses like yours. Same show, new name (sort of). FSANA is now the Flight School Association International (FSAI). The FSAI conference experience is about learning how to:
- Increase profits
- Engage in growth strategies and new business opportunities
- Adapt to the latest trends and technology
- Manage costs and be more efficient
REGISTER Registration will not open for several months, so save the date and hang tight.
The only annual conference and trade show focused on the business of flight training
Whether you are an existing or new flight school, or thinking of starting one, the sessions and workshops will propel your business into the year ahead. The networking and one-on-one opportunities can’t be given a price tag. You owe it to your business to attend if you are a: - Flight school owner
- Flight school manager
- Chief flight instructor
- Assistant chief flight instructor
- Key employee involved in the operation of a flight school
- Person opening or considering starting a flight school
The training market is continually evolving in America and through the FSAI annual conference and its member programs, FSAI is helping schools become model training facilities.
Registration includes
- Entry to professional sessions and workshops
- Admission to exhibition hall with over 50 exhibitors
- Reception
- Dinner and entertainment
- 2 luncheons
- Coffee breaks with exhibitors
Exhibit hall
Attendees can’t get enough of the exhibits at FSANA/FSAI conferences and who can blame them. With a record number of over 60 exhibitor booths in 2026, the FSAI Conference & Trade Show continues to be the best One-Stop Supply Chain trade show for the flight training community. Our exhibitors know how to quench this audience's thirst for new products and services.
Exhibit space sold out for last three years of the event. FSANA encourages businesses who are interested in engaging with top flight training providers to reserve early when booth registration opens this summer for 2027's event.
Attention non-FSAI members
JOIN FSAI prior to registering and receive FSAI member rates for the conference.
Conference scholarship
Financial assistance may be available toward conference registration. This does not include room accommodations or transportation. Please submit registration ASAP so we can contact you to discuss assistance.
The youth component
Although we are a professionals’ conference and trade show, we have endeavored to include the youth generation into the mix with limited student access to sessions and exhibits.
Additionally, we educate our business attendees on the importance of youth and their parents as customers and remind them that even a twelve year old loves flying planes and represents the future of aviation and aerospace. Ask any of our flight school members who have returned home after a FSANA conference and started an AeroCamp program and they will testify to the rewards of opening the door to the youth in their community.
LIMITED STUDENT/YOUTH PASS FSANA /FSAI Youth members and students enrolled in a college aviation degree program or a post-secondary aviation specialty program are invited to attend the conference for a nominal fee of $25/day. Attend Thursday or Friday, or both days. The student pass provides:
- Entry to professional sessions and workshops
- Admission to exhibition hall
- Lunch
- Coffee breaks with exhibitors
2027 Conference hotel
FSAI will be announcing 2027's conference hotel any day. It's Mardi Gras week so book as soon as you can.
HOTEL INFO AND RESERVATIONS TO COME
