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{{Short description|International air sports event}}
[[Image:World Air Games Logo 2015.png|thumb|World Air Games 2015]]
The '''FAI World Air Games (WAG)''' is an international [[air sports]] event organized by [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] (World Air Sports Federation - FAI), inspired by the [[Olympic Games]].

==Competitions==
#[[competition aerobatics|Aerobatics]]
#[[Model aircraft|Aeromodeling]]
#[[Air racing]]
#[[Hot air ballooning|Ballooning]]
#[[Gliding]]
#[[Hang gliding]]
#[[Helicopter]]
#[[Microlight]]
#[[Parachuting]]
#[[Paragliding]]

==Games History==
{| class="wikitable"
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! style="background:#cde;"| Year
! style="background:#cde;"| Country
! style="background:#cde;"| Host
! style="background:#cde;"| Date
! style="background:#cde;"| Top Nation

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| align=center|1
|align=center|1997<br />''[[1997 World Air Games|Details]]''
|{{TUR}}
|[[Turkish Aeronautical Association]] (THK)
|September 15 - September 21
|{{RUS}}<ref name="auto1">{{cite web | url=https://vozduhoplavateli.ru/index.php?id=356 | title=Полет на воздушном шаре в Москве &#124; Всемирные Воздушные Игры - 2009 }}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://old.redstar.ru/2007/04/21_04/2_01.html|title=Èêàðèàäó  ïðèãëàøàåò Ðîññèÿ!|website=old.redstar.ru}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|2
|align=center|2001<br />''[[2001 World Air Games|Details]]''
|{{ESP}}
|[[Royal Spanish Aeronautics Federation]] (FAE), [[Royal Aero Club of Spain]] (RACE) 
|June 23 - July 1
|{{RUS}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fai.org/wag/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513231918/http://www.fai.org/wag/ | archive-date=2008-05-13 | title=World Air Games }}</ref><ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto"/>
|-
| align=center|3
|align=center|2009<br />''[[2009 World Air Games|Details]]''
|{{ITA}}
| [[Aero Club D'Italia]], [[Turin]]
|June 6 - June 13
| {{ITA}} <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aex.ru/docs/7/2009/6/17/730/ | title=Российские спортсмены на Всемирных воздушных играх в Турине }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroclubtorino.it/en/history/chapter-17.html | title=Aero Club Torino &#124; dal 1908 - Chapter 17 - the Olympics of the Air: The World Air Games 2009 (WAG) }}</ref>
|-
| align=center|4
|align=center|2015<br />''[[2015 World Air Games|Details]]''
|{{UAE}}
| [[Dubai]]
|Dec 1 - Dec 12
|{{USA}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fasrus.org/docX/MedalsCountFAIWAGDubai2015.pdf | title=FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015, UAE | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903230445/https://www.fasrus.org/docX/MedalsCountFAIWAGDubai2015.pdf/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=2023-09-03 }}</ref>
|-
| align=center|
|align=center|2022<br />''[[2022 World Air Games|Details]]''
|{{TUR}}
|[[Turkish Aeronautical Association]] (THK)
|colspan=1 {{n/a|''Cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic''}}
|
|-
| align=center|5
|align=center|2025<br />''[[2025 World Air Games|Details]]''
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* [https://www.fai.org/worldairgames FAI World Air Games | World Air Sports Federation]
* [http://ipc-wcresults.org.uk/ FAI 1st & 2nd Category Results Portal]
* [http://ipc-wcresults.org.uk/WAG15/results.html 20th FAI World Air Games 2015 - Dubai, UAE - 1-12 December 2015] : 5th FAI World Air Games 2015 - Dubai, UAE - 1–12 December 2015

===WAG 2009===
The FAI announced on 27 October 2007 the opening of the bidding for the 2009 Games. [[Turin]] (Italy) has been chosen to host the World Air Games 2009. The decision was announced by the President of FAI - the World Air Sports Federation, Pierre Portmann, on first of June 2007 at the Olympic Museum, Lausanne.

===WAG 2015===

The FAI World Air Games 2015 has been awarded to the [[United Arab Emirates]] and was held in [[Dubai]]. This multi-discipline event was organised by the Emirates Aerosports Federation under the patronage of the Crown Prince of Dubai, [[Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum|His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum]] and took place from 1 to 12 December 2015. 875 athletes from 55 countries competed in the Games, making it the biggest air sports event ever organised.

===WAG 2022===
The FAI World Air Games 2022 will take place in Turkey and will be organised by the [[Turkish Aeronautical Association]] (THK). The contract for the Games was signed by THK and FAI at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, in February 2018.<ref name="GAC website">{{cite web |url=http://www.fai.org/commission/gac |title =Turkey named as the 2020 host country for the world's biggest and brightest air sports event: the FAI World Air Games |website=Fai.org |date =2 August 2017 |language= en |access-date =11 December 2018}}</ref>

==Games cancellation==

{| class="wikitable"
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! style="background:#cde;"| Year
! style="background:#cde;"| Country
! style="background:#cde;"| Host
! style="background:#cde;"| Date
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| align=center|-
|align=center|2005<br />''[[2005 World Air Games|Details]]''
|colspan="3"|Canceled, {{MYS}} & {{POL}} being final bidders
|-
| align=center|-
|align=center|2011<br />''[[2011 World Air Games|Details]]''
|colspan="3"|Canceled, {{DEN}} being final bidder
|-
| align=center|-
|align=center|2022<br />''[[2022 World Air Games|Details]]''
|colspan="3"|Canceled, {{TUR}} Due to Covid-19 pandemic
|}

===2005 cancellation===
In early 2005, the FAI Executive Board decided not to continue with the selection procedure for the organisation of World Air Games in 2005. The Board judged that there was insufficient time remaining for the two final bidders, Malaysia and Poland, to solve the various organisational problems.


===2011 cancellation===
On 16 June 2010 the FAI announced the cancellation of the 2011 Games, following the decision of the city of Odense not to host the Games, and uncertainty and risks around a proposed late change to host the games in the city of Herning, also in Denmark.

===2022 cancellation===
On 20 January 2020 the FAI announced the Cancellation of the 2022 Games, due to Covid-19 pandemic.

==See also==
*[[1997 World Air Games]]
*[[Air sports]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.fai.org/worldairgames World Air Games], official WAG news on FAI website
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080515110829/http://www.wag2009.com/eng/ World Air Games 2009], official site of WAG 2009
*[http://www.worldairgames2015.org World Air Games 2015], official site of WAG 2015
*[http://www.worldairgames2015.org/results World AIr Games 2015 Results]

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