Aerodrome
Aerodrome is a vote-escrow (ve(3,3)) DEX on Base built by Dromos Labs. Swap fees from staked liquidity go to veAERO voters, while LPs earn AERO emissions.
Cost: No interface fee is documented; a swap costs the pool fee. Factory defaults are 0.05% for stable pools and 0.30% for volatile pools, capped at 3%, and Slipstream pools set their own.
Checked 2026-10-16 · sources below- Round trip fee
- — buy + sell, platform fee
- $1,000 buy + sell
- — before network + pool fees
- US availability
- Unverified UK: unverified · EU: unverified
- Custody
- non-custodial
- KYC
- none
- Platforms
- web
- Launched
- 2023-08
Users paid Aerodrome about $12.3M in fees in the 30 days to 2026-10-17 (DefiLlama) — a rough measure of how much it is actually used.
Best for: Base traders and LPs, especially those who lock AERO to vote and earn swap fees.
Aerodrome fees
| Fee | Type | Rate | Applies to | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stable pool fee (default) | lp | 0.05% | Buy and sell | Constructor default in PoolFactory; can be changed per pool by the fee manager. |
| Volatile pool fee (default) | lp | 0.3% | Buy and sell | Constructor default in PoolFactory; custom fees up to 3% are allowed. |
| Slipstream (concentrated) pool fee | lp | — | Buy and sell | Set per pool; dynamic fee modules exist. Default protocol take is 10% of unstaked-liquidity fees in emissions-eligible Slipstream pools. |
| Network gas | network | — | Buy and sell |
How DEX fees work: instead of a platform fee, each swap pays the fee of the pool it routes through (listed above where published). The interface itself may add its own fee.
Platform fees only. On-chain network/priority fees, pool (LP) fees and price impact are extra and vary by trade.
Is Aerodrome legit?
Aerodrome's custody model: non-custodial.
Incidents on record
- 2025-11-21: DNS hijack. Attackers changed DNS records for the aerodrome.finance and velodrome.finance domains and pointed them at a cloned frontend serving wallet-drainer code. DefiLlama lists about $700,000 lost, and press reports say the smart contracts were not affected. Users were told to use ENS-hosted mirrors. Source
Where Aerodrome is available
| Region | Status |
|---|---|
| United States | Unverified |
| United Kingdom | Unverified |
| European Union | Unverified |
The Aerodrome terms page was not readable on 2026-10-16. The Aero legal disclaimer (aero.xyz/legal) bars residents of a list of sanctioned jurisdictions and says US persons and UK residents may not access securities. It does not name the US, UK or EU as barred from swapping. Left unknown because it covers the Aero site, not the Aerodrome app. (source)
We report what the venue's own terms say. Don't use a VPN to get around restrictions; venues can freeze accounts that do.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Docs say Aerodrome launched on 2023-08-28 without VC backing or token sales.
- Default stable-pool fee is 0.05%.
- Docs report contracts were audited by Spearbit and ChainSecurity.
- veAERO holders receive 100% of exchange revenue, per the docs.
Cons
- Pool fees can be set as high as 3%.
- DefiLlama lists a November 2025 DNS-hijack incident with about $700,000 lost.
- The upgrade into Aero is scheduled for 2026-10-22, after which AERO is converted to a new AERO token and gauges are reset.
- No published terms on geographic restrictions were found.
Features
liquidity provisionvote-escrow votingconcentrated liquidity
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Where Aerodrome ranks
- #5 in Best platforms for trading Base memecoinsof 10
- #6 in Best DEXes for memecoinsof 10
- #7 in Best no-KYC crypto exchangesof 10
Aerodrome FAQ
Is Aerodrome legit?
Aerodrome is a non-custodial DEX on Base built by Dromos Labs. It launched in August 2023, and its docs say its contracts were audited by Spearbit and ChainSecurity. DefiLlama lists a November 2025 DNS-hijack incident with about $700,000 lost.
What are Aerodrome's swap fees?
Fees are set per pool. The factory defaults are 0.05% for stable pools and 0.30% for volatile pools, with a 3% maximum.
Who earns Aerodrome swap fees?
Fees from staked liquidity go to veAERO voters one week after they accrue. LPs in pools that are not emissions-eligible earn 100% of their swap fees.
Is Aerodrome merging with Velodrome?
Yes, but it has not happened yet. Aero's upgrade hub schedules it for 2026-10-22 00:00 UTC. AERO converts 1:1 and VELO at 0.044 AERO, and veAERO becomes sAERO. Aerodrome holders get 94.5% of the new supply.
Sources
Last checked . Fees and terms change often; the venue's own page wins if it disagrees with ours.
- Aerodrome Docs — checked 2026-10-16
- Aerodrome contracts: PoolFactory.sol — checked 2026-10-16
- Aerodrome contracts: Specification — checked 2026-10-16
- Aerodrome Slipstream README — checked 2026-10-16
- Aerodrome Foundation: The future of Flight School — checked 2026-10-16
- DefiLlama: Aerodrome — checked 2026-10-16
- Aero: upgrade hub (schedule and conversion ratios) — checked 2026-10-16
- Velodrome Docs: Upgrade to Aero — checked 2026-10-16
- Aero: Legal Disclaimer — checked 2026-10-16
- Bitcoin.com News: DNS attack strikes Aerodrome and Velodrome — checked 2026-10-16
- AMBCrypto: Aerodrome and Velodrome merge to form Aero — checked 2026-10-16