diff --git a/src/lime/_internal/backend/air/AIRWindow.hx b/src/lime/_internal/backend/air/AIRWindow.hx
index 3dccc8264..f4d9fdccd 100644
--- a/src/lime/_internal/backend/air/AIRWindow.hx
+++ b/src/lime/_internal/backend/air/AIRWindow.hx
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ import flash.display.NativeWindowSystemChrome;
 import flash.geom.Point;
 import flash.events.Event;
 import flash.events.NativeWindowBoundsEvent;
+import flash.events.StageOrientationEvent;
 import flash.html.HTMLLoader;
 import flash.Lib;
 import lime._internal.backend.flash.FlashApplication;
 import lime._internal.backend.flash.FlashWindow;
 import lime.app.Application;
+import lime.system.Orientation;
 import lime.ui.Window;
 
 @:access(lime._internal.backend.flash.FlashApplication)
@@ -168,6 +170,8 @@ class AIRWindow extends FlashWindow
 			parent.context.attributes.depth = true;
 			parent.context.attributes.stencil = true;
 		}
+
+		parent.stage.addEventListener(StageOrientationEvent.ORIENTATION_CHANGE, handleStageOrientationChangeEvent);
 	}
 
 	public override function focus():Void
@@ -178,6 +182,41 @@ class AIRWindow extends FlashWindow
 		}
 	}
 
+	private function handleStageOrientationChangeEvent(event:StageOrientationEvent):Void
+	{
+		if (parent.application.window == parent)
+		{
+			var newDeviceOrientation:Orientation = UNKNOWN;
+			switch (parent.stage.deviceOrientation) {
+				case DEFAULT:
+					newDeviceOrientation = PORTRAIT;
+				case UPSIDE_DOWN:
+					newDeviceOrientation = PORTRAIT_FLIPPED;
+				case ROTATED_LEFT:
+					newDeviceOrientation = LANDSCAPE;
+				case ROTATED_RIGHT:
+					newDeviceOrientation = LANDSCAPE_FLIPPED;
+				default:
+					newDeviceOrientation = UNKNOWN;
+			}
+			parent.application.onDeviceOrientationChange.dispatch(newDeviceOrientation);
+		}
+		var newDisplayOrientation:Orientation = UNKNOWN;
+		switch (event.afterOrientation) {
+			case DEFAULT:
+				newDisplayOrientation = PORTRAIT;
+			case UPSIDE_DOWN:
+				newDisplayOrientation = PORTRAIT_FLIPPED;
+			case ROTATED_LEFT:
+				newDisplayOrientation = LANDSCAPE_FLIPPED;
+			case ROTATED_RIGHT:
+				newDisplayOrientation = LANDSCAPE;
+			default:
+				newDisplayOrientation = UNKNOWN;
+		}
+		parent.application.onDisplayOrientationChange.dispatch(parent.display.id, newDisplayOrientation);
+	}
+
 	private function handleNativeWindowEvent(event:Event):Void
 	{
 		switch (event.type)
diff --git a/src/lime/app/Application.hx b/src/lime/app/Application.hx
index 89ae58d08..13ca9ecea 100644
--- a/src/lime/app/Application.hx
+++ b/src/lime/app/Application.hx
@@ -661,6 +661,20 @@ class Application extends Module
 	{
 		#if (lime_cffi && !macro)
 		return cast NativeCFFI.lime_system_get_device_orientation();
+		#elseif air
+		switch (__window.stage.deviceOrientation)
+		{
+			case DEFAULT:
+				return PORTRAIT;
+			case UPSIDE_DOWN:
+				return PORTRAIT_FLIPPED;
+			case ROTATED_LEFT:
+				return LANDSCAPE;
+			case ROTATED_RIGHT:
+				return LANDSCAPE_FLIPPED;
+			default:
+				return UNKNOWN;
+		}
 		#elseif (js && html5)
 		if (Browser.window.screen.orientation != null)
 		{
diff --git a/src/lime/system/System.hx b/src/lime/system/System.hx
index 11778c991..8737e1f40 100644
--- a/src/lime/system/System.hx
+++ b/src/lime/system/System.hx
@@ -310,6 +310,23 @@ class System
 			#if flash
 			display.dpi = Capabilities.screenDPI;
 			display.currentMode = new DisplayMode(Std.int(Capabilities.screenResolutionX), Std.int(Capabilities.screenResolutionY), 60, ARGB32);
+			#if air
+			switch (flash.Lib.current.stage.orientation) {
+				case DEFAULT:
+					display.orientation = PORTRAIT;
+				case UPSIDE_DOWN:
+					display.orientation = PORTRAIT_FLIPPED;
+				case ROTATED_LEFT:
+					display.orientation = LANDSCAPE_FLIPPED;
+				case ROTATED_RIGHT:
+					display.orientation = LANDSCAPE;
+				default:
+					display.orientation = UNKNOWN;
+			}
+
+			#else
+			display.orientation = UNKNOWN;
+			#end
 			#elseif (js && html5)
 			// var div = Browser.document.createElement ("div");
 			// div.style.width = "1in";