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Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. Aircraft include fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air aircraft such as hot air balloons and airships.

Aviation began in the 18th century with the development of the hot air balloon, an apparatus capable of atmospheric displacement through buoyancy. Clément Ader built the "Ader Éole" in France and made an uncontrolled, powered hop in 1890. This was the first powered aircraft, although it did not achieve controlled flight. Some of the most significant advancements in aviation technology came with the controlled gliding flying of Otto Lilienthal in 1896. A major leap followed with the construction of the Wright Flyer, the first powered airplane by the Wright brothers in the early 1900s.

Since that time, aviation has been technologically revolutionized by the introduction of the jet engine which enabled aviation to become a major form of transport throughout the world. In 2024, there were 9.5 billion passengers worldwide according to the ICAO. As of 2018, estimates suggest that 11% of the world's population traveled by air, with up to 4% taking international flights. (Full article...)

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Today's featured articles 30 Dec 2025 – William Anderson (RAAF officer) (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb Did you know 14 Dec 2025 – Christl-Marie Schultes (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by LightlySeared (t · c); see discussion 09 Dec 2025 – 1910s in air cargo (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Rolands00004413 (t · c); see discussion 05 Dec 2025 – Julian P. Thomas (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by RoySmith (t · c); see discussion 08 Nov 2025 – Laurence J. Lesh (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by RoySmith (t · c); see discussion Articles for deletion 25 Dec 2025 – 1961 Cincinnati Zantop DC-4 crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Zaptain United (t · c); see discussion (2 participants) 24 Dec 2025 – Divo Airport (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion (2 participants) 24 Dec 2025 – DGO Jet (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion (3 participants) 23 Dec 2025 – Mega Aircompany (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion (0 participants) 22 Dec 2025 – Bourem Airport (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion (3 participants) 21 Dec 2025 – Citelynx (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion (3 participants) 21 Dec 2025 – Deftech Azerbaijan (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kingsacrificer (t · c); see discussion (5 participants) 20 Dec 2025 – 2025 Toluca Cessna Citation III crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by 11WB (t · c); see discussion (10 participants) 19 Dec 2025 – 2002 Pirelli Tower airplane crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Thebiguglyalien (t · c); see discussion (7 participants) 17 Dec 2025 – F-WXWB (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by 10mmsocket (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted) (12 more...) Proposed deletions 23 Dec 2025 – Judah 1 (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Carguychris (t · c): concern 17 Dec 2025 – Bela Crkva Airfield (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Bearian (t · c) and endorsed by JustARandomSquid (t · c) on 17 Dec 2025 was deleted 14 Dec 2025 – Tecate Airport (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Lenny Marks (t · c) and endorsed by Bearian (t · c) on 16 Dec 2025 was deleted 14 Dec 2025 – Raya Jet (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by 10mmsocket (t · c) was deleted 13 Dec 2025 – Aerodyne Totem Bi (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Aneirinn (t · c) was redirected to Aerodyne Technologies (talk · edit · hist) 13 Dec 2025 – Aerodyne Yogi (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Aneirinn (t · c) was redirected to Aerodyne Technologies (talk · edit · hist) Categories for discussion 22 Dec 2025 – Category:Paragliding at the SEA Games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Place Clichy (t · c); see discussion 17 Dec 2025 – Category:Iran Airports company Managing Directors (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Benboy250 (t · c) was closed; see discussion Redirects for discussion 22 Dec 2025 – William Beaumont Hospital Heliport (talk · edit · hist) →Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital#Heliport was RfDed by 42-BRT (t · c); see discussion Featured article candidates 22 Dec 2025 – Lockheed YF-22 (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Steve7c8 (t · c); see discussion 22 Dec 2025 – Morris Park Aerodrome (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by RoySmith (t · c); see discussion 08 Dec 2025 – Herbert Morrison (journalist) (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by DannyRogers800 (t · c); see discussion A-Class review undated – Granville Gee Bee Model A (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review undated – 2001 Biggin Hill Airshow disasters (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review undated – Transocean Air Lines Flight 942 (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review Good article nominees 24 Dec 2025 – Air Serbia Flight 324 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by JustARandomSquid (t · c); start discussion 29 Nov 2025 – Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Ivebeenhacked (t · c); start discussion 28 Nov 2025 – FedEx Express Flight 087 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Zaptain United (t · c); start discussion 26 Nov 2025 – British Airways data breach (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Joereddington (t · c); start discussion 23 Aug 2025 – Windham Sadler (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Dumelow (t · c); start discussion Requests for comments 24 Dec 2025 – September 11 attacks (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Sdkb (t · c); see discussion Peer reviews 19 Nov 2025 – Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by RandomInfinity17 (t · c); see discussion Requested moves 25 Dec 2025 – EADS CASA C-295 (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Airbus C295 by AlbusWulfricDumbledore (t · c); see discussion 16 Dec 2025 – Aircraft boneyard (talk · edit · hist) move request to Aircraft graveyard by PhotographyEdits (t · c) was moved to Aircraft graveyard (talk · edit · hist) by Robertsky (t · c) on 23 Dec 2025; see discussion Articles to be merged 20 Dec 2025 – Gustavo Salinas Camiña (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Gustavo Salinas by Anvilaquarius (t · c); see discussion 05 Nov 2025 – Pyriatyn Airport (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Velyka Krucha Air Base by Шиманський Василь (t · c); see discussion 06 Sep 2025 – Allegiant Travel Company (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Allegiant Air by RickyCourtney (t · c); see discussion 19 Aug 2025 – 1985 Air Mali Antonov An-24 crash (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Air Mali (1960–1989) by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion Articles to be split 20 Nov 2025 – Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Keivan.f (t · c); see discussion 06 Aug 2025 – First-person view (radio control) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 94.246.147.217 (t · c); see discussion 26 Jan 2025 – UFO conspiracy theories (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Feoffer (t · c); see discussion 22 Jan 2025 – Water landing (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion 21 Dec 2024 – Air Traffic Controller (series) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by JRHorse (t · c); see discussion Articles for creation 22 Dec 2025 – Draft:Reza Afshar (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by MahastiAZ (t · c) 23 Dec 2025 – Draft:1944 RAF Masirah C-54 Skymaster crash (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by BlasmaBombInWar (t · c) was declined by Theroadislong (t · c) on 24 Dec 2025 20 Dec 2025 – Draft:Sarla Aviation (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Kushalmittal2001 (t · c) was declined by CNMall41 (t · c) on 21 Dec 2025 19 Dec 2025 – Draft:MedAire (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by AviationInsight3 (t · c) was declined by EAKI78 (t · c) on 20 Dec 2025 19 Dec 2025 – Draft:Jean G. Rosanvallon (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Wiseballe (t · c) was declined by Somepinkdude (t · c) on 20 Dec 2025 11 Dec 2025 – Draft:Indoor freestyle skydiving (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by LHG1975 (t · c) was moved to Indoor freestyle skydiving (talk · edit · hist) by Ortizesp (t · c) on 19 Dec 2025 08 Dec 2025 – Draft:Spitfire MK912 (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Halifaxbomber (t · c) was declined by Jcgaylor (t · c) on 21 Dec 2025
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Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/Missing articles now lists just over 500 articles that need to be created or redirected.

Article class	Project
Article class	Aviation	Aircraft	Airlines	Airports	Soviet	^{Aviation accident}	Rotorcraft	Gliding	^{Defunct Airlines}	Air sports	Biography	^Aero engine
FA	149	20	1	4	0	16	1	1	0	1	82	2
FL	13	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	0
A	64	13	0	0	6	1	2	0	0	0	40	2
GA	583	174	22	58	36	76	1	6	15	2	143	4
B	4,635	2,191	121	410	160	279	130	184	82	45	828	170
C	10,044	4,721	323	1,114	340	845	304	402	140	385	991	441
Start	20,372	5,814	1,238	4,816	437	968	469	619	812	345	2,283	931
Stub	15,178	1,320	1,450	7,876	139	164	89	90	576	218	1,308	95
List	2,238	447	449	605	18	153	23	13	67	6	105	10
Template	2,859	1,244	280	576	31	218	27	9	6	96	22	123
Category	15,320	5,999	1,165	2,220	257	1,209	101	101	468	90	901	215
Disambig	652	22	26	470	2	39	2	0	1	1	2	1
File	3,139	297	1,550	784	0	39	9	0	7	3	33	140
Portal	624	36	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	18	0
Project	120	18	13	6	0	8	1	3	5	1	1	7
Redirect	5,256	565	387	2,163	52	223	30	23	70	22	241	66
Unassessed	273	1	23	33	0	0	0	0	14	0	1	0
Total	81,831	22,889	7,055	21,149	1,481	4,252	1,200	1,452	2,266	1,220	7,006	2,207

Aviation WikiProject
Articles for review

Peer review

Articles needing attention
Aviation articles needing attention to coverage and accuracy	26,027
Aviation articles needing attention to grammar	21,917
Aviation articles needing attention to referencing and citation	28,237
Aviation articles needing attention to structure	14,919
Aviation articles needing attention to supporting materials	21,154
Aviation articles with incomplete B-Class checklists	13,250
Unassessed aviation articles	273
Aviation articles needing infoboxes	181
Aircraft articles without specifications	44
Aviation articles needing images	867
Aviation articles needing attention	947
Aviation articles with no associated task force	0
Aviation collaboration candidates	6
Requests for aviation peer review	0

Articles tagged with
{{stub}} tags
Stubs	Total
Aviation stubs	369
→ Aircraft	141
→ Airport	24
→ Airline	13
→ Biography	265
→ Military aviation	243
→ Aerospace museum	52
→ Aircraft engine	34
→ Aircraft component	36
→ Air sports stubs	78
→ Aeronautical company	182

Airport Articles tagged with
{{stub}} tags
Stubs	Total
Airport stubs	20
→ North American airport stubs	11
→ → Canada	37
→ → → Alberta	4
→ → → Atlantic Canada	17
→ → → British columbia	32
→ → → Manitoba	28
→ → → Northwest Territories	13
→ → → Ontario	34
→ → → Quebec	36
→ → → Saskatchewan	6
→ → United States	14
→ → → Midwestern United States	155
→ → → Northeastern United States	135
→ → → Southern United States	171
→ → → → Texas	53
→ → → Western United States	142
→ → → Alaska	234
→ → → California	105
→ → → Kansas	55
→ → → Michigan	45
→ → → North Carolina	49
→ → Mexico	51
→ South America	158
→ Oceania	206
→ → Australia	108
→ Africa	7
→ → North Africa	151
→ → East Africa	145
→ → Southern Africa	258
→ → West Africa	248
→ Europe	492
→ → France	60
→ → Turkey	47
→ → Russia	240
→ → United Kingdom	40
→ Asia	370
→ → India	76
→ → Indonesia	141
→ → People's Republic of China	0
→ → Pakistan	0

Airline Articles tagged with
{{stub}} tags
Stubs	Total
Airline stubs	13
→ North American airline stubs	118
→ → United States	175
→ South America	81
→ Oceania	31
→ Africa	252
→ Europe	283
→ Asia	229

Today's featured articles

30 Dec 2025 – William Anderson (RAAF officer) (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb

Did you know

14 Dec 2025 – Christl-Marie Schultes (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by LightlySeared (t · c); see discussion
09 Dec 2025 – 1910s in air cargo (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Rolands00004413 (t · c); see discussion
05 Dec 2025 – Julian P. Thomas (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by RoySmith (t · c); see discussion
08 Nov 2025 – Laurence J. Lesh (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by RoySmith (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

25 Dec 2025 – 1961 Cincinnati Zantop DC-4 crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Zaptain United (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
24 Dec 2025 – Divo Airport (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
24 Dec 2025 – DGO Jet (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
23 Dec 2025 – Mega Aircompany (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
22 Dec 2025 – Bourem Airport (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
21 Dec 2025 – Citelynx (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
21 Dec 2025 – Deftech Azerbaijan (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kingsacrificer (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
20 Dec 2025 – 2025 Toluca Cessna Citation III crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by 11WB (t · c); see discussion (10 participants)
19 Dec 2025 – 2002 Pirelli Tower airplane crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Thebiguglyalien (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
17 Dec 2025 – F-WXWB (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by 10mmsocket (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)

(12 more...)

Proposed deletions

23 Dec 2025 – Judah 1 (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Carguychris (t · c): concern
17 Dec 2025 – Bela Crkva Airfield (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Bearian (t · c) and endorsed by JustARandomSquid (t · c) on 17 Dec 2025 was deleted
14 Dec 2025 – Tecate Airport (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Lenny Marks (t · c) and endorsed by Bearian (t · c) on 16 Dec 2025 was deleted
14 Dec 2025 – Raya Jet (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by 10mmsocket (t · c) was deleted
13 Dec 2025 – Aerodyne Totem Bi (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Aneirinn (t · c) was redirected to Aerodyne Technologies (talk · edit · hist)
13 Dec 2025 – Aerodyne Yogi (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Aneirinn (t · c) was redirected to Aerodyne Technologies (talk · edit · hist)

Categories for discussion

22 Dec 2025 – Category:Paragliding at the SEA Games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Place Clichy (t · c); see discussion
17 Dec 2025 – Category:Iran Airports company Managing Directors (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Benboy250 (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Redirects for discussion

22 Dec 2025 – William Beaumont Hospital Heliport (talk · edit · hist) →Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital#Heliport was RfDed by 42-BRT (t · c); see discussion

Request for Comment

Request for comment at Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2007-01-07 Singapore Airlines#Request for Comment: Reasons For/Against.05:11, 20 February 2007 (UTC)