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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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Crowdstrike (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Avgeekamfot (t · c); see discussion (6 participants; relisted) 30 Jun 2025 – List of Soviet straight-winged jet fighters (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Smallangryplanet (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted) 20 Jun 2025 – List of McDonnell Douglas MD-80 operators (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Danners430 (t · c); see discussion (6 participants; relisted) (6 more...) Proposed deletions 11 Jul 2025 – Construction of Berlin Brandenburg Airport (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by MooseMike (t · c): A previous editor tried to PROD this article but didn't format the request correctly. This is what their concern was (reworded):↵↵This article, as it is now, is a near duplicate of the Construction section of the main BER article. 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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	17	1	1	0	1	81	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	572	175	23	55	36	75	1	6	13	2	140	2
B	4,693	2,199	100	425	168	324	132	177	74	45	838	173
C	9,856	4,714	257	1,066	346	689	295	397	109	370	1,157	440
Start	19,768	5,759	1,074	4,682	423	979	472	632	754	355	2,000	932
Stub	16,704	1,337	1,374	9,020	135	162	89	87	533	223	1,340	88
List	2,263	448	462	592	19	150	23	13	71	6	104	10
Template	2,867	1,246	279	576	31	223	26	10	6	96	22	122
Category	15,251	5,998	1,135	2,111	256	1,186	100	101	455	92	917	212
Disambig	645	21	25	469	2	37	2	0	1	1	1	1
File	2,833	294	1,176	525	0	37	8	0	7	3	32	140
Portal	624	36	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	18	0
Project	118	18	12	6	0	8	1	3	5	1	1	7
Redirect	3,456	550	362	716	52	216	30	22	63	20	252	66
Unassessed	340	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Total	80,495	22,842	6,286	20,265	1,479	4,142	1,194	1,450	2,095	1,219	6,949	2,197

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Aviation articles needing attention to coverage and accuracy	25,295
Aviation articles needing attention to grammar	21,213
Aviation articles needing attention to referencing and citation	27,466
Aviation articles needing attention to structure	14,200
Aviation articles needing attention to supporting materials	20,437
Aviation articles with incomplete B-Class checklists	12,529
Unassessed aviation articles	340
Aviation articles needing infoboxes	190
Aircraft articles without specifications	44
Aviation articles needing images	882
Aviation articles needing attention	946
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	370
→ Aircraft	140
→ Airport	26
→ Airline	13
→ Biography	265
→ Military aviation	243
→ Aerospace museum	52
→ Aircraft engine	34
→ Aircraft component	35
→ Air sports stubs	65
→ Aeronautical company	183

Airport Articles tagged with
{{stub}} tags
Stubs	Total
Airport stubs	20
→ North American airport stubs	11
→ → Canada	82
→ → → Alberta	219
→ → → Atlantic Canada	105
→ → → British columbia	198
→ → → Manitoba	131
→ → → Northwest Territories	66
→ → → Ontario	439
→ → → Quebec	204
→ → → Saskatchewan	170
→ → United States	14
→ → → Midwestern United States	156
→ → → Northeastern United States	136
→ → → Southern United States	169
→ → → → Texas	54
→ → → Western United States	142
→ → → Alaska	235
→ → → California	106
→ → → Kansas	55
→ → → Michigan	46
→ → → North Carolina	49
→ → Mexico	54
→ South America	158
→ Oceania	206
→ → Australia	108
→ Africa	7
→ → North Africa	153
→ → East Africa	146
→ → Southern Africa	260
→ → West Africa	253
→ Europe	546
→ → France	61
→ → Turkey	47
→ → Russia	239
→ → United Kingdom	41
→ Asia	370
→ → India	76
→ → Indonesia	141
→ → People's Republic of China	72
→ → Pakistan	0

Airline Articles tagged with
{{stub}} tags
Stubs	Total
Airline stubs	13
→ North American airline stubs	120
→ → United States	183
→ South America	80
→ Oceania	32
→ Africa	257
→ Europe	280
→ Asia	233

Today's featured article requests

05 Sep 2025 – Joseph Francis Shea (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion

Did you know

07 Jul 2025 – Letov Š-10 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by CosXZ (t · c); see discussion
05 Jul 2025 – Aerial combat of 5 October 1914 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Moondragon21 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

14 Jul 2025 – KLM Flight 1204 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Zaptain United (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
13 Jul 2025 – PAL Airlines Flight 2259 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by CambridgeBayWeather (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
13 Jul 2025 – Fujairah National Group (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mccapra (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
13 Jul 2025 – Head-on engagement (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Chidgk1 (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
10 Jul 2025 – 2013 Rakhyut Mid-Air Collision (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Protobowladdict (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
09 Jul 2025 – List of UAV flight controllers (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
08 Jul 2025 – 2025 Aden Adde International Airport helicopter crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by XYZ1233212 (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
06 Jul 2025 – Delta Air Lines v. Crowdstrike (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Avgeekamfot (t · c); see discussion (6 participants; relisted)
30 Jun 2025 – List of Soviet straight-winged jet fighters (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Smallangryplanet (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
20 Jun 2025 – List of McDonnell Douglas MD-80 operators (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Danners430 (t · c); see discussion (6 participants; relisted)

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Proposed deletions

11 Jul 2025 – Construction of Berlin Brandenburg Airport (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by MooseMike (t · c): A previous editor tried to PROD this article but didn't format the request correctly. This is what their concern was (reworded):↵↵This article, as it is now, is a near duplicate of the Construction section of the main BER article. This article d ...
10 Jul 2025 – LUS-222 (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Onel5969 (t · c): Searches did not turn up enough in-depth coverage from independent, reliable sources to support meeting WP:GNG.
02 Jul 2025 – Haradh Airport (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Bearian (t · c) was redirected to Haradh#Transport (talk · edit · hist)

Redirects for discussion

25 Jun 2025 – Tail wing (talk · edit · hist) →Empennage was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion
25 Jun 2025 – Tail-wing (talk · edit · hist) →Tailplane was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion

A-Class review

undated – Granville Gee Bee Model A (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review
undated – List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review

Good article nominees

09 Jul 2025 – William J. Fox (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PizzaKing13 (t · c); start discussion
28 Jun 2025 – Vinod Bhatia (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Matarisvan (t · c); start discussion
19 Jun 2025 – Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RandomInfinity17 (t · c); start discussion
31 May 2025 – Airport of the Pacific (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PizzaKing13 (t · c); start discussion
28 May 2025 – Northwest Airlines Flight 710 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RecycledPixels (t · c); start discussion
28 May 2025 – Braniff Airways Flight 542 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RecycledPixels (t · c); start discussion
19 Mar 2025 – Reedsburg Municipal Airport (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by JackFromWisconsin (t · c); start discussion
26 Jan 2025 – 2024 United States drone sightings (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Anne drew (t · c); start 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)