“ Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo. ”

—Al Gore

A British Airways Boeing 777 comes in to land

Commercial airplane flight is a common form of long-distance travel and central to the travel experience of many. Wikivoyage has a wide array of information and advice for the budding air passenger to make your experience of sitting in a metal tube at 35,000 feet for hours on end less stressful and more enjoyable.

Our main guide to the standard procedures, rules, and other basics of traveling by air (some of which have changed over the years) is arranged in four articles covering different stages of air travel, from the planning phase, through to reaching your destination. The articles are:

Planning your flight → At the airport → On the plane → Arriving by plane

More specific articles on travel topics related to flying are:

Preparation

• Advice for nervous flyers
• Airline alliances
• Aircraft seating
• Flying and health
• Flight baggage
• Flying on a budget
• Rail air alliances

Destinations

• Airports that have their own articles
• Flying to Africa
• Flying in the United States
• Metropolitan area airport codes

For experienced flyers

• Air courier
• General aviation: Private flying, scenic or sightseeing flights bush planes, etc
• First and business class travel
• Frequent flyer programmes
• Lounges
• Round the world flights

Aviation as activity

• Air sport
• Aviation history
• Drones