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Propfan

The propfan, also called an unducted fan or open rotor, is an aircraft engine combining turboprop fuel economy with turbofan speed, developed by NASA and flying by 1986.

Propliner

A propliner is a large propeller-driven airliner, usually a piston-powered one from before the jet age; the best known is the Douglas DC-3, first flown in 1935.

PSA Airlines

PSA Airlines is a wholly owned regional subsidiary of American Airlines Group operating American Eagle flights, founded in 1979 and headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, since 2026.

Pterodactyl Ascender

The Pterodactyl Ascender was an American single-seat canard flying-wing ultralight sold in kit form from 1981, designed by Jack McCornack and powered by a Cuyuna engine.

Pulkovo Airport

Pulkovo Airport (Пулково, LED/ULLI) is Saint Petersburg's international airport, founded 24 June 1932, with two runways, 20.9 million annual passengers, and 107 destinations in summer 2025.

Pulse detonation engine

A pulse detonation engine is an experimental jet engine that generates thrust from repeated detonation waves, supersonic combustion fronts that burn fuel in abrupt pressure rises.

Pulsejet

A pulsejet, or pulse jet engine, is an air-breathing jet engine that produces thrust through intermittent combustion, best known in the Argus As 014 that powered the V-1 flying bomb.

Pune Airport (पुणे आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ)

Pune Airport, also known as Pune International Airport and Lohegaon Airport, serves Pune, Maharashtra, India, sharing its runway with the Indian Air Force's Lohegaon Air Base.

Punta Cana International Airport

Punta Cana International Airport, also known as Aeropuerto Internacional de Punta Cana, is a privately owned airport on the Dominican Republic's eastern coast, opened in 1983 as the world's first private commercial international airport.

Push-pull configuration

The push-pull configuration, also called centerline-thrust, is an aircraft engine arrangement with a tractor engine at the nose and a pusher at the tail, avoiding asymmetric yaw on engine failure.

Pusher configuration

The pusher configuration is an aircraft layout with the engine forward of a rearward-facing propeller that pushes from behind, used on the 1903 Wright Flyer and the MQ-9 Reaper.

Pyongyang Air Base

Pyongyang Air Base, also known as Heijo Airfield (K-23), was an airfield in Pyongyang, North Korea, used by Japanese, North Korean, and American forces during the Korean War.

Pyongyang International Airport

Pyongyang International Airport (평양 순안국제공항), also called Pyongyang Sunan International Airport, is North Korea's principal international airport in Sunan District, about 22 km north of Pyongyang, and the hub of Air Koryo.

PZL M-15 Belphegor

The PZL M-15 Belphegor, also known as the PZL-Mielec M-15, was a jet-powered crop-spraying biplane built in Poland, the only production jet biplane ever made.

PZL M28 Skytruck

The PZL M28 Skytruck, also known as the PZL M-28, is a Polish twin-engine turboprop STOL utility transport, a Westernized development of the Antonov An-28.

PZL Mielec

PZL Mielec, also known as WSK-Mielec, is a Polish aircraft and helicopter manufacturer in Mielec, Poland, known for the M28 aircraft and S-70i Black Hawk helicopter.

PZL P.11

The PZL P.11 was a Polish fighter aircraft of the 1930s, the main fighter of the Polish Air Force during the German invasion of September 1939.

PZL TS-11 Iskra

The PZL TS-11 Iskra is a Polish two-seat jet trainer, the first Polish jet aircraft, which first flew in 1960 and served the Polish Air Force for over half a century.

Qantas

Qantas, an acronym of Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd, is the flag carrier of Australia, founded in outback Queensland in 1920 and the longest continuously operating airline in the world.

Qantas fleet

The Qantas fleet is the aircraft fleet operated by Australian airline Qantas, including its QantasLink, Jetstar, and Qantas Freight subsidiaries, totalling 363 aircraft at June 2025.

Qantas Flight 32

Qantas Flight 32 was a Singapore–Sydney passenger flight whose Airbus A380 suffered an uncontained engine failure over Indonesia in 2010, landing safely with all 469 aboard uninjured.

Qantas Flight 72

Qantas Flight 72 was a 2008 Singapore-to-Perth flight on which an Airbus A330 made two uncommanded nose-down pitches from a faulty air data unit, injuring at least 110 people.

QantasLink

QantasLink is the brand under which the Qantas Group operates regional flights across Australia. In use since May 2001, it flies over 2,000 flights a week on routes serving about 60 regional destinations.

Qaqortoq Airport

Qaqortoq Airport (IATA: JJU) is a regional airport in Qaqortoq, the main town of South Greenland, opened on 16 April 2026 and replacing Narsarsuaq Airport as the region's primary gateway.

Qatar Airways (القطرية)

Qatar Airways (القطرية), also known as Qatar Airways Company Q.C.S.C., is the state-owned flag carrier of Qatar, established in 1993 and flying from Hamad International Airport in Doha.

Qatar Airways fleet

The Qatar Airways fleet is the Airbus and Boeing fleet of Qatar Airways, about 300 aircraft centered on the Boeing 777, 787, and Airbus A350, based in Doha.

Quadcopter

A quadcopter, also called a quadrotor, is an aircraft lifted and controlled entirely by four propellers, needing no tail rotor or swashplate, and used widely in aerial robotics research.

Quantum Systems Vector

The Quantum Systems Vector is a battery-powered tail-sitter eVTOL fixed-wing drone built by Quantum-Systems GmbH of Gilching near Munich for military intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions, first delivered to Ukraine in 2022.

Queen Alia International Airport

Queen Alia International Airport, also known as Amman International Airport, is Jordan's main airport, opened in 1983 south of Amman and handling almost all of the country's air traffic.

Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier

The Queen Elizabeth class comprises HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, the Royal Navy's two 65,000-tonne aircraft carriers, the largest warships built for Britain, operating the F-35B.