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Safety culture in aviation
Safety culture in aviation is the set of shared values, beliefs, and practices concerning safety in an aviation organization, which ICAO treats as essential to safety management systems.
Safety management system
A safety management system (SMS) is a formal, top-down approach to managing safety risk, used most extensively in civil aviation and standardized by ICAO Annex 19 in 2013.
Safran
Safran is a French high-technology group in aviation, defense, and space, formed in 2005 from Snecma and Sagem, employing over 110,000 people in more than 30 countries.
Safran Landing Systems
Safran Landing Systems, formerly Messier-Bugatti-Dowty and renamed in 2016, is a French subsidiary of the Safran group and the world leader in aircraft landing gear and carbon brakes.
Saint Helena Airport
Saint Helena Airport is the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena's first and only airport, opened to commercial flights in October 2017 with weekly Airlink service from Johannesburg.
Salgado Filho Porto Alegre International Airport
Salgado Filho International Airport is the main airport of Porto Alegre, capital of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil, handling more than 7.5 million passengers in 2023.
Salt Lake City International Airport
Salt Lake City International Airport is a commercial airport five miles northwest of downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, handling about 28 million passengers in 2025 as a major Delta hub.
Samoa Airways
Samoa Airways, formerly Polynesian Airlines, is the state-owned flag carrier of Samoa, headquartered in Apia. Created in 2017, it ended international jet services in 2022 and now flies regional routes.
San Antonio International Airport
San Antonio International Airport (SAT) is a medium-hub commercial airport eight miles north of downtown San Antonio, Texas, owned by the city and serving about 10.7 million passengers in 2025.
San Diego International Airport
San Diego International Airport, historically known as Lindbergh Field, is the primary airport serving San Diego, California, and the busiest single-runway airport in the United States.
San Francisco International Airport
San Francisco International Airport, known as SFO, is a major airport in San Mateo County, California, about 14 miles south of San Francisco, opened in 1927 as Mills Field Municipal Airport.
San Jose International Airport
San Jose International Airport, formally Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC), is a city-owned airport two miles from downtown San José, California, serving Silicon Valley.
Sangster International Airport
Sangster International Airport (MBJ) is Jamaica's largest airport, east of Montego Bay, handling about 70% of the country's annual visitors and ranking among the Caribbean's busiest.
Santiago Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
Santiago Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional Arturo Merino Benítez) is Chile's principal international airport, in Pudahuel about 14 km northwest of central Santiago.
São Paulo Congonhas Airport
São Paulo Congonhas Airport, commonly called Congonhas, is São Paulo's in-city domestic airport, opened in 1936 and one of Brazil's busiest, handling over 24 million passengers in 2025.
Sarajevo International Airport
Sarajevo International Airport, also known as Butmir Airport, is the main airport of Bosnia and Herzegovina, opened in 1969 near Sarajevo and known for the 1992–1995 humanitarian airlift.
SATENA Flight 8849
SATENA Flight 8849 was a Colombian domestic flight from Cúcuta to Ocaña whose Beechcraft 1900D crashed into a mountainside in January 2026, killing all 15 aboard.
Saturn AL-31
The Saturn AL-31, originally Lyulka, is a Soviet and Russian afterburning turbofan engine family developed by the Lyulka-Saturn design bureau for the Sukhoi Su-27, first flown in 1981.
Saudia (الخطوط الجوية السعودية)
Saudia, legally the Saudi Arabian Airlines Corporation, is the state-owned flag carrier of Saudi Arabia. Founded in 1945, it flies to about 100 destinations and joined SkyTeam in 2012.
Saunders-Roe SR.177
The Saunders-Roe SR.177 was a British 1950s project for a mixed-power interceptor combining a turbojet and rocket engine, developed for the RAF and Royal Navy and canceled before any flew.
Saunders-Roe SR.53
The Saunders-Roe SR.53 was a British prototype interceptor with mixed jet and rocket propulsion, built for the RAF and first flown in 1957 before cancellation.
Scale model
Scale model: a physical replica built to a fixed ratio such as 1:72 or 1:35 of a real object. Used in engineering similitude testing, architecture, and the plastic kit hobby begun by Frog's 1930s Penguin.
Scale model aircraft competition (F4 classes)
Scale model aircraft competition in the FAI F4 classes judges flying replicas of full-size aircraft on both static accuracy and realistic flight, with world championships since 1970.
Scaled Composites
Scaled Composites is an aerospace company in Mojave, California, founded by Burt Rutan in 1982, known for SpaceShipOne, winner of the 2004 Ansari X Prize.
Scandinavian Airlines
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is the flag-carrier airline group of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, formed in 1946, flying from hubs in Copenhagen, Oslo, and Stockholm to destinations in Europe and overseas.
Schempp-Hirth
Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH is a German sailplane manufacturer founded by Martin Schempp in 1935, based in Kirchheim unter Teck and known for the Ventus and Arcus.
Schempp-Hirth Ventus
The Schempp-Hirth Ventus is a family of single-seat high-performance racing sailplanes built by Schempp-Hirth in Germany, first flown in 1980 and still in production as the Ventus-3.
Schleicher ASK 21
The Schleicher ASK 21 is a two-seat glass-fiber training glider built by Alexander Schleicher in Germany, first flown in 1979 and still widely used for instruction.
Schneider Trophy
The Schneider Trophy, also called the Schneider Cup, was a prize for a seaplane race held from 1913 to 1931, won permanently by Britain after three consecutive victories.
Schweizer SGM 2-37
The Schweizer SGM 2-37, designated TG-7A in Air Force service, is a two-place American motor glider built by Schweizer Aircraft of Elmira, New York, from 1982.