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Cape Town International Airport
Cape Town International Airport, formerly D. F. Malan Airport, is South Africa's second-busiest airport, serving Cape Town from about 20 km east of the city center.
Caproni Ca.3
The Caproni Ca.3, military designation Ca.33, was an Italian three-engine heavy bomber biplane of the First World War, flown by Italian, French, British, and American services.
Caproni Ca.4
The Caproni Ca.4 was a large Italian trimotor triplane heavy bomber of the First World War, built with twin booms and a central fuselage in fewer than fifty examples.
Caproni Ca.60
Caproni Ca.60, also called the Ca.60 Transaereo, was the world's largest Italian nine-wing flying boat. It crashed in Lake Maggiore after serving as a transatlantic airliner prototype.
Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation
The Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) is a global scheme adopted by ICAO in 2016, the first market-based measure for a single sector.
Cardiff Airport
Cardiff Airport (Welsh: Maes Awyr Caerdydd), also known as Cardiff Wales International Airport, is Wales's only major airport, at Rhoose about 12 miles west of Cardiff.
Cargo aircraft
A cargo aircraft, also known as a freighter or cargo plane, is an airplane designed or converted to carry freight rather than passengers, either purpose-built or converted from airliners.
Cargo airline
A cargo airline is an airline dedicated to transporting freight rather than passengers, from all-cargo carriers and combination airlines to integrated express carriers such as FedEx, UPS, DHL, and TNT.
CargoLifter
CargoLifter AG was a German company, founded in 1996, that planned giant CL160 cargo airships able to carry 160 tonnes; it went insolvent in 2002.
Cargolux
Cargolux Airlines International S.A. is an all-cargo airline founded in 1970 and headquartered at Luxembourg Airport, operating an all-Boeing 747 freighter fleet on scheduled and charter services to over 70 destinations worldwide.
Caribbean Airlines
Caribbean Airlines, formally Caribbean Airlines Limited, is the state-owned flag carrier of Trinidad and Tobago, formed in 2007 to replace BWIA and owned by Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica.
Carlsen Air Force Base
Carlsen Air Force Base, opened in 1942 as Edinburgh Field, was a US airfield in central Trinidad used for antisubmarine patrols and air transport until 1950.
Carpet bombing
Carpet bombing, also known as saturation bombing, is an aerial bombardment method in which bombs are dropped over a wide area rather than at a single aim point.
Carrier air wing
A carrier air wing (CVW), historically a carrier air group, is a United States Navy command coordinating an aircraft carrier's squadrons. Nine were active in 2025.
Carrier landing qualification
Carrier landing qualification is the certification that a US Navy aviator can land on a ship at sea, judged by a Landing Signal Officer after field carrier landing practice.
Carrier strike group
A carrier strike group (CSG) is a United States Navy formation built around a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and its air wing, with escorts, a submarine, and logistics support.
Carrier-based aircraft
Carrier-based aircraft is a military airplane operated from carrier flight decks. While some land vertically, others require catapult or ski-jump assistance on a deck a fraction of a runway.
CASA C-212 Aviocar
The CASA C-212 Aviocar is a Spanish twin-turboprop STOL light transport aircraft with a rear cargo ramp, first flown in 1971 and built for civil and military use.
CASA/IPTN CN-235
The CASA/IPTN CN-235 is a medium-range twin-turboprop transport aircraft jointly developed by Spain's CASA and Indonesia's IPTN, first flown in 1983 and built by Airbus near Seville.
Casablanca-class escort carrier
The Casablanca-class escort carrier, or Casablanca class, was a class of 50 small aircraft carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II, the first designed as carriers from the keel up.
CASC Rainbow (彩虹)
CASC Rainbow (彩虹, Cai Hong) is a family of Chinese military drones made by CASC, including the armed CH-4 and CH-5 exported widely since 2013.
CASM (airlines)
CASM, or cost per available seat mile, is the airline industry's unit-cost measure, calculated as total operating expenses divided by available seat miles and used to compare carriers' efficiency.
Caspian Sea Monster
The Caspian Sea Monster was the Western nickname for the KM (Korabl Maket), a giant Soviet ekranoplan tested on the Caspian Sea from 1966 until it sank in 1980.
CASS (aviation)
CASS (Cargo Accounts Settlement System) is an IATA-run billing and settlement system for air cargo, handling over $50 billion a year across more than 90 countries.
Cassie Gaines
Cassie Gaines, also credited as Cassie LaRue Gaines, was an American singer in the Honkettes, Lynyrd Skynyrd's backup trio, killed in the band's 1977 plane crash.
Catch-22 (film)
Catch-22 (film): 1970 Mike Nichols comedy-drama, Buck Henry screenplay from Joseph Heller's novel, starring Alan Arkin as Yossarian; Paramount release, mixed reviews, 81% Tomatometer.
Cathay Dragon (港龙航空有限公司)
Cathay Dragon, legally Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited and called Dragonair until 2016, was a Hong Kong regional airline that ceased operations in October 2020.
Cathay Pacific (国泰航空)
Cathay Pacific (国泰航空, Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, CX/CPA) is Hong Kong's full-service airline, founded 1946, a oneworld founding member, majority-held by Swire Pacific with Air China as second shareholder, operating passenger, cargo, and HK Express businesses from Hong Kong International Airport.
Cathay Pacific fleet
The Cathay Pacific fleet is the aircraft fleet of Hong Kong's flag carrier Cathay, with 159 passenger and 20 freighter aircraft as of December 2025.
Cathay Pacific Flight 780
Cathay Pacific Flight 780 was a 2010 flight from Surabaya to Hong Kong whose Airbus A330 lost thrust control on both engines and made a high-speed emergency landing.