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Chennai International Airport

Chennai International Airport, also known as Meenambakkam Airport, is the international airport serving Chennai, India, operated by the Airports Authority of India and handling 21.21 million passengers in 2023-24.

Cheyenne Mountain Complex

The Cheyenne Mountain Complex, also called the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center, is a hardened underground NORAD command facility near Colorado Springs, Colorado, operational since 1966.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ)

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ), also called CSMIA, serves Mumbai, India. India's second busiest airport, it handled 55.12 million passengers in fiscal 2024-25.

Chicken gun

A chicken gun, also called a chicken cannon, is a compressed-air cannon that fires bird carcasses at aircraft components at flight speeds to test bird-strike resistance for certification.

Chilean Air Force

The Chilean Air Force (Spanish: Fuerza Aérea de Chile, FACH) is the air branch of Chile's armed forces, created on 21 March 1930 by unifying Army and Navy aviation.

China Airlines (中华航空)

China Airlines, also known as Zhōnghuá Hángkōng, is the largest airline based in Taiwan. Founded in 1959, it is government-owned and joined the SkyTeam alliance in 2011.

China Airlines Flight 006

China Airlines Flight 006 was a passenger flight from Taipei to Los Angeles that nosedived nearly 30,000 feet on February 19, 1985, before landing safely in San Francisco.

China Airlines Flight 140

China Airlines Flight 140 was an Airbus A300 flight from Taipei that crashed on approach to Nagoya, Japan, on April 26, 1994, killing 264 of 271 people.

China Airlines Flight 611 (中华航空611号班机)

China Airlines Flight 611 (中华航空611号班机) was a Boeing 747 flight from Taipei to Hong Kong that broke up in flight on May 25, 2002, killing all 225 aboard.

China Eastern Airlines (中国东方航空股份有限公司)

China Eastern Airlines, also known as China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited, is a Shanghai-based Chinese airline and one of China's three major carriers, flying nearly 800 aircraft.

China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735

China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 (MU5735), Boeing 737-800 B-1791, Kunming–Guangzhou, crashed 21 March 2022 near Wuzhou, Guangxi, killing all 132; cause officially undetermined, FDR data released by NTSB in 2026.

China International Freight Airlines (Guohuo Hang)

China International Freight Airlines (国货航) is a Beijing-based Chinese cargo airline founded in 2003 from Air China's cargo business, controlled by China Aviation Group and listed in Shenzhen in 2024.

China Southern Airlines (中国南方航空)

China Southern Airlines (中国南方航空) is China's largest airline by passenger traffic, headquartered in Guangzhou and operating a fleet of over 900 aircraft from hubs in Guangzhou and Beijing.

Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning

Liaoning (辽宁舰; CNS Liaoning), hull number 16, is the first aircraft carrier of China's People's Liberation Army Navy, a ski-jump carrier refitted from the unfinished Soviet ship Varyag and commissioned in 2012.

Chinese aircraft carrier programme

Chinese aircraft carrier programme: PLAN carrier fleet of Liaoning (refitted Varyag, 2012), Shandong (2019), and Fujian (commissioned November 5, 2025), China's first electromagnetic-catapult carrier over 80,000 tonnes, with Type 004 planned.

Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong

Shandong (山东舰, CNS Shandong) is a Chinese aircraft carrier commissioned in 2019, the second in the Chinese navy and the first wholly designed and built in China.

Chinggis Khaan International Airport (Чингис хаан олон улсын нисэх буудал)

Chinggis Khaan International Airport, also known as New Ulaanbaatar International Airport, is Mongolia's primary international gateway serving Ulaanbaatar. It opened in 2021, replacing the old Buyant-Ukhaa airport.

Chișinău International Airport

Chișinău International Airport, officially named for composer Eugen Doga since 2025, is Moldova's only international airport, serving the capital and handling over 6 million passengers in 2025.

Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang

Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang is a 1964 children's novel by Ian Fleming about a magical flying car restored by inventor Caractacus Pott, adapted into a 1968 musical film.

Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport

Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport is the main international airport of Chongqing, China, located 21 kilometers northeast of downtown and, since 2025, operating four runways and four terminals.

Chotia Weedhopper

The Chotia Weedhopper, or Weedhopper, is an American single-seat ultralight aircraft designed by John Chotia and first flown in 1977, with nearly 15,000 sold by 2002.

Christchurch Airport

Christchurch Airport is New Zealand's second largest airport, serving Christchurch and the South Island from Harewood, 12 kilometers northwest of the city center. It became the country's first international airport in 1950.

Christopher Ryan (aviation executive)

Christopher "Christy" Ryan was an Irish aviation executive, formerly of Aer Lingus and Guinness Peat Aviation, who co-founded Ryanair and flew its first Waterford to Gatwick service in 1985.

Christopher Tyler Jones

Christopher Tyler Jones is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and aerospace engineer elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2021 for defense logistics leadership.

Chronicles of aviation, 1980–present

A chronicle of aviation from 1980 to the present, covering US airline deregulation, industry consolidation, safety reforms, and the first commercial eVTOL flight in 2023.

Chronicles of the jet age (1946–1979)

Chronicles of the jet age (1946–1979) is an aviation chronology tracing turbojet power from the first all-jet commercial flight in 1946 to the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act.

Chuck Yeager

Chuck Yeager, or Charles Elwood Yeager, was an American Air Force test pilot and World War II fighter ace who first broke the sound barrier in 1947.

Cierva Autogiro Company

The Cierva Autogiro Company was a British aircraft company founded in 1926 to hold the patents to Juan de la Cierva's autogiro and license its construction.

Cierva C.30

The Cierva C.30 is a two-seat autogyro designed by Juan de la Cierva, first flown in 1933 and the first practical rotorcraft with direct rotor control.

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, or CVG, is a public airport in Hebron, Kentucky, serving Cincinnati and hosting the primary U.S. hubs of Amazon Air and DHL.