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Francisco Bangoy International Airport
Francisco Bangoy International Airport, also called Davao International Airport, is the main airport serving Davao City, Philippines, and the busiest airport on Mindanao, with about 4.5 million passengers in 2019.
Frank Luke
Frank Luke Jr. was an American World War I fighter pilot, nicknamed the "Arizona Balloon Buster," who shot down 14 balloons and 4 airplanes in 17 days.
Frank Whittle
Frank Whittle (1907–1996) was a British Royal Air Force officer and engineer who patented the turbojet, founding Power Jets to power Britain's first jet aircraft in 1941.
Frankfurt Airport
Frankfurt Airport, also called Flughafen Frankfurt am Main or Rhein-Main-Flughafen, is Germany's largest airport and a Lufthansa hub, handling about 63.2 million passengers in 2025.
Franz Reichelt
Franz Reichelt, also known as François Reichelt, was an Austrian-born French tailor, the "Flying Tailor", who died in 1912 testing his parachute suit from the Eiffel Tower.
Franz Stigler
Franz Stigler (Ludwig Franz Stigler, 1915–2008) was a German Luftwaffe flying ace credited with 28 victories who in 1943 spared and escorted the crippled American bomber Ye Olde Pub to safety.
Fraport
Fraport AG, founded in 1924 and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 2001, is a German airport company that operates Frankfurt Airport and about 30 airports worldwide.
Frasca International
Frasca International is an American flight simulator manufacturer based in Urbana, Illinois, founded by aviation pioneer Rudy Frasca in 1958, with devices from desktop trainers to full flight simulators.
Fred Noonan
Fred Noonan, also known as Frederick Joseph Noonan, was an American navigator who pioneered Pan Am's Pacific routes and disappeared with Amelia Earhart during their 1937 round-the-world flight.
Fred Trump Jr.
Fred Trump Jr. (Frederick Crist Trump, 1938 to 1981) was an American airline pilot, the eldest son of Fred Trump Sr. and older brother of Donald Trump.
Free flight (model aircraft)
Free flight is model aviation in which an aircraft, once launched, flies with no control from its owner, governed by the FAI under the F1 classes.
Freedoms of the air
The freedoms of the air are nine numbered commercial aviation rights, the first five formulated at the 1944 Chicago Conference, describing what airlines may do in foreign airspace.
French Army Light Aviation
French Army Light Aviation (Aviation légère de l'armée de Terre, ALAT) is the French Army's aviation branch, created in 1954, with more than 340 aircraft including Tigre attack helicopters.
French battleship Bretagne
Bretagne was a French dreadnought battleship completed in 1915 that served in the Mediterranean in both world wars and was sunk at Mers-el-Kébir in 1940.
French Bee
French Bee is a French low-cost long-haul airline based at Paris-Orly Airport and owned by Groupe Dubreuil. It flies an all-Airbus A350 fleet on leisure routes.
French Naval Aviation
French Naval Aviation (Aéronavale) is the air arm of the French Navy, headquartered at Toulon and operating Rafale fighters from the carrier Charles de Gaulle.
Frequent-flyer program
A frequent-flyer program (FFP), or flyer miles, is an airline loyalty scheme where passengers earn points for travel and purchases, redeemable for flights, upgrades, and rewards.
Frequentis
Frequentis is an Austrian technology company founded in Vienna in 1947 that develops communication and information systems for safety-critical control centers in air traffic management, public safety, and transport.
Frontier Airlines
Frontier Airlines is an American ultra low-cost carrier headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1994, it is the largest such carrier in the United States.
Frost Air
Frost Air is a Danish charter airline headquartered in Copenhagen with its operational base at Malmö Sturup Airport in Sweden, specializing in ad-hoc and event charter flights for sports teams.
FTAI Aviation
FTAI Aviation Ltd. is a Cayman Islands aircraft engine maintenance and leasing company focused on CFM56 and V2500 engines powering Boeing 737NG and Airbus A320ceo aircraft.
Fu-Go balloon bomb
Fu-Go (fūsen bakudan) was a Japanese balloon bomb weapon of World War II; about 9,300 were launched from November 1944, causing six deaths at Bly, Oregon.
Fuel dumping
Fuel dumping, also called fuel jettison or fuel dump, is the airborne release of unused fuel from an aircraft to reduce its weight enough to land safely.
Fuel economy in aircraft
Fuel economy in aircraft measures how much fuel an airplane burns to carry a payload a given distance, driven by engine efficiency, lift-to-drag ratio, and weight; jet fuel use doubled in efficiency from 1960 to 2008.
Fuel hedging
Fuel hedging is the practice of using financial instruments like swaps and options to lock in fuel prices in advance, used most prominently by airlines, for whom fuel is a leading operating cost.
Fuel surcharge
A fuel surcharge, also called a YQ or carrier-imposed surcharge, is an extra fee airlines add to fares and award tickets to recover fuel costs.
Full body scanner
A full body scanner, also called a whole body scanner, is a security screening device using millimeter-wave or X-ray imaging to detect weapons hidden under clothing.
Full flight simulator
A full flight simulator (FFS) is a full-size replica of a specific airplane cockpit, qualified by an aviation authority to substitute for the aircraft in pilot training.
Fulton surface-to-air recovery system
The Fulton surface-to-air recovery system, or Skyhook, retrieves people from the ground by aircraft without landing, used by the CIA and US military from 1958 to 1997.
Functional Airspace Block
A functional airspace block (FAB) is a volume of European airspace defined by operational requirements rather than national borders, under the EU's Single European Sky initiative.