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Korea Aerospace Industries (한국항공우주산업)
Korea Aerospace Industries (한국항공우주산업) is a South Korean aerospace and defense manufacturer, the country's sole aircraft maker, founded in October 1999 in Sacheon. It makes the T-50 trainer, KF-21 Boramae fighter, and Surion helicopter.
Korea Airports Corporation
Korea Airports Corporation (한국공항공사) is a government-owned South Korean corporation established in 2002 that operates and manages 14 airports, including Gimpo, Gimhae, and Jeju, all except Incheon International Airport.
Korean Air (대한항공)
Korean Air (대한항공), legally Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd., is South Korea's flag carrier, hubbed at Incheon and parent of Asiana Airlines since December 2024.
Korean Air Flight 801 (대한항공 801편)
Korean Air Flight 801 (대한항공 801편), also known as the KAL Guam Crash, was a Seoul to Guam passenger flight that crashed into Nimitz Hill in 1997, killing 228 of 254 aboard.
Korean Air Flight 858
Korean Air Flight 858 was a Baghdad-to-Seoul passenger flight destroyed by a bomb over the Andaman Sea in November 1987, killing all 115 aboard, including 95 passengers.
Korean Air incidents and accidents
The Korean Air incidents and accidents are the crashes and serious incidents of Korean Air since the 1980s, including the 1983 Flight 007 shootdown with 269 dead.
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (대한항공 007편)
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (대한항공 007편) was a New York to Seoul Boeing 747 shot down by a Soviet interceptor on September 1, 1983, killing all 269 aboard.
Korean Air Lines Flight 902
Korean Air Lines Flight 902 was a Paris-to-Seoul passenger flight whose Boeing 707 strayed into Soviet airspace in 1978, was fired on by Su-15 interceptors, and crash-landed on a frozen lake, killing two of 110 aboard.
Kota Kinabalu International Airport
Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) is an international airport about 8 km southwest of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, and the main gateway into Borneo; it began as the wartime Jesselton Airfield.
Kotoka International Airport
Kotoka International Airport, also called Accra Airport, is Ghana's principal international airport in Accra, opened in 1958 and renamed Accra International Airport by government decision in 2026.
Kratos XQ-58 Valkyrie
The Kratos XQ-58 Valkyrie is a low-cost, stealthy unmanned combat aerial vehicle built by Kratos, first flown in 2019 and now a Marine Corps program of record.
Kreindler & Kreindler
Kreindler & Kreindler is a New York law firm, founded in 1950, that represents aviation accident victims and is described as the largest plaintiffs' aviation firm in the United States.
Kremer prize
The Kremer prize is a series of monetary awards for human-powered flight, established in 1959 by Henry Kremer and first won in 1977 by the Gossamer Condor.
Krishan K. Ahuja
Krishan K. Ahuja is a Regents Professor at Georgia Tech's aerospace school who studies and reduces jet engine noise, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2019.
Kristin C. Lewis
Kristin C. Lewis is a transportation scientist and Principal Technical Advisor for aviation fuels at the U.S. DOT Volpe Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a PECASE recipient.
Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), also known as Kuala Lumpur Airport, is Malaysia's main international airport, opened in 1998 in Sepang, Selangor, about 50 km from Kuala Lumpur.
Kunming Changshui International Airport
Kunming Changshui International Airport (昆明长水国际机场, IATA: KMG) is the main airport serving Kunming, capital of Yunnan in southwest China. Opened in 2012, it replaced Wujiaba and handled a record 49.69 million passengers in 2025.
Kunsan Air Base
Kunsan Air Base is a United States Air Force installation on South Korea's west coast, home of the 8th Fighter Wing, the "Wolf Pack," flying F-16s.
Kurt Tank
Kurt Tank (Kurt Waldemar Tank, 1898 to 1983) was a German aeronautical engineer and test pilot who led Focke-Wulf's design department and created the Fw 190 fighter.
Kuwait Airways (الخطوط الجوية الكويتية)
Kuwait Airways (الخطوط الجوية الكويتية) is the state-owned national flag carrier of Kuwait, founded in 1954, based at Kuwait International Airport, and serving destinations across the Middle East, Asia, and Europe.
Kuwait International Airport (مطار الكويت الدولي)
Kuwait International Airport (مطار الكويت الدولي), also called Kuwait Airport, is the main international airport of Kuwait, outside Kuwait City, handling about 15 million passengers yearly.
Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier
The Kuznetsov class (Soviet Project 1143.5) is a class of Soviet aircraft carriers, including Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia's only carrier, and the sister ship Varyag, completed by China as Liaoning.
L. David Montague
L. David Montague is an American aerospace engineer who led Lockheed Martin's Missile Systems Division and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1991.
L'Oiseau Blanc
L'Oiseau Blanc ("The White Bird") was a Levasseur PL.8 biplane flown by Charles Nungesser and François Coli, which vanished over the Atlantic in 1927 attempting the first Paris-to-New York flight.
L3Harris EA-37B Compass Call
The EA-37B Compass Call, also designated EC-37B, is a US Air Force electronic attack aircraft built on a modified Gulfstream G550 that disrupts adversary communications and radars.
La Aurora International Airport
La Aurora International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional La Aurora) serves Guatemala City about 6.4 km from its center, handling over 4.9 million passengers a year by 2025.
La France (airship)
La France was a French army airship that in 1884 became the first aircraft to fly a closed circuit, returning to its start under its own power.
LA to Vegas
LA to Vegas is an American sitcom that aired on Fox in 2018, following the crew and passengers of Jackpot Airlines on weekend flights between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base is a US Air Force base in San Antonio, Texas, known as the Gateway to the Air Force, where all enlisted recruits begin basic training.
Lady Be Good (aircraft)
Lady Be Good was a US B-24D Liberator bomber that vanished on its first combat mission over Naples in 1943 and was found crash-landed in the Libyan Sahara in 1958.