r/aviation is a subreddit with 2.8M members. The community frequently discusses aircraft, flight, looking for a, plane, and aviation, and they frequently recommend/review flight school, weather app, and flight bag, and the most common flair used is news, planespotting, discussion, question, and watch me fly.
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Popular Topics in r/aviation
#1
Aircraft
92 posts
#2
Flight
64 posts
#3
Looking For A
49 posts
#4
Plane
41 posts
#5
Aviation
36 posts
#6
Looking For
29 posts
#7
Worst
29 posts
#8
Airport
26 posts
#9
Pilot
24 posts
#10
Hate
23 posts
Products Discussed in r/aviation
Flight School
4 reviews
#1
Frederick Flight Center
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Brett Aviation
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Monarch Air
4.0★ from 1 review
Weather App
3 reviews
#1
MyRadar
5.0★ from 3 reviews
Flight Bag
3 reviews
#1
Contrail
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
Brightline
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
AOPA
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/aviation
#1
News
: "Another Fly Dubai flight is returning back to Dubai"
34 posts
#2
PlaneSpotting
: "Gulf air scheduled flyover Sepang rehearsal."
16 posts
#3
Discussion
: "Etihad considering legal action against English premier league over Manchester city case"
9 posts
#4
Question
: "Why "line up and wait"?"
6 posts
#5
Watch Me Fly
: "Passengers on hijacked plane that nearly crashed cheer successful landing"
4 posts
#6
Rumor
: "Oh god no…"
3 posts
#7
History
: "N502UA"
3 posts
#8
Identification
: "Any idea as to what that beam is for? Mexican Air Force"
1 post
#9
Analysis
: "Three points that seem to be getting misunderstood about FZ1073"
1 post
Member Growth in r/aviation
Yearly
+206k members(7.9%)
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Last updated: September 30, 2026