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 planespotting, discussion, question, news, and analysis.
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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
PlaneSpotting
: "Putting Out Fires Outside of Boise, ID"
29 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Fedex's hardly know fleet of 737's"
16 posts
#3
Question
: "July 4th F-35 loop or a bloop?"
11 posts
#4
News
: "Passenger films hard landing in Seaplane on East River"
11 posts
#5
Analysis
: "A comparison of the sizes of the Russian two-seat Su-57D fighter and the Yak-52. The Yak-52 was never used in Russia for military pilot training."
4 posts
#6
Identification
: "Another Day with the F-35A Lightning II"
3 posts
#7
History
: "BUFF noises"
2 posts
#8
Watch Me Fly
: "GE90 Engine Startup 💯"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/aviation
Yearly
+267k members(10.7%)
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Last updated: July 7, 2026