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Today's featured article requests 03 Jun 2025 – David Evans (RAAF officer) (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion Articles for deletion 21 Apr 2025 – United Nations Flight 052P (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Bloxzge 025 (t · c); see discussion (1 participant) 18 Apr 2025 – Frontier Airlines Flight 3506 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Ivebeenhacked (t · c); see discussion (12 participants) 15 Apr 2025 – 2025 Copake Mitsubishi MU-2 crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Carguychris (t · c); see discussion (21 participants) 11 Apr 2025 – Mohammed Ahmed (businessman) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by OatPancake (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted) 10 Apr 2025 – List of Delta Air Lines destinations (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by RickyCourtney (t · c); see discussion (9 participants; relisted) 10 Apr 2025 – Operational flight plan (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Trainsandotherthings (t · c) was closed as redirect by OwenX (t · c) on 18 Apr 2025; see discussion (7 participants) 10 Apr 2025 – 1982 Sukhumi Dranda Airport runway collision (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Trainsandotherthings (t · c) was closed as merge by Toadspike (t · c) on 18 Apr 2025; see discussion (4 participants) 09 Apr 2025 – 2021 Air India cyberattack (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by PARAKANYAA (t · c) was closed as merge by Ritchie333 (t · c) on 16 Apr 2025; see discussion (8 participants) 09 Apr 2025 – American Eagle Flight 5401 (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Onel5969 (t · c) was closed as redirect by Norlk (t · c) on 16 Apr 2025; see discussion (8 participants) Proposed deletions 22 Apr 2025 – Batey Luisa Field (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by JoeNMLC (t · c): No significant coverage of the airport in independent reliable sources to establish notability. The external link merely shows that it exists not that it is notable. Categories for discussion 26 Mar 2025 – Category:Airstrikes by perpetrator (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Althistwikibox (t · c); see discussion Redirects for discussion 19 Apr 2025 – Surgut crash (talk · edit · hist) →Angara Airlines Flight 9007 was RfDed by Mr slav999 (t · c); see discussion 11 Apr 2025 – 2007 Brazilian plane crash (talk · edit · hist) →TAM Airlines Flight 3054 was RfDed by Mr slav999 (t · c); see discussion 05 Apr 2025 – Madison International Airport (talk · edit · hist) →Dane County Regional Airport was RfDed by CyberTheTiger (t · c); see discussion Files for discussion 18 Apr 2025 – File:CEBU PACIFIC FLIGHT 387 MEMORIAL PARK.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on 1, 2) was FfDed by JWilz12345 (t · c); see discussion 07 Apr 2025 – File:The Star Alliance is Born May 1997.jpeg (talk · edit · hist) (on Star Alliance) was FfDed by Consigned (t · c); see discussion A-Class review undated – Granville Gee Bee Model A (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review undated – Advanced Tactical Fighter (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review undated – List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review Good article nominees 22 Apr 2025 – Ural Airlines Flight 178 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RandomInfinity17 (t · c); start discussion 21 Apr 2025 – Western Air Lines Flight 34 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RecycledPixels (t · c); start discussion 21 Apr 2025 – Western Air Lines Flight 636 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RecycledPixels (t · c); start discussion 19 Mar 2025 – Reedsburg Municipal Airport (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by JackFromWisconsin (t · c); start discussion 11 Mar 2025 – Günther Rall (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by MisterBee1966 (t · c); start discussion 14 Feb 2025 – Gerhard Barkhorn (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by MisterBee1966 (t · c); start discussion 26 Jan 2025 – 2024 United States drone sightings (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Anne drew (t · c); start discussion 02 Dec 2024 – 1991 Andover tornado (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by EF5 (t · c); start discussion Featured article reviews 20 May 2024 – Northrop YF-23 (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by Steve7c8 (t · c); see discussion Requested moves 02 Apr 2025 – Mokotów Field (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Pole Mokotowskie by 73.158.229.99 (t · c); see discussion 12 Feb 2025 – Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 648 hijacking (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 648 by Mr slav999 (t · c); see discussion 12 Feb 2025 – El Al Flight 253 attack (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to El Al Flight 253 by Mr slav999 (t · c); see discussion 12 Feb 2025 – LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 hijacking (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 (1978) by Mr slav999 (t · c); see discussion 12 Feb 2025 – TWA Flight 840 bombing (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to TWA Flight 840 (1986) by Mr slav999 (t · c); see discussion 12 Feb 2025 – LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 (1969) by Mr slav999 (t · c); see discussion 12 Feb 2025 – El Al Flight 432 attack (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to El Al Flight 432 by Mr slav999 (t · c); see discussion 12 Feb 2025 – El Al Flight 426 hijacking (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to El Al Flight 426 by Mr slav999 (t · c); see discussion 12 Feb 2025 – Air India Flight 112 plot (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Air India Flight 112 by Mr slav999 (t · c); see discussion 12 Feb 2025 – TWA Flight 840 hijacking (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to TWA Flight 840 (1969) by Mr slav999 (t · c); see discussion Articles to be merged 01 Apr 2025 – Hayes substation fire (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Heathrow Airport by Rosbif73 (t · c); see discussion 08 Mar 2025 – List of aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to List of military aircraft of Japan by Kaotao (t · c); see discussion 08 Mar 2025 – List of aircraft of Japan during World War II (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to List of military aircraft of Japan by Kaotao (t · c); see discussion 15 Jan 2025 – 2019 Northrop N-9M crash (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Northrop N-9M by Carguychris (t · c); see discussion 08 Nov 2024 – Lannion Airfield (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Lannion–Côte de Granit Airport by P199 (t · c); see discussion 15 Apr 2025 – 2025 Copake plane crash (talk · edit · hist) proposed for merging to Westchester County Airport by Carguychris (t · c) was closed; see discussion Articles to be split 26 Jan 2025 – UFO conspiracy theories (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Feoffer (t · c); see discussion 22 Jan 2025 – Water landing (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion 21 Dec 2024 – Air Traffic Controller (video game) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by JRHorse (t · c); see discussion 15 Jul 2024 – Prince Andrew, Duke of York (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by AjaxSmack (t · c); see discussion 10 Sep 2023 – Ibaraki Airport (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Harashisaki (t · c); see discussion Articles for creation 21 Apr 2025 – Draft:George Lodewijk Schorer (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c) 20 Apr 2025 – Draft:Alfred Emile Rambaldo (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c) 20 Apr 2025 – Draft:Pierre Marie Bournique (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c) 03 Apr 2025 – Draft:1975 BAF Convair CV-440 crash (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c) 03 Apr 2025 – Draft:Ben Diachun (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Mollyjvincent (t · c) 28 Mar 2025 – Draft:Strategic Alliance of Regional Airlines (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Yuezhi Huang (t · c) 01 Mar 2025 – Draft:Expresso Aéreo Flight 028 (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ArthurGilf0rd (t · c) 24 Feb 2025 – Draft:Salt Lake City Model Plane Airport (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Jdszekeres (t · c) 23 Feb 2025 – Draft:2008 Línea Aérea Puertorriqueña Britten-Norman Trislander disappearance (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by SignorPignolini (t · c) 02 Feb 2025 – Draft:Denys Davydov (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Johnson524 (t · c) (7 more...)
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Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/Missing articles now lists just over 500 articles that need to be created or redirected.

Article class	Project
Article class	Aviation	Aircraft	Airlines	Airports	Soviet	^{Aviation accident}	Rotorcraft	Gliding	^{Defunct Airlines}	Air sports	Biography	^Aero engine
FA	149	20	1	4	0	17	1	1	0	1	81	2
FL	13	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	0
A	63	12	0	0	6	1	2	0	0	0	40	2
GA	565	175	23	54	36	70	1	6	13	2	138	2
B	4,634	2,181	97	421	168	320	132	177	73	45	822	173
C	9,783	4,708	256	1,038	347	690	295	396	107	371	1,162	437
Start	19,602	5,770	1,066	4,659	419	969	471	634	753	347	1,985	932
Stub	16,764	1,316	1,388	9,073	136	165	90	85	536	223	1,360	89
List	2,259	446	463	594	19	149	23	13	73	6	104	10
Template	2,850	1,247	278	577	31	206	25	10	6	96	22	122
Category	15,164	5,979	1,135	2,091	256	1,185	100	101	454	88	916	195
Disambig	641	23	25	467	2	34	2	0	1	1	1	1
File	2,862	292	1,189	530	0	35	8	0	7	3	32	140
Portal	624	36	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	18	0
Project	118	18	12	6	0	8	1	3	5	1	1	7
Redirect	3,423	545	356	710	52	200	28	22	61	20	253	67
Unassessed	359	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	80,146	22,777	6,294	20,244	1,477	4,091	1,192	1,449	2,092	1,208	6,941	2,179

Aviation WikiProject
Articles for review

Peer review

Articles needing attention
Aviation articles needing attention to coverage and accuracy	24,989
Aviation articles needing attention to grammar	20,896
Aviation articles needing attention to referencing and citation	27,159
Aviation articles needing attention to structure	13,879
Aviation articles needing attention to supporting materials	20,122
Aviation articles with incomplete B-Class checklists	12,201
Unassessed aviation articles	359
Aviation articles needing infoboxes	183
Aircraft articles without specifications	44
Aviation articles needing images	890
Aviation articles needing attention	946
Aviation articles with no associated task force	0
Aviation collaboration candidates	6
Requests for aviation peer review	0

Articles tagged with
{{stub}} tags
Stubs	Total
Aviation stubs	372
→ Aircraft	138
→ Airport	25
→ Airline	14
→ Biography	262
→ Military aviation	246
→ Aerospace museum	54
→ Aircraft engine	36
→ Aircraft component	32
→ Air sports stubs	62
→ Aeronautical company	184

Airport Articles tagged with
{{stub}} tags
Stubs	Total
Airport stubs	20
→ North American airport stubs	11
→ → Canada	82
→ → → Alberta	219
→ → → Atlantic Canada	105
→ → → British columbia	198
→ → → Manitoba	131
→ → → Northwest Territories	66
→ → → Ontario	439
→ → → Quebec	204
→ → → Saskatchewan	170
→ → United States	14
→ → → Midwestern United States	158
→ → → Northeastern United States	136
→ → → Southern United States	169
→ → → → Texas	54
→ → → Western United States	142
→ → → Alaska	236
→ → → California	107
→ → → Kansas	55
→ → → Michigan	46
→ → → North Carolina	50
→ → Mexico	54
→ South America	158
→ Oceania	206
→ → Australia	108
→ Africa	7
→ → North Africa	154
→ → East Africa	147
→ → Southern Africa	260
→ → West Africa	253
→ Europe	550
→ → France	63
→ → Turkey	47
→ → Russia	243
→ → United Kingdom	42
→ Asia	339
→ → India	78
→ → Indonesia	154
→ → People's Republic of China	75
→ → Pakistan	38

Airline Articles tagged with
{{stub}} tags
Stubs	Total
Airline stubs	14
→ North American airline stubs	120
→ → United States	191
→ South America	80
→ Oceania	33
→ Africa	262
→ Europe	278
→ Asia	236

Today's featured article requests

03 Jun 2025 – David Evans (RAAF officer) (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

21 Apr 2025 – United Nations Flight 052P (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Bloxzge 025 (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
18 Apr 2025 – Frontier Airlines Flight 3506 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Ivebeenhacked (t · c); see discussion (12 participants)
15 Apr 2025 – 2025 Copake Mitsubishi MU-2 crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Carguychris (t · c); see discussion (21 participants)
11 Apr 2025 – Mohammed Ahmed (businessman) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by OatPancake (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
10 Apr 2025 – List of Delta Air Lines destinations (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by RickyCourtney (t · c); see discussion (9 participants; relisted)
10 Apr 2025 – Operational flight plan (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Trainsandotherthings (t · c) was closed as redirect by OwenX (t · c) on 18 Apr 2025; see discussion (7 participants)
10 Apr 2025 – 1982 Sukhumi Dranda Airport runway collision (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Trainsandotherthings (t · c) was closed as merge by Toadspike (t · c) on 18 Apr 2025; see discussion (4 participants)
09 Apr 2025 – 2021 Air India cyberattack (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by PARAKANYAA (t · c) was closed as merge by Ritchie333 (t · c) on 16 Apr 2025; see discussion (8 participants)
09 Apr 2025 – American Eagle Flight 5401 (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Onel5969 (t · c) was closed as redirect by Norlk (t · c) on 16 Apr 2025; see discussion (8 participants)

Proposed deletions

22 Apr 2025 – Batey Luisa Field (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by JoeNMLC (t · c): No significant coverage of the airport in independent reliable sources to establish notability. The external link merely shows that it exists not that it is notable.

Categories for discussion

26 Mar 2025 – Category:Airstrikes by perpetrator (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Althistwikibox (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

19 Apr 2025 – Surgut crash (talk · edit · hist) →Angara Airlines Flight 9007 was RfDed by Mr slav999 (t · c); see discussion
11 Apr 2025 – 2007 Brazilian plane crash (talk · edit · hist) →TAM Airlines Flight 3054 was RfDed by Mr slav999 (t · c); see discussion
05 Apr 2025 – Madison International Airport (talk · edit · hist) →Dane County Regional Airport was RfDed by CyberTheTiger (t · c); see discussion

Files for discussion

18 Apr 2025 – File:CEBU PACIFIC FLIGHT 387 MEMORIAL PARK.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on 1, 2) was FfDed by JWilz12345 (t · c); see discussion
07 Apr 2025 – File:The Star Alliance is Born May 1997.jpeg (talk · edit · hist) (on Star Alliance) was FfDed by Consigned (t · c); see discussion

A-Class review

undated – Granville Gee Bee Model A (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review
undated – Advanced Tactical Fighter (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review
undated – List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review

Good article nominees

22 Apr 2025 – Ural Airlines Flight 178 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RandomInfinity17 (t · c); start discussion
21 Apr 2025 – Western Air Lines Flight 34 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RecycledPixels (t · c); start discussion
21 Apr 2025 – Western Air Lines Flight 636 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RecycledPixels (t · c); start discussion
19 Mar 2025 – Reedsburg Municipal Airport (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by JackFromWisconsin (t · c); start discussion
11 Mar 2025 – Günther Rall (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by MisterBee1966 (t · c); start discussion
14 Feb 2025 – Gerhard Barkhorn (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by MisterBee1966 (t · c); start discussion
26 Jan 2025 – 2024 United States drone sightings (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Anne drew (t · c); start discussion
02 Dec 2024 – 1991 Andover tornado (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by EF5 (t · c); start discussion

Request for Comment

Request for comment at Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2007-01-07 Singapore Airlines#Request for Comment: Reasons For/Against.05:11, 20 February 2007 (UTC)