Hi There!
I'd like to update my Aviation Songs Playlist.
Looking for Rock/Pop Genre. No instrumental.
This is a pretty extensive list, so take your time!
Please use this list to your own benefit!

Thanks for any/all suggestions to add!

Jimi Hendrix - Night Bird Flying
Mark Lindsay - Silver Bird
Oscar Brand - The Poor Copilot
Jimmy Buffett - Treetop Flyer
Pink Floyd - Goodbye Blue Sky
Idle Race - The Lady Who Said She Could Fly
Ozzy Osborne - Flying High Again
Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly
Tom Petty - Learning To Fly
Pink Floyd - Learning To Fly
Beatles - Back In The U.S.S.R.
Foo Fighters - A320
Beatles - Blackbird
Rush - Countdown
Tom Paxton - I Lost My Heart On A 747
Bread - Fly Away
Fountains Of Wayne - Seatbacks And Traytables
Dawes - From A Window Seat
Moody Blues - Floating
Prism - Flyin'
Slade - Wheels Ain't Coming Down
The Royal Guardsmen - Airplane Song (My Airplane)
Tom Paxton - Is This Any Way to Run An Airline
Iron Maiden - Flight Of Icarus
Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away
The Rolling Stones - Flight 505
Manfred Mann - Stranded
Copeland - I'm Safer On An Airplane
Widespread Panic - Airplane
Al Stewart - Flying Sorcery
Roger Miller - Boeing 707
The Motors - Airport
10cc - I´m Mandy - Fly Me
Blondie - Bermuda Triangle Blues (flight 45)
Drive By Truckers - Shut Up And Get On The Plane
Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon
Kim Wilde - Chaos At The Airport
Angus And Julia Stone - Big Jet Plane
CCR - Travelin Band
Eddie Floyd - Big Bird
Everly Brothers - Ebony Eyes
David Bowie - Starman
Blue Oyster Cult - Me 262
Bad Company - Movin' On
Paul Kelly - Sydney From A 747
Alternativa - Fly Away
Arthur Godfrey - Teterboro Tower
Dave Dudley - Fly Away Again
Busted - Air Hostess
Zach Sobiech - Clouds
The Byrds - Get To You
CCR - It Came Out Of The Sky
Animals - Sky Pilot
Carbon Leaf - International Airport
Fountains Of Wayne - Michael And Heather At The Baggage Claim
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Just A Song Before I Go
Rush - Fly By Night
Beach Boys - Loop De Loop
Jimmy Buffett - No Plane On Sunday
Moody Blues - Higher And Higher
Nazz - When I Get My Plane
Harry Chapin - Northwest 222
REO Speedwagon - Time For Me To Fly
Don Mclean - American Pie
David Bowie - Space Oddity
The Cowsills - We Can Fly
Dierks Bentley - Drunk On A Plane
Elton John - Daniel
The Idle Race - Follow Me Follow
Peter Paul & Mary - Leaving On A Jet Plane
Jefferson Airplane - High Flyin' Bird
Paul Revere & The Raiders - Observation From Flight 285
ELO - Night In The City
The Royal Guardsmen - Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron
Roxette - Seven Twenty Seven
Joe Cocker - The Letter
Merle Haggard - Silver Wings
Dr. Hook - That Plane
Elton John - Rocket Man
Bob Welch - The Ghost Of Flight 401
Ian Anderson - Fly By Night
Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me
Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes - Free Flight
Tom Stevens - Flying Out Of London In The Rain
Box Tops - 727
Roger Mcguinn - Draggin'
Weird Al Yankovic - Albequerque
Iron Maiden - Empire Of The Clouds
Grass Roots - The Runway
Gary Allan - Watching Airplanes
The Rose Garden - Next Plane To London
Roxette - Wish I Could Fly
Charlie Dore - Pilot Of The Airways
Hall & Oates - Las Vegas Turnaround
Pinkard And Bowden - Libyan On A Jet Airplane
Steve Miller - Jet Airliner
Moody Blues - We Can Fly
Scouting For Girls - The Airplane Song
UFO - High Flyer
Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme
Eddie Rabbitt - 747
Grandaddy - Aisle Seat 37D
Lynyrd Skynyrd - The Needle And The Spoon
Roger Miller - Uncle Harvey
Saxon - 747 (strangers In The Night)
Iron Maiden - Aces High
Goldfrapp - Fly Me Away
Susan Raye - L.A. International Airport
Arlo Guthrie - Coming Into Los Angeles
Albert Hammond - It Never Rains In Southern California
The Ataris - Takeoffs And Landings
Beach Boys - Airplane
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
Bishop Allen - Flight 180
Iron Maiden - Coming Home
Monty Python - I'm So Worried
Jason Mraz - Plane
Buffalo Springfield - Flying On The Ground Is Wrong
Gordon Lightfoot - Early Morning Rain
Nazareth - This Flight Tonight
Bob Rivers - Heavin' On A Jet Plane
Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated
Leo Sayer - An Endless Flight
Jefferson Airplane - Planes
Pink Floyd - Point Me At The Sky
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Aeroplane
Weird Al - Airline Amy
The Replacements - Waitress In The Sky
The Tragically Hip - Silver Jet
Chilliwack - Fly At Night
Neil Young - Expecting To Fly
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird
Magna Carta - Airport Song
Moody Blues - Fly Me High
Byrds - Eight Miles High
The Box Tops - The Letter
The 5th Dimension - Up, Up, And Away
Bob Rivers - Beat Up Old Jetliner
Guess Who - Orly
Paul Mccartney - Jet
Pink - Catch 22
Nena - 99 Luftballons
ELO - Calling America

An amazing collection!

Ken Dravis - Go Around

This album by Bob Calvert Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters, nearly all the songs are aviation related. Bob Calvert was with Hawkwind, album released in 1974.

Steve

fanofjets wrote:

An amazing collection!

Thanks!
A lot of digging around on the internet and help from here and elsewhere.
Been collecting for years!

Joni Mitchell - Amelia
"I dreamed of 747s over geometric farms..."

Menudo has a couple in Spanish and English.

First and most obvious is "Vamos a Volar" ("Let's Go Fly") which was in the soundtrack of their film named "Una Aventura Llamada Menudo"-about them flying to a concert on a balloon, and they fly close to an Eastern L-1011 and A300 on their way to the concert. (And no they did not actually fly in a balloon , that scene was shot in a contained studio and the Eastern jets were recorded separately, obviously!)

Then there is "Todo va Bien" ("Everything is Ok") where they mention that their plane's engine has lost power, its wings are coming off and the captain said there is no airport in sight but not to worry because everything is fine. I suppose this song refers to the typical teen attitude of everything being cool even when things sound bad.

Wow list! You did a great job picking up these tracks! I will definitely listen to all of them. Many of them are new to me.

2 Kiss songs mention flying:

Room Service -

"My plane's delayed and I'm afraid
They're gonna keep me waiting here till nine..."

Rockin in the USA -

"I'm flyin' in a 747
I'm passing by the pearly gates..."

Jet Lag - Simple Plan (feat. Natasha Bedingfield for the English version, Marie-Mai for the French version). The music video was also filmed in YYZ!
20 Minutes Before Takeoff - Dan Henry. One of the older English-language Filipino songs, makes references to PR and their DC-10s!
Love at 30,000 Feet - Jose Mari Chan. This was PAL's theme for more than 30 years.
Dash 7 - Wilco. About the Dash 7. Nuff' said
Airplanes & Terminals - Andrew Garcia, G Seven, Traphik
First Flight Home - Jake Miller I'm not in an LDR - but I play this song when I used to fly home from college!
Leaving on a Jet Plane - Chantal Kreviazuk. I saw the Peter Paul & Mary one on your list - but I love this version!
Airplanes - B.o.B (feat. Hayley Williams)
You and I - Celine Dion AC's theme song when they introduced the Toothpaste livery, featured in a few commercials
Run Away With Me - Carly Rae Jepsen Not exactly a "flying" song but makes a few references to it. Arguably CRJ's best song!
Come Back... Be Here - Taylor Swift Makes a few references to flying.

Saxon - 747 Strangers in the night

Thanks pharbach,
It's really a mind-blowing collection from the internet. I will definitely listen those music's in my free time.

Few more Aviation songs which are my favorite:
"Aeroplanes" by B.o.B. (featuring Haley Williams)
"Turbulence" by Bowling for Soup
"Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler
"On the Wings of Love" by Jeffrey Osbourne

One more to add.
On the wings of a dove by Madness.
I think it was filmed at Blackbushe, with Madness on the wings of a Comet that was stored there.

Oscar Brand “I Wanted Wings…”

http://www.fighterpilotuniversity.com/m ... snap-song/

Kelis – “In the Morning”

“But in the morning
When you're gone
I must wait and be strong
And have faith
You'll return
In my arms
Hope you miss your flight
Hope you miss your flight”

This doesn't fall under the category of pop or rock, but there's also 747 by Lady Antebellum.

Philippine747 wrote:

Airplanes - B.o.B (feat. Hayley Williams)

There's also Airplanes II.

Also by Menudo: Si tu no Estas which in part says "Now our plane is about to leave"..and there is Magneto's "vuela Vuela"-Fly-Fly"

Cinérex - Flight 001

https://youtu.be/ayxdLlmKZ78

I can't imagine a more funny aviation song ever written!
Just put on your headphones, listen to the story and you'll most likely want to have a drink in the end

goodboy noah - “Airport Bar”

“Airport Bar” is a single by Los Angeles native, Noah – formerly known as Nomo.

Drawing inspiration from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’s “Pure Imagination”, Noah paints us a picture of his journey from a plane where he finds love, but instead of starting conversation, he retreats to a bar at the airport.

The Clash - Spanish Bombs.
Has the line in it….
I’m flying in on the DC10 tonight.

Karen Zoid - Aeroplane Jane ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsS914Pu8kc )

There is a song by Rafaella Carra named Sin Ti which talks about a Vuelo 325 (flight 325) it was played in a movie named Explota Explota which has a beautiful shot of a Boeing 707 in Iberia's classic 70's globe livery!

Or just songs that mention aircraft, airlines or airports. Not that many that I can think of, of course the most famous has to be "Leaving on a jetplane" by Jefferson Airplane.
My current favorite is Gary Allen's "Watching Airplanes" which I know is a breakup song but I like to pretend it is a spotters lament.

'This Time Tomorrow' by The Kinks

What about Time for Me to Fly by REO Speedwagon or Learning to Fly by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers?

Jet Airliner (Paul Pena, Steve Miller)

UpNAWAy wrote:

Or just songs that mention aircraft, airlines or airports. Not that many that I can think of, of course the most famous has to be "Leaving on a jetplane" by Jefferson Airplane.

LOL

"Staying Alive", Airplane!

proudavgeek wrote:

"United Breaks Guitars"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo

Honorable mention goes to the Tom Paxton song in the same vein "Republic Airlines," if only for the closing rhyme...

"There'd be no greater pleasure for me then if
you were the next to go the way of Braniff..."

That being said, I second Sinatra's "Come Fly with Me."

UpNAWAy wrote:

Or just songs that mention aircraft, airlines or airports. Not that many that I can think of, of course the most famous has to be "Leaving on a jetplane" by Jefferson Airplane.

Huh?

yeh I butchered that. Don't know why I thought Grace Slick sang that and not peter. Paul and Mary.

Another one YYZ by Rush. As a kid I had know idea what YYZ meant, I just assumed it was some rock start lingo.

UpNAWAy wrote:

yeh I butchered that. Don't know why I thought Grace Slick sang that and not peter. Paul and Mary.

Another one YYZ by Rush. As a kid I had know idea what YYZ meant, I just assumed it was some rock start lingo.

Noted aviation enthusiast John Denver originally wrote it.

floridaflyboy wrote:

Come Fly With Me by Sinatra

A dear friend of mine just plain won't even consider flying.

So, in his honor, I changed a bit of the lyric:

Once I get you up there....
Where the air is rarified...
You'll be terrified...!

ELO - Night In The City

“Standin' at the airport
Lookin' down the strip,
She was cryin' her eyes,
She was bitin' her lip.
747 just left from gate eleven
And there's no turnin' round
'cos it's just leavin' the ground
And gettin' higher.”

“She” was just very happy to see a 747…

John Anderson - Tokyo, Oklahoma

Daniel - Elton John

‘The Crossing’ by Dave Hadfield

https://vimeo.com/301868700

"Flying Over Water" by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit.
"YYZ" by Rush
"Walking In Memphis" by Mark Cohen
"Back In the USSR" by The Beatles
"Telstar" by The Tornadoes
"Jamaica Mistaka" by Jimmy Buffett
"Take a Picture" by Filter

Kent - 747 (a swedish band, but they perform this one in english) It's an awesome late 90s song that is in fact 7 minutes and 47 seconds long.

"Silence,
like a whisper
So this is all we need
The fully air conditioned sound of speed
A violent whisper
And this time it´s for real
So this day I made plans for us to leave"

The album cover (Isola) has a picture of a 737....

Brett Young - Ticket to L.A.

The danish Singer Peter Belli had this Song
Har du nogensinde set København fra en DC9
Means have you Ever seen Copenhagen from a DC9

How could we possibly forget about Danger Zone?

Since I’m a fan of the movie Airport, I like “The Passenger” by Wall of Voodoo.

Taking off on a midnight flight
The airline ticket in his hand held tight
Polar route, destination: oblivion
"Can I take that little box that you're sitting on, sir?"
"No, that's alright, miss, I'll hold it right here
I'll need it later on when I go up in the air"
And one false move will give it all away

http://youtu.be/arpQnsR2gfQ

fessor wrote:

The danish Singer Peter Belli had this Song
Har du nogensinde set København fra en DC9
Means have you Ever seen Copenhagen from a DC9

That's an a awful lot Jimmie Dale Gilmore's "Dallas."

"Did you ever see Dallas from a DC-9 at night?
Dallas is a jewel
Yeah, Dallas is a beautiful sight
Dallas is a jungle
But Dallas gives a beautiful light
Did you ever see Dallas from a DC-9 at night?"

Oh...and Neko Case's "Lady Pilot' is worth a listen.

Im not ashamed to admit Im a big Menudo fan...grew up in Puerto Rico as a teen in the mid 80s and I wanted to audition for that band. Without further delay, here it is Lets Come Fly in Spanish, by Menudo..released when I was ten years old.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dckTOAlfyw4

Oh and Time for me to Fly of course...

Two Tickets to Paradise- Eddie Money
or if we are stretching the meaning of song to include jingle-songs then
Also add "You're on Vacation"-ATA commerical jingle.

Blood on the risers...