List of carrier-based aircraft

This List of carrier-based aircraft covers fixed-wing aircraft designed for aircraft carrier flight deck operation and excludes aircraft intended for use from seaplane tenders, submarines and dirigibles. Helicopters includes only those regularly operated from aircraft carriers and not those normally flown from other types of surface ships or land bases.

List of aircraft operated from aircraft carriers

|Aeromarine 39||US||Propeller||Trials||||Temporary||+||Swanborough and Bowers, 1990, pp.40-41 |- |Aérospatiale Alouette III||France||Helicopter||||||Production|||| |- |Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma||France||Helicopter||||||Production|||| |- |Aérospatiale Super Frelon||France||Helicopter||||||Production|||| |- |Agusta-Bell AB.212ASW||Italy||Helicopter||ASW||||Production|||| |- |AgustaWestland AW101/EH101/Merlin||Italy/UK||Helicopter||||||Production|||| |- |AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat||UK/Italy||Helicopter||Multirole||||Prototype||||Flight trials with |- |Aichi B7A Ryūsei||Japan||Propeller||Bomber||||Production|||| |- |Aichi D1A||Japan||Propeller||Dive bomber||||Production|||| |- |Aichi D3A||Japan||Propeller||Dive bomber||||Production|||| |- |Aichi E13A||Japan||Propeller||Reconnaissance||||Production|||| |- |Aichi E16A Zuiun||Japan||Propeller||Reconnaissance||||Production|||| |- |Aichi M6A Seiran||Japan||Propeller||Dive bomber||||Production|||| |- |Airspeed Fleet Shadower||UK||Propeller||Reconnaissance||||Prototype|||| |- |Arado Ar 195||Germany||Propeller||Torpedo bomber||||Prototype|||| |- |Arado Ar 197||Germany||Propeller||Fighter||||Prototype|||| |- |Armstrong Whitworth A.W.16||UK||Propeller||Fighter||||Prototype||||1 evaluated as carrier based fighter |- |Armstrong Whitworth Starling||UK||Propeller||Fighter||||Prototype|||| |- |Arsenal VG 90||France||Jet engine||Fighter||||Prototype|||| |- |Avro Avocet||UK||Propeller||Fighter||||Prototype|||| |- |Avro Bison||UK||Propeller||Reconnaissance||||Production|||| |- |Avro Buffalo||UK||Propeller||Torpedo bomber||||Prototype|||| |- |Beardmore W.B.III||UK||Propeller||Fighter||||Production||||Thetford, 1991, p.41-42 |- |Beardmore W.B.IV||UK||Propeller||Fighter||||Prototype|||| |- |Beardmore W.B.V||UK||Propeller||Fighter||||Prototype|||| |- |Beardmore W.B.VI||UK||Propeller||Fighter||n/a||Prototype||||not flown |- |Beardmore W.B.VI||UK||Propeller||Torpedo bomber||n/a||Project||0|| |- |Bell Airacobra I||US||Propeller||Fighter||||Temporary||||First tri-gear landing, on Brown 2006, p. 93 |- |Bell AH-1 SuperCobra||US||Helicopter||||||Production||+|| |- |Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey||US||Rotorcraft||||||Production|||| |- |Bell XFL Airabonita||US||Propeller||Fighter||||Prototype|||| |- |Berliner-Joyce F2J||US||Propeller||Fighter||||Prototype|||| |- |Berliner-Joyce OJ||US||Propeller||Reconnaissance||||Production|||| |- |Berliner-Joyce XF3J||US||Propeller||Fighter||||Prototype|||| |- |Berliner-Joyce XFJ||US||Propeller||Fighter||||Prototype|||| |- |Blackburn Airedale||UK||Propeller||Reconnaissance||||Prototype|||| |- |Blackburn B-3||UK||Propeller||Torpedo bomber||||Prototype|||| |- |Blackburn B-54||UK||Propeller||ASW||||Prototype|||| |- |Blackburn Baffin||UK||Propeller||Torpedo bomber||||Production||||Chant, 1999, p.43 |- |Blackburn Blackburd||UK||Propeller||Torpedo bomber||||Prototype|||| |- |Blackburn Blackburn||UK||Propeller||Reconnaissance||||Production|||| |- |Blackburn Buccaneer||UK||Jet||Bomber||||Production|||| |- |Blackburn Dart||UK||Propeller||Torpedo bomber||||Production|||| |- |Blackburn Firebrand||UK||Propeller||Fighter/torpedo bomber ||||Production|||| |- |Blackburn Firecrest||UK||Propeller||Fighter||||Prototype||~|| |- |Blackburn Nautilus||UK||Propeller||Fighter||||Prototype|||| |- |Blackburn Ripon||UK||Propeller||Torpedo bomber||||Production|||| |- |Blackburn Roc||UK||Propeller||Fighter||||Production|||| |- |Blackburn Shark||UK||Propeller||Torpedo bomber||||Production|||| |- |Blackburn Skua||UK||Propeller||Fighter/dive bomber||||Production||||Munson, p.169 |- |Blackburn Sprat||UK||Propeller||Trainer||||Prototype|||| |- |Blackburn Swift||UK||Propeller||Torpedo bomber||||Production|||| |- |Boeing CH-47 Chinook||US||Helicopter||Transport||||Production||+|| |- |Boeing EA-18G Growler||US||Jet||Electronic Warfare||||Production||~|| |- |Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet||US||Jet||Fighter||||Production||~|| |- |Boeing F2B||US||Propeller||Fighter||||Production||||Swanborough and Bowers, 1990, pp.71-73 |- |Boeing F3B||US||Propeller||Fighter-bomber||||Production|||| |- |Boeing F4B||US||Propeller||Fighter||||Production||||Swanborough and Bowers, 1990, pp.75-78 |- |Boeing FB||US||Propeller||Fighter||||Production||||Swanborough and Bowers, 1990, pp.68-70 |- |Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight||US||Helicopter||Transport||||Production|||| |- |Boeing XF5B||US||Propeller||Fighter||||Prototype|||| |- |Boeing XF6B||US||Propeller||Fighter-bomber||||Prototype|||| |- |Boeing XF7B||US||Propeller||Fighter||||Prototype|||| |- |Boeing XF8B||US||Propeller||Fighter||||Prototype|||| |- |Boulton Paul Sea Balliol||UK||Propeller||Trainer||||Production|||| |- |Breguet Alizé||France||Propeller||ASW||||Production|||| |- |Breguet Vultur||France||Propeller||Bomber||||Prototype|||| |- |Brewster Buffalo||US||Propeller||Fighter||||Production||||Pawlowski, 1971, p.424Swanborough and Bowers, 1990, pp.86-87 |- |Brewster SB2A Buccaneer||US||Propeller||Dive bomber||||Production||||Swanborough and Bowers, 1990, pp.88-89 |- |Bristol Scout||UK||Propeller||Trials||||Temporary||||First flight from moving ship, Thetford, 1991, p.66-67 |- |British Aerospace P.125||UK||Jet||Fighter-bomber||n/a||Project||0|| |- |British Aerospace Sea Harrier||UK||Jet||Fighter||||Production|||| |- |Britten-Norman Islander||UK||Propeller||Transport||||Temporary||||Sales demo flights aboard |- |Caudron Luciole||France||Propeller||Transport||||Temporary||||Free French recruiters flew from |- |Cessna O-1E Bird Dog||US||Propeller||Transport||-1975||Temporary||||VNAF landing on during Fall of Saigon. USMC O-1s flown from |- |Chengdu J-20 B/C||PRC||Jet||Fighter||||Prototype|||| |- |Common Support Aircraft||US||Jet||Multirole||n/a||Project||0|| |- |Consolidated N2Y||US||Propeller||Trainer||||Production||||Two operated from and . |- |Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf||US||Propeller||Torpedo bomber||||Production|||| |- |Consolidated XB2Y||US||Propeller||Dive bomber||||Prototype|||| |- |Consolidated XBY||US||Propeller||Dive bomber||||Prototype|||| |- |Curtiss BF2C Goshawk||US||Propeller||Fighter-bomber||||Production||||Swanborough and Bowers, 1990, pp.156-158 |- |Curtiss F11C Goshawk||US||Propeller||Fighter-bomber||||Production|||| |- |Curtiss F6C Hawk||US||Propeller||Fighter||||Production||||Swanborough and Bowers, 1990, pp.144-146 |- |Curtiss F7C Seahawk||US||Propeller||Fighter||||Production|||| |- |Curtiss F8C/O2C Falcon/Helldiver||US||Propeller||Fighter/dive bomber||||Production||||Swanborough and Bowers, 1990, pp.147-148 & pp.151-152 |- |Curtiss Model D||US||Propeller||Trials||||Temporary||||First takeoff from ship, from . First landing on ship, on |- |Curtiss P-36 Hawk||US||Propeller||Fighter||||Temporary||||Flown from during delivery |- |Curtiss P-40F Warhawk||US||Propeller||Fighter||||Temporary|||| Torch landings flown from & |- |Curtiss SB2C Helldiver||US||Propeller||Dive bomber||||Production||||Chant, 1999, p.95Swanborough and Bowers, 1990, pp.166-167 |- |Curtiss SBC Helldiver||US||Propeller||Dive bomber||||Production||||Chant, 1999, p.94Swanborough and Bowers, 1990, pp.162-163 |- |Curtiss SO3C Seamew||US||Propeller||Reconnaissance||||Production||||Swanborough and Bowers, 1990, pp.164-165 |- |Curtiss SOC Seagull||US||Propeller||Reconnaissance||||Production||||Although designed as a catapult aircraft, examples also operated from carrier decks. |- |Curtiss XBT2C||US||Propeller||Torpedo bomber||||Prototype|||| |- |Curtiss XBTC||US||Propeller||Torpedo bomber||||Prototype|||| |- |Curtiss XF14C||US||Propeller||Fighter||||Prototype|||| |- |Curtiss XF15C||US||Propeller||Fighter||||Prototype|||| |- |Curtiss XSB3C||US||Propeller||Dive bomber||n/a||Project||0|| |- |Dassault Étendard IV||France||Jet||Fighter||||Production|||| |- |Dassault Rafale M||France||Jet||Fighter||||Production|||| |- |Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard||France||Jet||Fighter-bomber||||Production|||| |- |de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter||Canada||Propeller||Transport||||Temporary||||Suez Crisis, UNEF flights off |- |de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo||Canada||Propeller||Transport||||Temporary||||QSRA trials from |- |de Havilland Canada L-20 Beaver||Canada||Propeller||Transport||||Temporary||||Lebanon crisis, flown from |- |de Havilland Sea Hornet||UK||Propeller||Fighter||||Production|||| |- |de Havilland Sea Mosquito||UK||Propeller||Torpedo bomber/trainer||||Production||||Thetford, 1991, p.100-102 |- |de Havilland Sea Vampire||UK||Jet||Fighter||||Production|||| |- |de Havilland Sea Venom||UK||Jet||Fighter||||Production|||| |- |de Havilland Sea Vixen||UK||Jet||Fighter||||Production|||| |- |Dewoitine D.1ter||France||Propeller||Fighter||||Production|||| |- |Dewoitine D.373 & 376||France||Propeller||Fighter||||Production|||| |- |Douglas A-3 Skywarrior||US||Jet||Bomber||||Production||||Pawlowski, 1971, p.451 |- |Douglas A-4 Skyhawk||US||Jet||Bomber||||Production|||| |- |Douglas A2D Skyshark||US||Propeller||Bomber||||Prototype|||| |- |Douglas AD Skyraider||US||Propeller||Bomber||||Production||||Pawlowski, 1971, p.448 |- |Douglas BTD Destroyer||US||Propeller||Torpedo bomber||||Production|||| |- |Douglas DT||US||Propeller||Torpedo bomber||||Production||||Swanborough and Bowers, 1990, pp.174-176 |- |Douglas F3D Skynight||US||Jet||Fighter||||Production||||Pawlowski, 1971, p.452 |- |Douglas F4D Skyray||US||Jet||Fighter||||Production|||| |- |Douglas F5D Skylancer||US||Jet||Fighter||||Prototype|||| |- |Douglas F6D Missileer||US||Jet||Fighter||n/a||Project||0|| |- |Douglas R4D-5||US||Propeller||Transport||||Temporary||||Highjump flights from |- |Douglas SBD Dauntless||US||Propeller||Dive bomber||||Production||||Pawlowski, 1971, p.439 |- |Douglas T2D||US||Propeller||Torpedo bomber||||Production||||Swanborough and Bowers, 1990, pp.177-178 |- |Douglas TBD Devastator||US||Propeller||Torpedo bomber||||Production||||Pawlowski, 1971, p.446 |- |Douglas XT3D||US||Propeller||Torpedo bomber||||Prototype|||| |- |Douglas XTB2D Skypirate||US||Propeller||Torpedo bomber||||Prototype|||| |- |Eberhart F2G||US||Propeller||Fighter||||Prototype|||| |- |Eberhart FG||US||Propeller||Fighter||||Prototype|||| |- |Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma||France||Helicopter||||||Production|||| |- |Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin||France||Helicopter||||||Production|||| |- |Eurocopter Fennec||France||Helicopter||ASW/Transport||||Production||||rebranded Ecreuil |- |Fairey Albacore||UK||Propeller||Torpedo/dive bomber||||Production||||Chant, 1999, p.122 |- |Fairey Barracuda||UK||Propeller||Torpedo/dive bomber||||Production||||Munson, p.69 |- |Fairey Firefly III/IIIM||UK||Propeller||Fighter||||Prototype|||| |- |Fairey Firefly||UK||Propeller||Fighter-bomber||||Production|||| |- |Fairey Fleetwing||UK||Propeller||Fighter||||Prototype|||| |- |Fairey Flycatcher||UK||Propeller||Fighter||||Production|||| |- |Fairey Fox Mk.IA||UK||Propeller||Trials||||Temporary||||Taylor, 1974, p.144 |- |Fairey Fulmar||UK||Propeller||Fighter||||Production||||Munson, p.71 |- |Fairey Gannet||UK||Propeller||ASW/AEW||||Production|||| |- |Fairey III||UK||Propeller||Reconnaissance||||Production|||| |- |Fairey Seal||UK||Propeller||Reconnaissance||||Production|||| |- |Fairey Spearfish||UK||Propeller||Torpedo/dive bomber||||Prototype|||| |- |Fairey Swordfish||UK||Propeller||Torpedo bomber||||Production||||Munson, p.121 |- |Fiat G.50 bis/A Freccia||Italy||Propeller||Fighter||||Prototype|||| |- |Fieseler Fi 167||Germany||Propeller||Dive bomber||||Production|||| |- |Fouga CM.175 Zéphyr M||France||Jet||Trainer||||Production|||| |- |Gasuden KR-2||Japan||Propeller||Transport||||Production|||| |-