Altair is a star in the Aquila constellation.
Altair may also refer to:
Organizations Altair Airlines, a regional airline that operated out of Philadelphia, Pa., US, from 1967 to 1982 Altair Semiconductor, a developer of 4G cellular communication semiconductors Altair Nanotechnologies Inc., manufacturer of energy storage systems Altair Engineering, an American product design and development, engineering software and cloud computing software company 4th Army Aviation Regiment "Altair", Italy
Entertainment Altair, a 1956 drama film Altair: A Record of Battles, a Japanese manga series Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair, an album by La Dispute
Fiction
Fictional characters Altaïr Ibn-LaʼAhad, a character in the Assassin's Creed video game series Altair, a character in the video game Bomberman 64 Altair the Black Knight, a character in the anime series Gear Fighter Dendoh Ratchet Altair, a character in the Sakura Wars universe Altair, a Mecha in the series Zegapain Altair, a form taken by the Japanese television character Kamen Rider Zeronos Altair, the name of one of Sheik Ilderim's horses in Ben Hur Altair, a mechanical bakugan in Bakugan new vestroia Altair, the name of a dragon in the video game Spyro The Dragon Altair, the main antagonist of the anime Re:Creators
Other uses in fiction Altair, a location in the Final Fantasy II video game Altair, a star in the Choose Your Own Adventure book, The Third Planet from Altair, by Edward Packard Altair IV, the planet on which the film Forbidden Planet is set Altair 4, a planet with almost no air, in Stephen King's Science Fiction book The Tommyknockers
Places Altair, São Paulo, a city in Brazil Jabal al-Tair Island, an island in the Red Sea Altair, Texas, a town in Colorado County, Texas, US Altair (Building), Colombo, Sri-Lanka
People Altair Gomes de Figueiredo (1938–2019), nickname Altair, Brazilian Football player Altaír Jarabo (born 1986), Mexican actress Altaír Tejeda de Tamez (1922–2015), Mexican writer
Technology Al-Ta'ir (satellite), an Iraqi satellite whose fate remains unknown Luch (satellite), a series of Russian relay satellites also known as Altair Altair 8800, known as the microcomputer that sparked the microcomputer revolution Altair BASIC, a BASIC interpreter for the microcomputer Altair (rocket stage), a rocket engine used in several anti-satellite weapons
Vehicles Altair (spacecraft), a lunar lander USS Altair, several US Navy ships USNS Altair (T-AKR-291), later SS Altair (T-AKR-297), a cargo ship of the US Navy's Military Sealift Command Lockheed Altair, an aircraft Altair (yacht), a schooner designed by William Fife Beriev Be-200 or Beriev Be-200 Altair, a multipurpose amphibious aircraft Piper PiperJet Altaire, a single-engined very light jet Altair (ship), Mexican oceanographic research vessel
Other uses Operation ALTAIR, a Canadian military operation Altair, a planet central to the New Age spiritual beliefs of Francis Younghusband Marine Scientific Research Institute of radioelectronics or MNIIRE Altair design bureau, developer of naval SA missile systems and radars
ALTAIR, a radar tracking station on Roi-Namur island in the north part of the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands "Altair 4", a song by Blind Guardian on the album Tales from the Twilight World Altair magazine, an Australian science fiction magazine edited by Robert N. Stephenson (ran seven issues, the last being a double issue #6/7)
See also Altar (disambiguation)