This is a list of women aviators — women prominent in the field of aviation as constructors, designers, pilots and patrons.

It also includes a list of their relevant organisations such as the Betsy Ross Air Corps and Women's Royal Air Force.

Individuals

A Amen Aamir, first women from Gilgit-Baltistan to qualify as a pilot Asli Hassan Abade, First African female fighter jet pilot. A prominent Somali Air Force pilot, military figure, and civil activist. Aida de Acosta (1884–1962), first woman to fly a powered aircraft alone Margaret Adams, Australian aviator; first president of the Australian Women's Flying Club, in 1938 Zoya Agarwal, world's youngest woman pilot to fly the Boeing 777 (2013), captained world's longest flight route over North Pole (2021) Leman Altınçekiç (1932–2001), first female accredited jet pilot (1958) in Turkey and NATO. Gaby Angelini (1911–1932), first Italian woman to complete a trans-European flight Princess Anne of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (1864–1927), second woman to attempt a flight across the Atlantic. Her plane never arrived, with she and her crew presumed dead. Kimberly Anyadike (born 1994), youngest African-American female pilot to complete a transcontinental flight Cecilia Aragon (born 1960), first Latina pilot on the United States Aerobatic Team Tamar Ariel (1989–2014), Israel's first Jewish female religiously observant air force pilot, in 2012 Jacqueline Auriol (1917–2000), French test pilot who rivalled Jacqueline Cochran in breaking speed records Micky Axton (1919–2010), one of the first three Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs) to be trained as a test pilot; first woman to fly a B-29

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Mary, Lady Bailey (1890-1960), Anglo-Irish aviator who flew from Croydon to Cape Town and back again, at the same time that her friend, Mary, Lady Heath, was making her one-way flight from Cape Town to Croydon. Pancho Barnes (1901–1975), granddaughter of balloonist Thaddeus Lowe; founded the Women's Air Reserve, Associated Motion Picture Pilots and became the "mother of the Air Force" Mary Barr (1925–2010), first female pilot to join the US Forest Service and become National Aviation Safety Officer Jean Batten (1909–1982), made first solo flight from United Kingdom to New Zealand in the 1930s Ann Baumgartner (1918–2008), test pilot; first American woman to fly a U.S. Army Air Forces jet aircraft (a Bell YP-59A jet fighter) Amelie Beese (1886–1925), first woman pilot in Germany Elly Beinhorn (1907–2007), German enthusiast who made long-distance flights on every continent and flew around the world Velta Benn (1917–2010), American pilot, first woman to land a military jet on a Navy aircraft carrier Dagny Berger (1903–1950), Norway's first woman aviator Susana Ferrari Billinghurst (1914–1999), Argentinian pilot; first woman in South America to gain a commercial pilot's license, in 1937 Lilian Bland (1878–1971), built her own aircraft; first woman to fly in Ireland Line Bonde (born c.1979), first Danish woman to become a fighter pilot, in 2006 Maude Bonney (1897–1994), Australian aviator who was the first female to fly from England to Australia in 1933 and to South Africa in 1937. Ana Branger (born early 1920s), early Venezuelan aviator Jill E. Brown (born 1950), first African American female pilot for a major US carrier Willa Brown (1906–1992), first black woman to hold both a commercial and private license in the US; founded the National Negro Airmen Association of America; first black female to be an officer in the Civil Air Patrol Mrs Victor Bruce (1895–1990), born Mildred Mary but most famous by her married name; first woman to fly around the world alone and the first to be prosecuted for speeding Millicent Bryant (1878–1927), first woman to earn a pilot's license in Australia Beverly Burns (born 1949), American pilot, possibly the first woman to captain a jumbo jet (see Lynn Rippelmeyer)

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Mary Calcaño (1906–1992), first Venezuelan woman to be granted a pilot's license Traniela Campolieto, first transgender woman to be an arline pilot in the history of Argentina and of Latin America. Maie Casey (1892–1983), first patron of the Australian Association of Woman Pilots

Pearl Laska Chamberlain (1909–2012), first woman to solo a single-engine airplane up the Alaska Highway (1946) Touria Chaoui (1936–1959), first female pilot in Morocco at sixteen years old Katherine Cheung (1904–2003), first Chinese-American woman to get a pilot's license Karen Chilton Cunningham (born 1956), First woman to pilot the KC135 Q model refueling the SR71, first group of 10 ROTC women to go to pilot training (1978) Robyn Clay-Williams, one of the first two female pilots in the Royal Australian Air Force and the service's first female test pilot Jerrie Cobb (1931–2019), first woman to fly in the Paris Air Show and to be tested as an astronaut Jacqueline Cochran (1908–1980), first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound Bessie Coleman (1892–1926), first African-American woman pilot, earned her license in France 1921 Eileen Collins (born 1956), former test pilot and NASA astronaut; first female pilot and first female commander of a space shuttle Linda Corbould, first woman to command a Royal Australian Air Force flying squadron Nancy Corrigan (1912–1983), an Irish-born, early U.S. aviator who became a successful instructor and commercial pilot Jessica Cox (born 1983), world's first armless licensed pilot Mary Rawlinson Creason (1924–2021), first woman hired by the Government of Michigan Gráinne Cronin (born c. 1953), first female pilot hired by Aer Lingus, the national airline of Ireland Yvonne Cunha (1945-2023), first Belgian woman to become a commercial airline pilot Lettice Curtis (1915–2014), early member of the Air Transport Auxiliary; first woman to fly a four-engined bomber

D Mildred Inks Davidson Dalrymple (1920–2012), military aviator Susan Darcy (born 1956), first female test pilot for Boeing Irene Dean-Williams (1903–1946) Australian aviator Patricia A. Denkler (born 1952), first woman to land a plane on an aircraft carrier. Mildred Doran (1905-1927), only woman to enter the Dole Air Race from California to Hawaii. Her plane, the Miss Doran, was one of two that went missing during the race, their occupants presumed dead. Vera Strodl Dowling (1918–2015), Danish World War II test pilot and later flight instructor in Alberta, Canada Mariana Drăgescu (1912–2013), Romanian military pilot in World War II Winifred Drinkwater (1913-1996), identified modifications that improved the performance of the Hurricane and Spitfire. Drinkwater is commemorated by a mural in Cardonald, Glasgow Margot Duke, Marchioness of Reading (1919–2015), society beauty who was one of the first women in Britain to get a pilot's license Maxine Dunlap (1908–1977), first woman glider pilot and first woman glider club president in the U.S. Hélène Dutrieu (1877–1961), first woman pilot in Belgium and to carry a passenger; caused a sensation by flying without a corset

E Amelia Earhart (1897–1937), first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Amelia Rose Earhart (born 1983), reporter and pilot Ruth Elder (1902–1977), pilot and actress known as the "Miss America of Aviation" Mary Ellis (1917–2018), one of the last surviving British women pilots from World War II Lotfia Elnadi (1907–2002), the first African woman, first Arab woman, and first Egyptian woman to earn her pilot’s license in 1933.

F Rosina Ferrario (1888–1957), first Italian woman to receive a pilot's license, in January 1913 Amalia Celia Figueredo (1895–1985), Argentine aviator; first woman in Argentina, and possibly Latin America, to obtain a pilot's license in 1914 with Paul Castaibert Kathleen Fox (born 1951), Canadian flight instructor, air traffic controller and business executive Mathilde Franck (1866–1956), early French aviator; learned to fly in 1910 Elisabeth Friske (died 1987), first West German woman to become a commercial airline pilot Wally Funk (born 1939), one of the Mercury 13; first female air safety investigator at the FAA

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Maggie Gee (1923–2013), American aviator who served in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) in World War II Julie Ann Gibson (born 1956), Flight Lieutenant Julie Ann Gibson was the first full-time female pilot for the Royal Air Force when she graduated in 1991 Betty Gillies (1908–1998), pioneering American aviator; first pilot to qualify for the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron Ninel Gharajyan (1916-2001) became the first Armenian woman pilot and parachutist. Maya Ghazal, Syrian refugee and pilot Sabiha Gökçen (1913–2001), adopted by Kemal Atatürk; World's first female combat pilot Patricia Graham (1928–2016), Australian aviator, founding member of the Australian Women Pilots' Association in 1950 Frances Wilson Grayson (1892-1927), disappeared, presumed dead, while flying from Long Island to Newfoundland, where she and her crew had planned to attempt at a transatlantic flight. Valentina Grizodubova (1909–1993), long distance flyer and wartime hero; the most decorated woman in the Soviet Union Mette Grøtteland (born 1969), first female fighter pilot of The Royal Norwegian Air Force.

H Melissa Haney (born 1981), Air Inuit's first female Inuk pilot to become captain Else Haugk (1889–1973), first Swiss woman to earn a pilot's license, in May 1914 Mary, Lady Heath (1896–1939), first woman to fly solo across Africa from Cape Town to Cairo Janet Hendry (1906-2004), first woman pilot in Scotland Jane Herveu (1885–1955), pioneering French aviator; received her license on 7 December 1910 Hilda Hewlett (1864–1943), first woman to get a British pilot's license and to open the first flying school there Trevor Hunter (1915–2002), early New Zealand aviator Tadashi Hyōdō (1899–1980), first woman to obtain a pilot's license in Japan, in March 1922.

J Gidsken Jakobsen (1908–1990), Norwegian aviation pioneer Suzanne Jannin (1912–1982), French Air Force pilot in Indochina Mary Goodrich Jenson (1907–2004), first woman to fly solo to Cuba; first woman to earn a pilot's license in Connecticut"Mary Goodrich Jenson" . Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame. Amy Johnson (1903–1941), first woman to fly from England to Australia alone

K Elvy Kalep (1899–1989), Estonia's first female pilot Irena Kempówna (1920-2002), Polish glider pilot, record-breaking aviator and flight instructor. Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell (born 1976), first African American female fighter pilot in U.S. Air Force Zinaïda Kokorina (1898–1980), Russian pilot and flight instructor, in 1925 became the world's first female military pilot Opal Kunz (1894–1967), founding member and first president of the Ninety-Nines; founding member and first president of the Betsy Ross Air Corps; as an instructor in the Civilian Pilot Training Program, she trained over 400 cadets in the Air Corps during World War II Kwon Ki-ok (1901-1988), first woman aviator in Korea, who became a lieutenant colonel in the air force for the Republic of China. Went on to help found the South Korean Air Force.

L Raymonde de Laroche (1882–1919), first woman in the world to get a pilot's license Constance Leathart (1903–1993), first British woman outside London to get a pilot's license Hazel Ying Lee (1912–1944), Chinese-American pilot who flew for the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II Olga Lisikova (1916–2011), only woman pilot-in-command of a C-47 Skytrain in the Soviet Air Force Lydia Litvyak (1921–1943), fighter ace; first woman to shoot down an aircraft Ila Loetscher (1904–2000), female aviation pioneer and activist on behalf of sea turtles Rose Lok (1912–1978), first female Chinese-American pilot in New England Linda Pauwels (1963–), First Latina Captain and First Latina Check Airman at American Airlines, as well as the youngest woman jet captain (cargo) at age 25

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