50 Best Country Songs About Flying
Country songs for taking to the skies
There’s a certain rush that hits before your feet even leave the ground. Airports smell like bad coffee and recycled air, and your seat always feels smaller than it looked online, but then there’s that little jolt in your chest when the engines kick. You’re either chasing someone, running from something, or pretending it’s all for adventure. Country tracks that live in this space know the balance between nerves and freedom, the way a flight can feel like both escape and commitment. They stretch that first climb into something more than metal and altitude.
Flying can turn into a strange kind of stillness. Clouds roll past like slow motion scenery while the seatbelt sign clicks off and strangers tuck into novels or plastic cups of ginger ale. Some songs lean into that peace, letting steel guitars and soft harmonies blur the edges until the world feels far away. Others pull harder, using the momentum of takeoff as fuel, voices rising against the hum of the cabin. It’s the same instinct that runs through certain pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that somehow sound like motion even when you’re standing still.
Flights never all feel the same. Some hit turbulence that rattles the tray tables, others drift so smooth you forget you’re moving. Either way, the right country track turns the view from your window into its own little movie scene. Here are the best country songs for flying.
Top 10 Country Flying Songs
1. 'Drunk on a Plane'—Dierks Bentley
2. 'Leaving, on a Jet Plane'—John Denver
3. 'Watching Airplanes'—Gary Allan
4. 'Let Him Fly'—The Chicks
5. 'Fly Over States'—Jason Aldean
6. 'Born to Fly'—Sara Evans
7. 'Silver Wings'—Merle Haggard & The Strangers
8. 'Fly'—Maddie & Tae
9. 'I'll Fly Away'—Johnny Cash
10. 'If I Could Only Fly'—Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson
Country Songs About Airplanes #11—20
11. 'Paper Airplane'—Alison Krauss & Union Station
12. 'Baggage Claim'—Miranda Lambert
13. 'The Last Dollar (Fly Away)'—Tim McGraw
14. 'Outbound Plane'—Suzy Bogguss
15. 'L.A. International Airport'—Susan Raye
16. 'Flying or Crying'—Zach Bryan
17. 'If My Heart Had Wings'—Faith Hill
18. 'Kisses at Airports'—Cassadee Pope
19. 'God Made Airplanes'—Jason Aldean
20. 'Eagle When She Flies'—Dolly Parton
Country Songs for Flying #21—30
21. 'Flying over Water'—Jason Isbell
22. 'To the Airport'—Nickel Creek
23. 'Airplane'—Indigo Girls
24. '747'—Lady A
25. 'Time for Me to Fly'—Dolly Parton
26. 'Fly Trouble'—Hank Williams
27. 'Up and Flying'—Reba McEntire
28. 'If You're Gonna Fly Away'—Faith Hill
29. 'Let Her Fly'—Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, & Tammy Wynette
30. 'The Cape'—Guy Clark
Best Country Music About Flying #31—40
31. 'Flying Silver Eagle'—Jamey Johnson
32. 'Flying Cowboys'—Rickie Lee Jones
33. 'Flying Colors'—Keith Whitley
34. 'Flying Out of London'—The Long Ryders
35. 'To Live is to Fly'—Steve Earle
36. 'Falling and Flying'—Hunter Hayes
37. 'If Love Was a Plane'—Brad Paisley
38. 'Flyin' Shoes'—Townes Van Zandt
39. 'This Plane Don't Go There'—Jason Aldean
40. 'Tired of Flying'—Ryan Kinder
Country Songs with Flying Themes #41—50
41. 'Shut Up and Get on the Plane'—Drive-By Truckers
42. 'Faster Than My Angels Can Fly'—Eric Church
43. 'In the Early Morning Rain'—Gordon Lightfoot
44. 'Boeing Boeing 707'—Roger Miller
45. 'Fly Me to the Moon'—Willie Nelson
46. 'Where the Stars & Stripes & The Eagle Fly'—Aaron Tippin
47. 'Wings'—Jackson Dean
48. 'Let Her Fly'—The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
49. 'Getaway'—Saint Motel
50. 'I'm Mandy, Fly Me'—10cc
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