This is a list of notable aviatrices — women prominent in the field of aviation as constructors, designers, pilots and sponsors.

• Aida de Acosta — the first woman to fly a powered aircraft alone.^[1]
• Amelia Earhart — the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.^[2]
• Amelie Beese — the first woman pilot in Germany.^[3]
• Amy Johnson — the first woman to fly from England to Australia alone.^[4]
• Angela Masson — the first woman to qualify to fly a jumbo jet.^[5]

• Beryl Markham — the first woman to fly west across the Atlantic alone, direct from England to North America.^[6]
• Bessie Raiche — one of the first women to fly solo in the USA (see Blanche Scott).^[7]
• Bessie Coleman — the first African-American woman pilot^[8]
• Betty Miller — the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific.^[9]
• Beverly Burns — one of the first women to captain a jumbo jet (see Lynn Rippelmeyer).^[10]
• Blanche Scott — one of the first women to fly solo in the USA (see Bessie Raiche).^[11]
• Bobbi Trout — set endurance records and was the first woman to fly all night.^[12][13]

• Constance Leathart — the first British woman outside London to get a pilot's licence.^[14]

• Edna Gardner Whyte — trained many military pilots in WW2 and was the first female member of the Daedalian fraternity.^[15][16]
• Elinor Smith — the "Flying Flapper of Freeport" who was, at age sixteen, the youngest licensed pilot in the world.^[17][18]
• Elly Beinhorn — German enthusiast who made long-distance flights in every continent and flew around the world.^[19]

• Opal Kunz founding member and first president of the Ninety-Nines, and founding member and first president of the Betsy Ross Air Corps. As an instructor in the Civilian Pilot Training Program, she also trained over 400 cadets in the Air Corps during World War II.
• Fay Gillis Wells — founder member of the Ninety-Nines and its first secretary.^[20] One of the earliest female members of the Caterpillar Club.^[21]

• Hanna Reitsch — German glider pilot who established many records and became a test pilot in WW2.^[22]
• Harriet Quimby — the first woman to get a US pilot's licence and fly across the English Channel.^[23]
• Hélène Dutrieu — the first woman pilot in Belgium and to carry a passenger, she caused a sensation by flying without a corset.^[24]
• Hilda Hewlett — the first woman to get a British pilot's licence and to open the first flying school there.^[25]

• Ida Van Smith — educator who was the first African-American woman in the International Forest of Friendship.^[26]
• Ingrid Pedersen — the first woman to fly to over the North Pole.^[27]

• Jacqueline Auriol — a French test pilot who rivalled Jacqueline Cochran in breaking speed records.^[28]
• Jacqueline Cochran — the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound.^[29]
• Jeana Yeager — co-pilot of the first non-stop flight around the world without refuelling.^[30]
• Jennifer Murray — first woman to fly solo around the world in a helicopter.^[31][32]
• Jerrie Cobb — the first woman to fly in the Paris Air Show and to be tested as an astronaut.^[33][34]
• Jerrie Mock — first woman to fly solo around the world.^[35]

• Katherine Cheung — the first Chinese-American woman to get a pilot's licence.^[36]
• Katherine Stinson — the "Flying Schoolgirl" who was the first woman to loop the loop.^[37]

• Lettice Curtis — early member of the Air Transport Auxiliary and first woman to fly a four-engined bomber.^[38]
• Lilian Bland — built her own aircraft and was the first woman to fly in Ireland.^[39]
• Louise Thaden — winner of the first Powder Puff Derby.^[40]
• Lydia Litvyak — fighter ace who was the first woman to shoot down an aircraft.^[41]
• Lynn Rippelmeyer — one of the first women to captain a jumbo jet (see Beverly Burns).^[10]

• Maie Casey – first patron of the Australian Association of Woman Pilots.^[42]
• Margaret Ringenberg — started as a WASP and then won hundreds of trophies racing.^[43]
• Margot Duke, Marchioness of Reading — society beauty who was one of the first women in Britain to get a pilot's licence.^[44]
• Marie Marvingt — the first woman to fly from Europe to England across the North Sea by balloon.^[45]
• Mary, Lady Heath — the first woman to fly solo across Africa from Cape Town to Cairo.^[46]
• Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg — aeronautical engineer who became a Luftwaffe test pilot during WW2.^[47]
• Molly Rose — One of the few living female pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary who flew Spitfires during WW2.^[48]

• Neta Snook — The first woman to run an aviation business, she taught Amelia Earhart how to fly.^[49][50]

• Pancho Barnes — grand-daughter of balloonist Thaddeus Lowe, she founded the Women's Air Reserve, Associated Motion Picture Pilots and became the "Mother of the Air Force".^[51][52]
• Patty Wagstaff — The first woman to win the US Aerobatic Championship.^[53]
• Polly Vacher — Flew solo around the world in a record-breaking small plane.^[54]
• Princess Anne of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg — the second woman to attempt a flight across the Atlantic

• Raymonde de Laroche — The first woman in the world to get a pilot's licence.^[55]
• Ruth Law Oliver — The first woman pilot to wear a military uniform and the first to deliver air mail to the Philippines.^[56]
• Ruth Nichols — set many aviation records and started the first air ambulance service in the USA.^[57]

• Sabiha Gökçen
• Sheila Scott

• The Hon Mrs Victor Bruce

• Valentina Grizodubova
• Violet Cowden

• Wally Funk^[58]
• Willa Brown^[59]

• Air Transport Auxiliary
• Betsy Ross Air Corps
• Night Witches
• Ninety-Nines^[60]
• Women Airforce Service Pilots
• Women in Aviation, International
• Women's Air Derby
• Women's Auxiliary Air Force
• Women's Flying Training Detachment
• Women's Royal Air Force

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