Geometric airplane tattoo on the right shoulder

Airplane Tattoo Ideas That Will Make You Want To Travel Right Now

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Airplane tattoo is a favorite choice of those who love to travel. Also, if you’re in love with the aeronautics – here’s another reason for you to get it. A small plane tattoo looks beautiful both on men or women, but what does it mean? And what different styles of planes you can get? In this post, we’re going to find out the answers to those questions. And as always – we’ve prepared a fantastic plane tattoo gallery at the end of the article. So, scroll down if you’re already know everything about plane tattoos.

Geometric airplane on the right shoulder
Geometric airplane on the right shoulder
Airplane tattoo with geometric elements on the forearm
Airplane tattoo with geometric elements on the forearm
Plane and world map tattoos on both forearms
Plane and world map tattoos on both forearms
Linear jet airliner on the right rib cage
A linear jet airliner on the right rib cage
Realistic airplane tattoo with the coordinates
Realistic airplane tattoo with the coordinates

Airplane tattoo meaning

Since the dawn of time, people always wanted to get up into the sky and fly. During the aviation history, there were many tries to learn how to do it. In 852 AD, Abbas ibn Firnas jumped out of the tower with his self-made flying machine and flew a considerable distance. In that time, he couldn’t even imagine that the humans one day will be using planes on a daily basis.

Tiny airplane with dashed contrail tattoo on the chest
Tiny airplane with dashed contrail tattoo on the chest
Little black plane tattoo on the index finger
Another little black plane tattoo on the index finger
Jet liner on the left collarbone
Jetliner on the left collarbone

Until we mastered the science of aeronautics, people could only imagine what would it felt like to fly above the clouds. Today, the airplane is one of the most popular and most convenient ways of traveling. Because of the planes, we can now access the most remote places in the earth. Also, we can complete long distances in only 3 or 5 hours. According to the Flightradar24.com, there are around 15,000 airplanes all over the world every moment up in the sky. In other words, we can’t imagine our modern world without the planes, can you?

Floral plane tattoo
Floral plane tattoo
Flypast tattoo on the left inner wrist
Flypast tattoo on the left inner wrist
Dotwork airplane tattoo with a heart shaped contrail
Dot-work airplane tattoo with a heart-shaped contrail

Therefore, the airplane is a universal symbol or travel, discovery, and exploration. It is a final product of many years of engineering, constructing, testing, failing and even many deaths. So, it is also a symbol of respect to all those people who worked so hard for us to enjoy its benefits.

Optically glitching black and grey airplane tattoo on the forearm
Optically glitching black and grey airplane tattoo on the forearm
Aircraft filled with cloud background tattoo
Aircraft filled with cloud background tattoo
Plane tattoo in a cirlce with the clouds
Plane tattoo in a circle with the clouds

Airplane tattoo – perfect choice both for men and women

Recently, planes became quite a popular tattoo idea among men and women. However, ladies prefer simpler and minimalist style tattoos. For airplanes, they choose ankles, wrists, arms or shoulders. Besides the aircraft, girls also like to complement it with a heart, arrow or some other little symbol which indicates that they love to travel.

Outline black plane on the left rib
Outline black plane on the left rib
Airplane bracelet tattoo
Airplane bracelet tattoo
Solid black airplane tattoo on the left forearm
Solid black airplane tattoo on the left forearm
Little red plane tattoo on the left wrist
Little red plane tattoo on the left wrist

Meanwhile, the men are admirers of warplanes and more technical side of the aircraft. So they like to get an airplane in a more detailed style. But we can see that more and more men also tend to get minimal tattoos. They usually prefer arms or wrists for the placement of the plane tattoos.

Airplane coming out of a double triangle
Airplane coming out of a double triangle
Small business jet tattoo
Small business jet tattoo
Paper plane and a shadow of the war jet aircraft tattoo on the arm
Paper plane and a shadow of the war jet aircraft tattoo on the arm
Detailed aircraft tattoo with the contrails
Detailed aircraft tattoo with the contrails

Airplane tattoo ideas

So, you now know what the meaning of the plane symbol is. Airplane tattoos are usually minimal, but we encourage you to be creative and to think your original design. A plane is a great way to express your love for traveling. Take a look at our list of epic airplane tattoos. We hope you’ll enjoy these ideas and will find the perfect one!

Outline black plane tattoo
Outline black plane tattoo
Disappearing dot work aircraft
Disappearing dot-work aircraft
Micro airplane
Micro airplane
Negative space dotwork style airplane on the left forearm
Negative space dot-work style airplane on the left forearm
Absolutely gorgeous small airplane tattoo on the forearm
Gorgeous small airplane tattoo on the forearm
Floral airplane tattoo on the upper arm
Another floral airplane tattoo on the upper arm
Colorful airplane on the left hip
Colorful plane on the left hip
Teal and blue plane on the forearm
Teal and blue plane on the forearm
Little black airplane
Another little black airplane
Cessna 182 skylane light airplane tattoo on the back
Cessna 182 Skylane light airplane tattoo on the back
Triple white airplane tattoo on the arm
Triple white airplane tattoo on the arm
Aircraft and heart shaped contrail
Aircraft and heart-shaped contrail
Matching aircraft tattoos on wrists
Matching aircraft tattoos on wrists
Linear airplane tattoo with a heartbeat wave
Another linear airplane tattoo with a heartbeat wave
Airplane silhouette tattoo
Airplane silhouette tattoo
Military transport aircraft tattoo on the forearm
Military transport aircraft tattoo on the forearm
Colorful plane tattoo on the left rib cage
Colorful plane tattoo on the left rib cage
Super tiny outline airplane tattoo on the right foot
Super tiny outline airplane tattoo on the right foot
Linear aircraft tattoo on the inner forearm
Another linear aircraft tattoo on the inner forearm
Airplane window tattoo on the right forearm
Airplane window tattoo on the right forearm
Cool aircraft tattoo on the right ankle
Cool aircraft tattoo on the right ankle
Double exposure plane and mountains tattoo
Double exposure plane and mountains tattoo
Black dot work paper plane on the bicep
Black dot-work paper plane on the bicep
Tribal airplane
Tribal airplane
Black airplane with a paper plane going behind
Another black airplane with a paper plane going behind
Abstract geometric plane on the thigh
Abstract geometric aircraft on the thigh