Aircraft are vehicles seen in the Mafia series.
History[]
Aircraft are fixed or rotary wing vehicles capable of self-sustaining flight, typically powered by either a rotary or jet engine. They appear in Mafia, Mafia II, and Mafia III. They are inoperable by the player and appear as scripted events or static displays.
Appearances[]
Mafia[]

Airplane in Mafia
- They first appear in Omerta at the Lost Heaven International Airport where they can be seen in hangars, on runways, and in the air.
- Their second appearance is in Crème De La Crème where Tommy Angelo, Sam, and Paulie shoot down Don Morello's airplane as it attempts to take off and escape Lost Heaven.
- In the mission Airplane Chase in the Free Ride Extreme mode, Tommy has to chase after an airplane with a car.
Mafia II[]

One of the two B-17's flying over Little Italy
- They first appear in Mafia II during Home Sweet Home, where a large formation of USAAF B-17 aircraft can be seen flying over Empire Bay as Joe Barbaro takes Vito Scaletta to Freddy's Bar in Little Italy.
- Later as Vito makes his way home after being dropped off by a taxi, two B-17 Flying Fortresses can be seen flying above.
- For the remainder of the game airplanes can be seen flying high above Empire Bay either alone or in formations of three.
Mafia III[]

Helicopter in Mafia III
- Airplanes appear in Mafia III as scripted events in the missions Are We Cool and Hot Rubber & Cold Blood, both involving air drops.
- They can also be seen parked on the tarmac of Marais Airport and the unnamed airport seen in North Lake.
- A crashed cargo plane is featured in Stones Unturned, which Lincoln Clay and John Donovan visit while tracking down The Nuke.
- After Lincoln and Donovan retrieve the nuke on the Unknown Island, it is airlifted away using a CH-47 Chinook helicopter.
Mafia: DE[]

Zeppelin at the Airport
- Frank Colletti and his family leave Lost Heaven in an aircraft in the mission Omerta.
- Don Morello attempts to escape in an aircraft during the mission Crème de la Crème before being shot down by Tommy Angelo, Paulie Lombardo, and Sam Trapani.
- They can be seen flying around Lost Heaven.
Gallery[]
Destroyed aircraft at Marais Airport
Airplane at Lost Heaven Airport
Airplane at Lost Heaven Airport
Airplane at Lost Heaven Airport
Trivia[]
- The airplanes in Mafia are based on the Ford Trimotor.
- In the 1940s era of Mafia II, radio announcer Lowell Harris of Press Radio News makes a reference to the World War II British fighter aircraft The Spitfire.
- In North Lake Airport of Mafia III, the airliners parked on the tarmac seem to resemble Boeing 707, an quad-jet airliner commonly flying worldwide in the 1960s.
- The airplanes in Mafia: Definitive Edition are based on the Metal Aircraft Flamingo and the Lockheed Model 10 Electra.