List of aircraft carriers in service

This is a list of aircraft carriers which are currently in service, under maintenance or refit, in reserve, under construction, or being updated. An aircraft carrier is a warship with a full-length flight deck, hangar and facilities for arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft.^[1] The list only refers to the status of the ship, not availability or condition of an air wing. This includes helicopter carriers and also amphibious assault ships, if the vessel's primary purpose is to carry, arm, deploy, and recover aircraft.

  Countries currently operating fixed-wing aircraft carriers (10)

  Countries currently solely operating helicopter carriers (6)

  Historic operators of carriers (3)

Summary

Country	Navy	Commiss­ioned	In reserve	Undergoing trials	Fitting out	Under construction	Ordered	Planned
Australia	Royal Australian Navy	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brazil	Brazilian Navy	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
China	People's Liberation Army Navy	6	0	1	1	1	0	4
Egypt	Egyptian Navy	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
France	French Navy	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
India	Indian Navy	2 [2]	0	0	0	0	0	6
Iran	Iranian Navy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italy	Italian Navy	2 [3]	0	0	0	0	0	3
Japan	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russia	Russian Navy	1 [4]	0	0	0	2	0	1
South Korea	Republic of Korea Navy	2	0	0	0	0	0	3
Spain	Spanish Navy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thailand	Royal Thai Navy	1 [5]	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkey	Turkish Naval Forces	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
United Kingdom	Royal Navy	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
United States	United States Navy	20	0	1	1	3	3	10

Commissioned carriers

Country	Class	Name (hull number)	Length	Tonnage	Propulsion	Type	Classification	Commissioned
Australia	Canberra (modified Juan Carlos I-class)	Canberra (L02)	230 230 m (750 ft)	027100 27,100 t	Conventional	STOVL	LHD	28 November 2014
		Adelaide (L01)	230 230 m (750 ft)	027100 27,100 t				4 December 2015
Brazil	Ocean	Atlântico (A140)	203.4 203.4 m (667 ft)	021500 21,500 t	Conventional	VTOL	LPH	29 June 2018 [6]
China	Type 001 (modified Kuznetsov-class) [7]	Liaoning (16)	306.4 306.4 m (1,005 ft)	060900 60,900 t [8]	Conventional	STOBAR	Aircraft carrier	25 September 2012 [9]
	Type 002 (modified Kuznetsov-class)	Shandong (17)	305 305 m (1,001 ft)[citation needed]	060000 60,000 t [10]	Conventional	STOBAR	Aircraft carrier	17 December 2019
	Type 075	Hainan (31)	232 232 m (761 ft) [11]	036000 36,000 t	Conventional	VTOL	LHD	23 April 2021 [12]
		Guangxi (32)	232 232 m (761 ft) [11]	036000 36,000 t				26 December 2021 [13]
		Anhui (33)	232 232 m (761 ft) [11]	036000 36,000 t				1 October 2022 [14]
		Hubei (34)	232 232 m (761 ft) [11]	036000 36,000 t				1 August 2025 [15]
Egypt	Mistral	Gamal Abdel Nasser (L1010)	199 199 m (653 ft)	021300 21,300 t	Conventional	VTOL	LHD	2 June 2016
		Anwar El Sadat (L1020)	199 199 m (653 ft)	021300 21,300 t				16 September 2016 [16]
France	Charles de Gaulle	Charles de Gaulle (R91)	262 262 m (860 ft)	042000 42,000 t	Nuclear	CATOBAR	Aircraft carrier	18 May 2001
	Mistral	Mistral (L9013)	199 199 m (653 ft)	021300 21,300 t	Conventional	VTOL	LHD	1 February 2006
		Tonnerre (L9014)	199 199 m (653 ft)	021300 21,300 t				1 December 2006
		Dixmude (L9015)	199 199 m (653 ft)	021300 21,300 t				27 December 2012
India	Vikramaditya (modified Kiev-class)	Vikramaditya (R33)	284 284 m (932 ft)	045400 45,400 t	Conventional	STOBAR	Aircraft carrier	16 November 2013 [17]
	Vikrant	Vikrant (R11)	262 262 m (860 ft)	045000 45,000 t	Conventional	STOBAR	Aircraft carrier	2 September 2022 [18]
Iran	Shahid Bagheri	Shahid Bagheri (C110-4)	240.2 240.2 m (788 ft)	041978 41,978 t	Conventional	V/STOL	Drone carrier	6 February 2025 [19]
Italy	Cavour	Cavour (C 550)	244 244 m (801 ft)	030000 30,000 t [20]	Conventional	STOVL	Aircraft carrier	27 March 2008
	Trieste	Trieste (L9890)	245 245 m (804 ft)	030000 38,000 t	Conventional	STOVL [21]	Aircraft carrier	7 December 2024
Japan	Izumo	Izumo (DDH-183)	248 248 m (814 ft)	027000 27,000 t	Conventional	VTOL	Helicopter Destroyer / Light aircraft carrier (from 2024)	25 March 2015
		Kaga (DDH-184)	248 248 m (814 ft)	027000 27,000 t			Helicopter Destroyer / Light aircraft carrier (from 2024)	22 March 2017
	Hyūga	Hyūga (DDH-181)	197 197 m (646 ft)	019000 19,000 t	Conventional	VTOL	Helicopter Destroyer	18 March 2009
		Ise (DDH-182)	197 197 m (646 ft)	019000 19,000 t				16 March 2011
Russia	Kuznetsov	Admiral Kuznetsov (063)	306.5 306.5 m (1,006 ft)	058600 58,600 t	Conventional	STOBAR	Aircraft cruiser	21 January 1991
South Korea	Dokdo	Dokdo (LPH-6111)	199 199 m (653 ft)	018800 18,800 t	Conventional	VTOL	LPH	3 July 2007
		Marado (LPH-6112)	199 199 m (653 ft)	018800 18,800 t				28 June 2021
Spain	Juan Carlos I	Juan Carlos I (L61)	231 231 m (758 ft)	026000 26,000 t	Conventional	STOVL	LHD	30 September 2010
Thailand	Príncipe de Asturias	Chakri Naruebet (911)	183 183 m (600 ft)	011486 11,486 t	Conventional	STOVL	Light aircraft carrier (since 2006 used as a helicopter carrier)	10 August 1997
Turkey	Anadolu	Anadolu (L-400)	230.8 230.8 m (757 ft)	027500 27,500 t	Conventional	V/STOL	LHD	10 April 2023
United Kingdom	Queen Elizabeth	Queen Elizabeth (R08)	280 280 m (920 ft)	080600 80,600 t	Conventional (IEP)	STOVL	Aircraft carrier	7 December 2017
		Prince of Wales (R09) [22]	280 280 m (920 ft)	080600 80,600 t				10 December 2019 [23]
United States	Ford	Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) [24]	337 337 m (1,106 ft)	101600 101,600 t	Nuclear	CATOBAR	Aircraft carrier	22 July 2017
	Nimitz	Nimitz (CVN-68) [25] [26]	333 333 m (1,093 ft)	101600 101,600 t	Nuclear	CATOBAR	Aircraft carrier	3 May 1975
		Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) [25] [26]	333 333 m (1,093 ft)	103300 103,300 t				18 October 1977
		Carl Vinson (CVN-70)	333 333 m (1,093 ft)	102900 102,900 t				13 March 1982
		Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)	333 333 m (1,093 ft)	106300 106,300 t				25 October 1986
		Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) [25] [26]	333 333 m (1,093 ft)	106000 106,000 t				11 November 1989
		George Washington (CVN-73)	333 333 m (1,093 ft)	105900 105,900 t				4 July 1992
		John C. Stennis (CVN-74)	333 333 m (1,093 ft)	105000 105,000 t				9 December 1995
		Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)	333 333 m (1,093 ft)	105600 105,600 t				25 July 1998
		Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)	333 333 m (1,093 ft)	103000 103,000 t				12 July 2003
		George H.W. Bush (CVN-77)	333 333 m (1,093 ft)	103600 103,600 t				10 January 2009
	America	America (LHA-6)	257 257 m (843 ft)	045000 45,000 t	Conventional	STOVL	LHA (Flight 0 used as helicopter carriers)	11 October 2014 [27]
		Tripoli (LHA-7)	257 257 m (843 ft)	045000 45,000 t				15 July 2020
	Wasp	Wasp (LHD-1)	257 257 m (843 ft)	040532 40,532 t	Conventional	STOVL	LHD	29 July 1989
		Essex (LHD-2)	257 257 m (843 ft)	040650 40,650 t				17 October 1992
		Kearsarge (LHD-3)	257 257 m (843 ft)	040500 40,500 t				16 October 1993
		Boxer (LHD-4)	257 257 m (843 ft)	040722 40,722 t				11 February 1995
		Bataan (LHD-5)	257 257 m (843 ft)	040358 40,358 t				20 September 1997
		Iwo Jima (LHD-7)	257 257 m (843 ft)	040530 40,530 t				30 June 2001
		Makin Island (LHD-8)	257 257 m (843 ft)	041649 41,649 t				24 October 2009
Country	Class	Name (hull number)	Length	Tonnage	Propulsion	Type	Classification	Commissioned

Carriers undergoing sea trials

Country	Class	Ship (hull number)	Length	Tonnage	Propulsion	Type	Commissioning	Status
China	Type 003	Fujian	316 316 m (1,037 ft)	080000 80,000+ t	Conventional	CATOBAR [28]	2025–2026 (planned) [29]	Undergoing sea trials

Carriers fitting out

Country	Class	Ship (hull number)	Length	Tonnage	Propulsion	Type	Commissioning	Status
China	Type 076	Sichuan [30]	252.3 252.3 m (828 ft) [11]	050000 50,000 t	Conventional	CATOBAR	2027 (planned) [30]	Fitting out [31]
United States	Ford	John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) [32]	337 337 m (1,106 ft)	100000 100,000 t	Nuclear	CATOBAR	2027 (planned) [33]	Fitting out
	America	Bougainville (LHA-8)	257 257 m (843 ft)	045000 45,000 t	Conventional	STOVL	2026 (planned) [34]	Fitting out

Carriers under construction

Country	Class	Ship (hull number)	Length	Tonnage	Propulsion	Type	Commissioning	Status
China	Type 004	TBD	TBD	110000 110,000 t	Nuclear	CATOBAR	TBD	Under construction [35]
Russia	Project 23900	Ivan Rogov [36][37]	220 220 m (720 ft)	040000 40,000 t	Conventional	VTOL	2028 (planned)	Under construction
		Mitrofan Moskalenko [36]	220 220 m (720 ft)	040000 40,000 t			2029 (planned)	Under construction
Turkey	MUGEM-class aircraft carrier	TBD	285 285 m (935 ft)	060000 60,000 t	Conventional	STOBAR	2032 (planned) [38]	Under construction [38]
United States	Ford	Enterprise (CVN-80)	333 333 m (1,093 ft)	100000 100,000 t	Nuclear	CATOBAR	2030 (planned) [33]	Under construction
		Doris Miller (CVN-81)	333 333 m (1,093 ft)	100000 100,000 t			2032 (planned)	Under construction [43]
	America	Fallujah (LHA-9)	257 257 m (843 ft)	045000 45,000 t	Conventional	STOVL	2030 (planned) [34]	Under construction

Carriers ordered

Country	Class	Ship (hull number)	Length	Tonnage	Propulsion	Type	Commissioned	Notes
United States	Ford	William J. Clinton (CVN-82)	333 333 m (1,093 ft)	100000 100,000 t	Nuclear	CATOBAR	2034 (planned)	[40] [41]
		George W. Bush (CVN-83)	333 333 m (1,093 ft)	100000 100,000 t			TBD
	America	Helmand Province (LHA-10) [44]	257 257 m (843 ft)	045000 45,000 t	Conventional	STOVL	TBD	[45]

Other planned carriers

Country	Class	Ship (hull number)	Length	Tonnage	Propulsion	Type	Commissioned
Brazil	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD [46][47]
China	Type 075[citation needed]	TBD	232 232 m (761 ft) [11]	036000 36,000 t	Conventional	VTOL	TBD
		TBD	232 232 m (761 ft) [11]	036000 36,000 t			TBD
		TBD	232 232 m (761 ft) [11]	036000 36,000 t			TBD
		TBD	232 232 m (761 ft) [11]	036000 36,000 t			TBD
France	PANG	TBD	300 300 m (980 ft)	075000 75,000 t [48]	Nuclear [49]	CATOBAR	2038+ (planned) [50]
India	Vikrant	IAC-II [51]	TBD	045000 45,000 t [51]	Conventional	STOBAR	2030–2035
	Vishal	Vishal (IAC-III) [52]	TBD	065000 65,000 t [53] [54]	Conventional/Nuclear [55]	CATOBAR	2040 (planned) [56]
	MRSV	TBD [57]	TBD	030000 30,000 t	Conventional	VTOL/STOVL	TBD
		TBD [57]	TBD	030000 30,000 t			TBD
		TBD [57]	TBD	030000 30,000 t			TBD
		TBD [57]	TBD	030000 30,000 t			TBD
Italy	LxD	TBD	160 160 m (520 ft)	016500 16,500 t	Conventional	STOVL	2028–2030 (planned) [58]
		TBD	160 160 m (520 ft)	016500 16,500 t			2028–2030 (planned) [58]
		TBD	160 160 m (520 ft)	016500 16,500 t			2031+ (planned) [58]
Russia	Project 23000 aircraft carrier/Shtorm	TBD	330 330 m (1,080 ft)	100000 100,000 t	TBD	STOBAR	2025+ (planned)
South Korea	CVX	TBD	TBD	040000 40,000 t	Conventional	STOVL	2030–2033 (planned) [59] [60]
		TBD	TBD	040000 40,000 t			TBD [59] [60]
		TBD	TBD	040000 40,000 t			TBD [59] [60]
Spain	Juan Carlos I-class	TBD	232 232 m (761 ft)	026000 26,000 t	Conventional	STOVL	TBD[61]
	TBD	TBD	TBD	040000 40,000 t	Conventional	CATOBAR	TBD[61][62]
Turkey	Anadolu (modified Juan Carlos I-class)	Trakya (TBD)	232 232 m (761 ft)	026000 26,000 t	Conventional	STOVL	TBD [63]
United States	Ford	TBD (CVN-84) [41]	333 333 m (1,093 ft)	100000 100,000 t	Nuclear	CATOBAR	TBD
		TBD (CVN-85) [41]	333 333 m (1,093 ft)	100000 100,000 t			TBD
		TBD (CVN-86) [41]	333 333 m (1,093 ft)	100000 100,000 t			TBD
		TBD (CVN-87) [41]	333 333 m (1,093 ft)	100000 100,000 t			TBD
	America	TBD (LHA-11) [64]	257 257 m (843 ft)	045000 45,000 t	Conventional	STOVL	TBD
		TBD (LHA-12) [64]	257 257 m (843 ft)	045000 45,000 t			TBD
		TBD (LHA-13) [64]	257 257 m (843 ft)	045000 45,000 t			TBD
		TBD (LHA-14) [64]	257 257 m (843 ft)	045000 45,000 t			TBD
		TBD (LHA-15) [64]	257 257 m (843 ft)	045000 45,000 t			TBD
		TBD (LHA-16) [64]	257 257 m (843 ft)	045000 45,000 t			TBD

Carriers being updated

Country	Class	Ship (hull number)	Propulsion	Commissioned	Shipyard	Date Started	Date Completed
Russia	Kuznetsov	Admiral Kuznetsov (063)	Conventional	21 January 1991	Murmansk	2017	TBD [65]
United States	Nimitz	John C. Stennis (CVN-74)	Nuclear	9 December 1995	Newport News	May 2021 [66]	October 2026 (planned) [67]
United States	Nimitz	Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)	Nuclear	25 July 1998	Newport News	2026+ (planned) [68]	TBD

See also

• List of aircraft carriers (all time)
• List of aircraft carriers by configuration
• List of aircraft carriers by country
• List of aircraft carrier classes in service
• List of sunken aircraft carriers
• Timeline for aircraft carrier service

Notes