| 100% | WINGSPAN | 8 | Width of a plane from tip to tip |
| 62% | SAS | 3 | Letters on the side of a plane from Beijing to Oslo, say |
| 52% | WINGSPAN | 8 | Width of a plane or of a bird |
| 52% | NOSE | 4 | Tip of a plane |
| 50% | SKYDIVE | 7 | To freefall out of a plane |
| 49% | WINGSPAN | 8 | Distance from tip to tip or a bird's wings |
| 48% | LIBERTY | 7 | Statue of __, a present from France to the USA |
| 48% | SKYDIVE | 7 | To jump from a plane |
| 48% | COPILOT | 7 | Flying assistant to the captain of a plane |
| 46% | TAIL | 4 | Part of a plane that's furthest to the back |
| 46% | ESCAPE | 6 | To get away from, out of a restraint |
| 46% | PULLITTOGETHER | 14 | Tip from a gym teacher about how to win at tug-of-war? |
| 45% | APICALLY | 8 | Relating to the tip of a pyramid |
| 45% | CONTRAIL | 8 | Follower of a plane ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 45% | MINARET | 7 | Part of a mosque from which the call to prayer is made |
| 45% | STERN | 5 | From stem to ___ (along the whole length of a ship) |
| 45% | DECLAW | 6 | To remove the nails from the paws of a cat |
| 44% | GOODNIGHT | 9 | "... and to all a ___!" (end of "A Visit from St. Nicholas") |
| 44% | SKYDIVING | 9 | Jumping from a plane for the thrill of it |
| 44% | SAFEROOM | 8 | Part of a house to hide from a threat |
| 44% | WEST | 4 | Part of a country moniker from 1949 to 1990 |
| 44% | SORE | 4 | Feeling the consequences of trying to nap on a plane |
| 44% | SONICBOOM | 9 | Noise from a plane flying above the speed of sound |
| 44% | WORKFLOW | 8 | Order of processes from start to end of a job |
| 44% | HANDOFF | 7 | Transfer of the football from a quarterback to a runner |
| 44% | KOREA | 5 | Site of a war that lasted from 1950 to 1953 |
| 44% | SCI | 3 | ___ Fi (name of a cable channel from 1999 to 2009) |
| 44% | WIDTH | 5 | Measurement from one side of a pool to the other |
| 44% | ABCS | 4 | Subject of a book that goes from apple to zebra |
| 44% | JAMSPOON | 8 | Device to get spreads from the bottom of a jar |