Air is the name given to the

atmosphere of Earth The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, known collectively as air, retained by Earth's gravity that surrounds the planet and forms its planetary atmosphere. The atmosphere of Earth protects life on Earth by creating pressure allowing for ...

. Air or AIR may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Art

* ''Air'' (Maillol), a sculpture by Aristide Maillol * ''Air'' (painting), a painting by Jan van Kessel the Elder

Films

* ''Air'' (2005 film), a 2005 anime adaptation of the visual novel * ''Air'' (2015 film), an American post-apocalyptic film * ''Air'' (2023 film), an American biographical drama film *" Air/Love is destructive", the first half of ''The End of Evangelion'', a 1997 anime film

Music

Groups

* Air (French band), a French electronic music duo *

Air (free jazz trio) The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, known collectively as air, retained by Earth's gravity that surrounds the planet and forms its planetary atmosphere. The atmosphere of Earth protects life on Earth by creating pressure allowing for ...

, founded in 1971 *

Air (jazz rock band) Air was an American jazz rock band mainly active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. History The band's self-titled debut album was released in 1971 by Embryo Records, which had been founded by Herbie Mann in 1969. The four core band members w ...

, a jazz rock group featuring Tom and Googie Coppola *

Air (singer) AIR is a name under which Kōji Kurumatani (車谷浩司) released his songs from 1996 to 2009, succeeded by Laika Came Back. He started AIR two months after SPIRAL LIFE broke up in April 1996. His work is noted for lyrics that take on social is ...

, Japanese singer

Albums

* ''Air'' (Cecil Taylor album), 1960 * ''Air'' (Agua de Annique album), 2007 * ''Air'' (Astronoid album), 2016 * ''Air'' (Sault album), 2022 *''Air'', an album by

, 1971 *''Air'', an album by

Pete Namlook Pete Namlook (born 25 November 1960 as Peter Kuhlmann in Frankfurt, West Germany, died on 8 November 2012) was an ambient and electronic music producer and composer. In 1992, he founded the German record label FAX +49-69/450464, which he oversaw ...

, 1993 *''Air'', an album by Kym, 2005 *''Air'', an album by

Andreas Vollenweider Andreas Vollenweider (born 4 October 1953) is a Swiss harpist. He is generally categorised as a new-age musician and uses a modified electroacoustic harp of his own design. He has worked with Bobby McFerrin, Carly Simon, Luciano Pavarotti and in ...

, 2009 *''AIR'', an EP by Afgan, 2019

Songs

* "Air" (song), by Tyson Ritter, 2013 *"Air", a song in the musical ''

Hair Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals. The human body, apart from areas of glabrous skin, is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and f ...

'' *"Air", a song by

Ekseption Ekseption was a Dutch rock band active from 1967 to 1989, playing mostly-instrumental progressive rock and classical rock. The central character in the changing roster, and the only band member present on every album, was conservatory-trained tru ...

from their self-titled 1969 album ''Ekseption'' *"Air", a song by Brian Eno and Talking Heads from the 1979 album ''

Fear of Music ''Fear of Music'' is the third studio album by American rock band Talking Heads, released on August 3, 1979, by Sire Records. It was recorded at locations in New York City during April and May 1979 and was produced by Brian Eno and Talking Heads. ...

'' *"Air", a song by Ben Folds Five from the 1998 soundtrack '' Godzilla: The Album'' *"Air", a song by Shawn Mendes and Astrid S from the 2015 album '' Handwritten'' *"A.I.R.", a song by Anthrax from their 1985 album ''

Spreading the Disease ''Spreading the Disease'' is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Anthrax, released on October 30, 1985 by Megaforce Records and Island Records. It was the band's first album to feature vocalist Joey Belladonna and bassist Fr ...

Other music-related uses

Air (music) An air ( it, aria; also ''ayr'', ''ayre'' in French) is a song-like vocal or instrumental composition. The term can also be applied to the interchangeable melodies of folk songs and ballads. It is a variant of the musical song form often referred ...

, a song-like vocal or instrumental composition **''

Air on the G String "Air on the G String", also known as "Air for G String" and "Celebrated Air", is August Wilhelmj's 1871 arrangement of the second movement of Johann Sebastian Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068. The arrangement differs from the ...

'', August Wilhelmj's adaptation of an air by Johann Sebastian Bach *

Air de cour The ''air de cour'' was a popular type of secular vocal music in France in the late Renaissance and early Baroque period, from about 1570 until around 1650. From approximately 1610 to 1635, during the reign of Louis XIII, this was the predominant ...

, secular vocal music in France in the late Renaissance and early Baroque period *

Air guitar Air guitar is a form of dance and movement in which the performer pretends to play an imaginary rock or heavy metal-style electric guitar, including riffs and solos. Playing an air guitar usually consists of exaggerated strumming and picking m ...

, a form of dance and movement in which a performer pretends to play an imaginary guitar *

Associated Independent Recording Associated Independent Recording (AIR) is an independent recording company founded in London in 1965 by record producer Sir George Martin and his business partner John Burgess, after their departure from Parlophone. The studio complex was founded ...

(AIR), an independent recording company and recording studio based in London, UK *

Australian Independent Record Labels Association The Australian Independent Record Labels Association (commonly known as AIR), formerly Association of Independent Record Labels, is a non-profit trade association which supports the growth and development of Australia's independent recording i ...

, organisation representing Australian-owned record labels and independent artists

Radio

All India Radio All or ALL may refer to: Language * All, an indefinite pronoun in English * All, one of the English determiners * Allar language (ISO 639-3 code) * Allative case (abbreviated ALL) Music * All (band), an American punk rock band * ''All'' (All a ...

, radio broadcast service in India * Art International Radio, an arts-oriented radio station

Television

*''AIR: America's Investigative Reports'', PBS documentary series 2006–2007, retitled Exposé: America's Investigative Reports with second season in 2007 * "Air" (''Stargate Universe''), the series premiere of the television series ''Stargate Universe''

Video games

* ''Air'' (video game), a 2000 Japanese visual novel *''Air'', an air combat based mainframe computer game by

Kelton Flinn Kelton Flinn is an American computer game designer who is a major pioneer in online games. He is a co-founder (with his University of Virginia classmate John Taylor) of the seminal online game company Kesmai, which they began in 1982. His be ...

Other arts, entertainment, and media-related uses

* ABS-CBN International Report, a defunct international newscast of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation *

A.I.R. Gallery A.I.R. Gallery (Artists in Residence) is the first all female artists cooperative gallery in the United States. It was founded in 1972 with the objective of providing a professional and permanent exhibition space for women artists during a time i ...

, an all female artists cooperative gallery in the United States *Air, a common colloquialism for a

broadcast Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum ( radio waves), in a one-to-many model. Broadcasting began ...

("on air") * ''Air'' (comics), a comic book series published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics *

AIR (nightclub) AIR is a 2,000 capacity superclub located in Digbeth, Birmingham in England. AIR started as a spray shop for buses, when in 2000 the building was bought by Godskitchen and converted into a club, originally named CODE. In June 2003, CODE closed ...

, a 2000 capacity superclub located in Digbeth, Birmingham in the UK * ''Air'' (novel), a 2005 novel by author Geoff Ryman * Air (roller coaster), the former name of a flying roller coaster at Alton Towers theme park in the United Kingdom, now re-themed as ''Galactica'' *''

Annals of Improbable Research The ''Annals of Improbable Research'' (''AIR'') is a bimonthly magazine devoted to scientific humor, in the form of a satirical take on the standard academic journal. ''AIR'', published six times a year since 1995, usually showcases at least one ...

'', a bi-monthly magazine devoted to scientific humour *Art Is Resistance, an organization in the game ''

Year Zero A year zero does not exist in the Anno Domini (AD) calendar year system commonly used to number years in the Gregorian calendar (nor in its predecessor, the Julian calendar); in this system, the year is followed directly by year . However, the ...

Brands and organisations

AIR Worldwide Verisk Extreme Event Solutions (formerly AIR Worldwide) is an American risk modeling and data analytics company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with customers in insurance, reinsurance, financial services, and government markets. Verisk E ...

(formerly named Applied Insurance Research) is a risk-modeling and data analytics company headquartered in

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

AAR Corporation AAR CORP. is a private provider of aviation services. AAR is headquartered in Wood Dale, Illinois, a Chicago suburb near O'Hare International Airport. The company employs 4,700 people worldwide. History AAR Corp was founded in 1951. I.A. Alle ...

(New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol AIR) *

Air Jordan Air Jordan is an American brand of basketball shoes produced by American corporation Nike. The first Air Jordan shoe was produced for Hall of Fame former basketball player Michael Jordan during his time with the Chicago Bulls in late 1984 and ...

, a popular brand of basketball shoes promoted by Retired Chicago Bulls Superstar, Michael Jordan *

American Institutes for Research The American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan behavioral and social science research, evaluation and technical assistance organization based in Arlington, Virginia. One of the world's largest social science research organ ...

, commonly abbreviated AIR, a social science research organization

Computing and technology

AIR (program) The AIR (''Automated Image Registration'') is a program suite for volume-based image registration constructed by Roger P. Woods from UCLA School of Medicine. It reads and writes Analyze volume files and can work with 4x4 transformation matrices s ...

, a program suite for medical image registration *

Adobe AIR Adobe AIR (also known as Adobe Integrated Runtime and is codenamed Apollo) is a cross-platform runtime system currently developed by Harman International, in collaboration with Adobe Inc., for building desktop applications and mobile applicatio ...

, a cross-platform run-time system *

iPad Air The iPad is a brand of iOS and iPadOS-based tablet computers that are developed by Apple Inc. The iPad was conceived before the related iPhone but the iPhone was developed and released first. Speculation about the development, operating s ...

, an Apple tablet *

MacBook Air The MacBook Air is a line of ultrabook computers developed and manufactured by Apple Inc. It consists of a full-size keyboard, a machined aluminum case, and, in the more modern versions, a thin light structure. The Air was originally positioned ...

, an Apple ultraportable laptop

Places

Aïr Mountains The Aïr Mountains or Aïr Massif ( tmh, Ayăr; Hausa: Eastern ''Azbin'', Western ''Abzin'') is a triangular massif, located in northern Niger, within the Sahara. Part of the West Saharan montane xeric woodlands ecoregion, they r ...

, a massif in northern Niger *

Sultanate of Agadez The Sultanate of Agadez (also known as Tenere Sultanate of Aïr, Sultanate of Aïr, or Asben") was a Berber kingdom centered in the city of Agadez in the Aïr Mountains, located at the southern edge of the Sahara desert in north-central Niger. I ...

, also known as the Sultanate of Aïr *

Arab Islamic Republic The Arab Islamic Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية الإسلامية ') was a proposed unification of Tunisia and Libya in 1974, agreed upon by Libyan head of state Muammar Gaddafi Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, ...

, failed union attempt between Tunisia and Libya

People

Donna Air Donna Marie Theresa Air (born 2 August 1979) is an English actress, television presenter and media personality. Early life and education Donna Marie Theresa Air was born on 2 August 1979, in Wallsend, North Tyneside, to receptionist Marie (née ...

(born 1979), British actress * Glen Air (born 1978), Australian rugby league player *

Michael Jordan Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. His biography on the official NBA website states: "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the g ...

, American basketball player nicknamed His Royal Airness *

Steve McNair Stephen LaTreal McNair (February 14, 1973 – July 4, 2009),Steve McNair Found Dead
...

, American football player nicknamed Air

Science and healthcare

Aminoimidazole ribotide 5′-Phosphoribosyl-5-aminoimidazole (or aminoimidazole ribotide, AIR) is a biochemical intermediate in the formation of purine nucleotides via inosine-5-monophosphate, and hence is a building block for DNA and RNA. The vitamins thiamine and cob ...

* Anterior interval release, a type of arthroscopic knee surgery *

Oxygen Oxygen is the chemical element with the symbol O and atomic number 8. It is a member of the chalcogen group in the periodic table, a highly reactive nonmetal, and an oxidizing agent that readily forms oxides with most elements as wel ...

Gas Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being solid, liquid, and plasma). A pure gas may be made up of individual atoms (e.g. a noble gas like neon), elemental molecules made from one type of atom (e.g. oxygen), or ...

atmosphere An atmosphere () is a layer of gas or layers of gases that envelop a planet, and is held in place by the gravity of the planetary body. A planet retains an atmosphere when the gravity is great and the temperature of the atmosphere is low. A s ...

of a planet *The

sky The sky is an unobstructed view upward from the surface of the Earth. It includes the atmosphere and outer space. It may also be considered a place between the ground and outer space, thus distinct from outer space. In the field of astronomy, ...

Sports

Adelaide International Raceway The Adelaide International Raceway (also known as Adelaide International or AIR) is a permanent circuit owned by Australian Motorsport Club Limited under the auspices of the Bob Jane Corporation. The circuit is located north of Adelaide in So ...

, a car-racing circuit in Adelaide, South Australia * Air, a range of

boardsport Boardsports are active outdoor sports that are played with some sort of board as the primary equipment. These sports take place on a variety of terrain, from paved flat-ground and snow-covered hills to water and air. Most boardsports are considere ...

tricks consisting of jumps without rotation *"Airs" above the ground, a term used in

dressage Dressage ( or ; a French term, most commonly translated to mean "training") is a form of horse riding performed in exhibition and competition, as well as an art sometimes pursued solely for the sake of mastery. As an equestrian sport defined b ...

Technology

* Active Infrared, combines infrared illumination of spectral range 700–1,000 nm (just below the visible spectrum of the human eye) with CCD cameras sensitive to this light *

Air conditioning Air conditioning, often abbreviated as A/C or AC, is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space to achieve a more comfortable interior environment (sometimes referred to as 'comfort cooling') and in some cases also strictly controlling ...

, any form of cooling, heating, ventilation or disinfection that modifies the condition of air * Air injection reactor, a very early automobile emissions control system *

Air-to-air rocket An air-to-air rocket or air interception rocket is an unguided projectile fired from aircraft to engage other flying targets. They were used briefly in World War I to engage enemy observation balloons and in and after World War II to engage enem ...

or air interception rocket, an unguided projectile fired from aircraft to engage other flying targets

Transportation

* AIR, National Rail code of

Airbles railway station Airbles railway station serves the Airbles area of Motherwell, North Lanarkshire in Scotland. It is located around away from Fir Park stadium, home of Motherwell F.C. History The station was a new construction in 1989 by British Rail Br ...

, in Motherwell, Scotland * AIR-X, a Soviet aircraft series by

Yakovlev The JSC A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau (russian: ОАО Опытно-конструкторское бюро им. А.С. Яковлева) is a Russian aircraft designer and manufacturer (design office prefix Yak). Its head office is in Aeroport D ...

* AIR, MTR station code of

Airport station An Airport station or Airport Station may refer to a train station named as such or similarly. For other train stations located at an airport and named otherwise, see list of airport stations. Airport station may refer to: * Aeroport (Moscow Metro ...

, Hong Kong *

Lucid Air The Lucid Air is a battery electric car produced and marketed by Lucid Motors. Unveiled in December 2016, it is designed to compete with existing brands in the electric vehicle (EV) industry, in particular the Tesla Model S Plaid, the Fisker ...

, a 2021–present American electric executive sedan * Wuling Air EV, a 2022–present Chinese electric microcar

Other uses

Air (classical element) Air is one of the four classical elements along with water, earth and fire in ancient Greek philosophy and in Western alchemy. Greek and Roman tradition According to Plato, it is associated with the octahedron; air is considered to be both hot ...

, an element in ancient Greek philosophy and in Western alchemy *

Airoran language Airoran is a language of Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawe ...

, an Indonesian language with ISO 639-3 code AIR * '' Applied Innovative Research'', a scientific journal *

Compressed air Compressed air is air kept under a pressure that is greater than atmospheric pressure. Compressed air is an important medium for transfer of energy in industrial processes, and is used for power tools such as air hammers, drills, wrenches, and o ...

, the air kept under a pressure that is greater than atmospheric pressure * Another word for '' ambience'' (character, mood, etc.).