99 Flying Captions For Instagram You’ll Want to Steal

Are you struggling to find the perfect caption for your travel and airplane photos on Instagram? Look no further! I’ve compiled a list of 99 flying captions to elevate your social media game and impress your followers. From inspirational quotes to clever puns, there’s a little bit of something for everyone.

Happy travels!

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Funny flying puns

These funny (or should I say punny?) plays on words will either have you cackling or shaking your head in disappointment. Either way, here are some incredible flying puns for Instagram!

1. Love at first flight.
2. Feeling pretty fly.
3. Fight or flight.
4. That plane ride flew by!
5. I’ve been flying to visit this destination.
6. We’re headed in the flight direction.
7. My vacation is flying by.
8. Happy Flyday Friday.
9. Flight as a feather.
10. This trip flew my mind.
11. Traveling has flown me away.
12. We’re flying the knot.
13. I love travel, plane and simple.
14. Plane ride or die.
15. On a different plane-t.
16. Just winging it.
17. Me and my wingman.
18. Me and my wingwoman.
19. Are we there jet?
20. Delayed flights really grind my landing gears.
21. The sky’s the limit!
22. I hear you cloud and clear.

Hilarious quotes about flying

These funny aviation-themed quips and one-liners are bound to make you and your social media followers laugh. Feel free to use them for all of your flying captions on Instagram!

23. Business class taste, economy class budget.
24. The airplane aisle is the only aisle I want to walk down.
25. Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy plane tickets, which is kind of the same thing.
26. The strength of the turbulence is directly proportional to the temperature of your coffee.
27. I’ve got my head in the clouds… literally.
28. Eat. Sleep. Fly. Repeat.
29. Good things come to those who book flights.
30. Here today, flying tomorrow.
31. Airplane mode: on.
32. I followed my heart and it led me to the airport.
33. Flying to where the wifi is weak and the drinks are strong.
34. If it’s not Boeing, I’m not going.
35. Running to the boarding gate is my favorite workout.
36. I’ve got a bad case of wanderlust.
37. Airplanes are my happy place.
38. I need a six-month vacation, twice a year.
39. Work tip: Stand up. Stretch. Take a walk. Go to the airport. Get on a plane. Never return.
40. I work so hard so my passport will have a good life.
41. Our pilot flew through a rainbow and he passed with flying colors.
42. A change of altitude will help my attitude.
43. All I need is a passport, a plane ticket, and positive vibes.
44. Keep calm, it’s my carry-on.
45. At the airport, running from responsibilities.

Romantic flying captions for couples

Need a cute Instagram caption for a picture of you and your love? Here’s a list of romantic flying captions that are perfect for couples!

46. Head in the clouds, thinking of you.
47. You make me feel like I have wings.
48. All you need is love… and a passport.
49. When I look at you, I feel like I’m flying.
50. You make my heart soar.
51. Flying in love.
52. On cloud 9.
53. Flying together for the rest of our lives.
54. Not flying solo anymore.
55. You’re the aisle to my window.
56. Love is in the air.
57. Sparks are flying.
58. Caught flights and feelings.
59. You’re worth every mile.

Inspirational flying quotes for Instagram

From famous authors to witty one-liners, this list of inspirational flying quotes is sure to spark your wanderlust and motivate you to start planning your trip.

60. “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” — Susan Sontag
61. “You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” — Toni Morrison
62. “I never get tired of the blue sky.” — Vincent van Gogh
63. “If you want to fly, give up everything that weighs you down.” — Buddha
64. “If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.” — Coco Chanel
65. “There’s only one place I want to go and it’s to all the places I’ve never been.” — Nikki Rowe
66. “The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
67. “Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” — John Hermes Secondari
68. “What good are wings without the courage to fly?” — Atticus
69. “Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.” — Mae West
70. “The bad new is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” — Michael Altshuler
71. “Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you are.” — Felix Baumgartner
72. “Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?” — Frida Kahlo
73. “I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
74. “Flying is hypnotic and all pilots are willing victims to the spell.” — Ernest K Gann
75. “Every takeoff is optional. Every landing is mandatory.” — Unknown
76. “My soul is in the sky.” — William Shakespeare
77. “The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn’t it be? It is the same the angels breathe.” — Mark Twain
78. “Aviation is proof that given the will, we have capacity to achieve the impossible.” — Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
79. “The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul.” — Walter Raleigh

Song lyrics about flying for Instagram

There have been hundreds (if not thousands) of songs written about the joys of flying. Here’s a selection of some of the best song lyrics about flying to use in your Instagram captions!

80. “Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars, I could really use a wish right now.” — Airplanes by B.o.B ft. Hayley Williams
81. “I’m like a bird, I only fly away, I don’t know where my soul is (soul is), I don’t know where my home is.” — I’m Like A Bird by Nelly Furtado
82. “I fly like paper, get high like planes, if you catch me at the border I’ve got visas in my name.” — Paper Planes by M.I.A.
83. “I want to get away, I want to fly away.” — Fly Away by Lenny Kravitz
84. “Cause I’m leaving on a jet plane, don’t know when I’ll be back again.” — Leaving on a Jet Plane by John Denver
85. “I’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings.” — Learning to Fly by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
86. “We’re soarin’, flyin’, there’s not a star in heaven, that we can’t reach.” — Breaking Free from High School Musical
87. “Come fly with me, let’s fly, let’s fly away.” — Come Fly with Me by Frank Sinatra
88. “Take these broken wings and learn to fly, all your life you were only waiting for this moment to arise.” — Blackbird by the Beatles
89. “Gonna take her for a ride on a big jet plane.” — Big Jet Plane by Angus & Julia Stone
90. “Come Josephine in my flying machine, going up she goes, up she goes.” — Come Josephine in My Flying Machine by Fred Fisher
91. “A ghost of aviation, she was swallowed by the sky.” — Amelia by Joni Mitchell
92. “Fly by night, away from here, change my life again.” — Fly By Night by Rush
93. “Fly away on my zephyr, I feel it more than ever, and in this perfect weather, we’ll find a place together.” — The Zephyr Song by Red Hot Chili Peppers
94. “And music is my aeroplane, it’s my aeroplane.” — Aeroplane by Red Hot Chili Peppers
95. I came to win, to survive, to prosper, to rise, to fly.” — Fly by Nicki Minaj and Rihanna
96. “Flying high in the friendly sky, flying high without ever leavin’ the ground, no.” — Flying High In A Friendly Sky by Marvin Gaye
97. “Oh, big ol’ jet airliner, don’t carry me too far away.” — Jet Airliner by Steve Miller Band
98. “And I’m floating in a most peculiar way, and the stars look very different today.” — Space Oddity by David Bowie
99. “Spread your wings and fly away, fly away, far away.” — Spread Your Wings by Queen

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Thanks for reading this post on the best flying captions and quotes for Instagram! Has it sparked your wanderlust?

If you’ve used any of these flying captions on your Instagram posts, I’d love to see them. Tag me (@nicjano) and I’ll give it a like and a comment!

xoxo Niki