Simple Planes
by SappyInsane
Simple Planes adds upgradeable planes and helicopters, with a choice of four aircraft types and three engine kinds that power them.
What it does
Four aircraft types are available: a small plane that burns the least fuel and flies fastest but seats one player, a large plane that seats two and can drop payloads, a cargo plane that carries several players and large upgrades, and a helicopter that turns with more precision than the large plane. Each aircraft has to be powered before it flies, and the throttle is set with the up and down arrow keys once the engine is on.
Engines come in furnace, liquid and electric kinds. The furnace engine burns solid fuel, the liquid engine burns liquid fuel such as lava or fuels from other mods, and the electric engine draws Forge energy or redstone flux. Aircraft can be crafted from any wood, including modded wood, and nether planks make one fireproof. Installation needs Forge or NeoForge, and the mod runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for 1.19.2, 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, and the code is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, so it is open source.
Key features
Four aircraft types
Small plane, large plane, cargo plane and helicopter, each trading speed, fuel use and passenger count differently.
Three engine kinds
Furnace, liquid and electric engines let a builder choose the fuel source that suits the world.
Payload drops
Large planes and helicopters can carry supply crates or TNT and release them mid-flight.
Storage and music upgrades
Chests, including iron chests, and jukeboxes can be fitted to large planes and helicopters.
Floaty bedding
An aircraft fitted with floaty bedding can rest on water instead of sinking.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Cargo runs between bases
A cargo plane with chests and several seats moves items and players between distant locations.
Bombing runs on a server
Players on a multiplayer server can fly a large plane and drop TNT or crates over a target.
Who it’s for: Players who want aircraft for travel or transport, and server owners who want a flying option in a modpack or a survival world.
How it compares
Immersive Aircraft x Immersive Engineering is a Forge and NeoForge addon for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 that is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later. Ultimate Plane Mod is published for Forge and NeoForge across 1.19 – 26.3 under All rights reserved, and is not open source. Simple Planes covers 1.19.2, 1.20.1 and 1.21.1 under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, so it is open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Planes | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-09 |
| Immersive Aircraft x Immersive Engineering | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-05 |
| Ultimate Plane Mod | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-01 |
Questions
Does Simple Planes need to be installed on the server?
Which game versions does Simple Planes support?
How is an aircraft powered?
In the catalog
Simple Planes is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,908 Transportation mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Simple Planes adds four types of aircraft: - Small plane - uses the least amount of fuel, flies the fastest, but can only fit one player. - Large plane - uses up more fuel, but can fit two players and allows for large upgrades and can be used to drop payloads. - Cargo plane - uses up a lot of fuel, but fits multiple…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/simple-planes
- Owner
- SappyInsane
- Published
- 2023-12-16
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15