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** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' has two BossFights (or Boss Fight Rush in one case) that takes place on Fahrenheit's hull. Giving orders to pull back with ship or close to the boss is one of gimmicks in those fights.

** Encountering Deathgaze in ''Franchise/FinalFantasyVI'' will engage fight with it on top of your airship.

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' likes to pit you against bosses while you're flying your GlobalAirship:

** ''Franchise/FinalFantasyX'' has two BossFights (or Boss Fight Rush in one case) that takes place on Fahrenheit's hull. Giving orders to pull back with ship or close to the boss is one of gimmicks in those fights.
** ''Franchise/FinalFantasyXII'' has one mark that has to be fought during travel via an airship as well.

* Sky Balls in ''VideoGame/CrashBash'', which is a football-esque minigame where you score points by kicking balls in enemy goals in a squared arena, where each goal takes one side, and in this case the whole thing takes place on a floating platform high above ground.

* ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'': ''Contra III: The Alien Wars'' has the player traversing a level by hitching a ride on a [[MacrossMissileMassacre series of missiles]] flying toward the BigBad's airship, all the while shooting down enemies and attacking the airship's force field so the missiles can do their job. [[RefugeInAudacity It is exactly as badass as it sounds]].

** ''VideoGame/SonicRushSeries'': Both games have levels like this for their sixth stage: the first game's [[AirborneAircraftCarrier Altitude Limit]], and the second game's [[FloatingContinent Sky Babylon]].

* ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare3'': The 4th level of the campaign is set on the Russian equivalent of Air Force One, with the player as part of the Russian Presidential security detail.

** ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'': The Flying Battery Zone features a few segments where the player must navigate the outside portions of Eggman's ship. Sky Chase Zone (in a slightly modified form) also reappears in both ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' and ''Sonic Pocket Adventure''. The latter is closer to the original stage, but the former also allows Tails to actually fire upon incoming enemies with his Tornado.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' has many examples.

** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker2'' allow you to choose the Airship theme for any course you'd like. The staff created Airship themes for games that didn't have them, like ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'', though selecting ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' yields a CircusOfFear theme instead. In ''Maker 2'', when these levels are played in night mode, all enemies and items behave as if they were underwater (for example, Goombas and Cheep Cheeps swim in the air), but Mario and his friends move normally.

** ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet2'' features a similar level, "Airship Sigwada", taking place in Corazon Tea's titular ship and the player having to face off against a bird-like robot on both segments of the ship and eventually Corazon herself (which is skipped if the player is Carol).

** The fourth, "Sky Battalion," requires the player to take out three different airships before facing the level's boss. It's one of only two levels in the game to have BottomlessPits, since the ships are thousands of feet in the air.
** The UnexpectedShumpLevel at the start of Battle Glacier has Lilac ride on the Holodragon's head as it flies through the skies, blasting fire at incoming hordes of flying attack drones.

On large transport aircraft, the backdoor will often open midair and cargo will slide out (whether intentionally or as an EmergencyCargoDump), presenting a hazard for players to avoid. Another thing to worry about is keeping said flying object in the air, as things as pressure drops, weather, etc. threaten it, its occupants, and cargo.