Altair (disambiguation)

Altair is a star in the Aquila constellation.

Altair may also refer to:

Business

• Altair Airlines, a regional airline that operated out of Philadelphia, Pa., from 1966 to 1982.

Fiction

For the use of the star Altair or its solar system in fiction see Altair in fiction.

Fictional characters

• Altaïr ibn La-Ahad, a character in the Assassin's Creed video game series
• Altair, a character in the video game Bomberman 64
• Altair the Black Knight, a character in the anime series Gear Fighter Dendoh
• Ratchet Altair, a character in the Sakura Wars universe
• A form taken by the Japanese television character Kamen Rider Zeronos
• Altair is the name of one of Sheik Ilderim's horses in Ben Hur.
• Altair is a mechanical bakugan in Bakugan new vestroia

Fictional settings

• Altair, a town in the video game Final Fantasy II
• Altair IV, the planet on which the film Forbidden Planet is set

Geography

• Altair, São Paulo, a city in Brazil
• Jabal al-Tair Island, an island in the Red Sea
• Altair, Texas, a town in Colorado County, Texas

Technology

• Altair (satellite), a series of Russian relay satellites
• Altair 8800, known as the microcomputer that sparked the microcomputer revolution
• Altair Engineering, a software company
• X-248 Altair, a rocket engine used in several anti-satellite weapons
• Altair Semiconductor, a WiMAX supplier

Vehicles

• Altair (spacecraft), a lunar lander
• USS Altair (AD-11), a ship of the United States Navy
• Lockheed Altair, an aircraft
• Altair, a schooner designed by William Fife
• Beriev Be-200 Altair, an amphibious multirole aircraft

Other meanings

• Operation ALTAIR, a Canadian military operation
• Altair, a planet central to the New Age spiritual beliefs of Francis Younghusband
• "Altair 4", a song by Blind Guardian on the album Tales from the Twilight World
• Marine Scientific Research Institute of radioelectronics
• AltAir, a jet biofuels company in Seattle, Washington