List of aircraft carriers in service by configuration
The list of aircraft carriers by configuration contains active aircraft carriers organized by the specific configuration of aircraft carrier designs. This list excludes seaplane carriers or helicopter carriers.
Carrier configurations
There are three main configurations of aircraft carrier in service in the worlds navies:- Catapult Assisted Take-Off Barrier Arrested Recovery
- Short Take-Off Barrier Arrested Recovery
- Short Take-Off Vertical Landing
Navies with CATOBAR carriers
- Chinese Navy
- * Type 003
- ** Fujian *
- French Navy
- *
- United States Navy
- *
- **
- **
- **
- **
- **
- **
- **
- **
- **
- **
- * *
- ** *
Navies with STOBAR carriers
- Chinese Navy
- * Type 001 - Modified
- ** Liaoning
- * Type 002 - Modified
- ** Shandong
- Indian Navy
- * Modified
- ** INS Vikramaditya
- *
- **
- Russian Navy
- *
- ** RFS Admiral Kuznetsov
Navies with STOVL carriers
- Iranian Navy
- * IRIS Shahid Bagheri
- Italian Navy
- * ITS Cavour
- * ITS Trieste
- Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
- *
- **
- **
- Royal Navy
- * Queen Elizabeth class
- **
- **
- Spanish Navy
- *
- ** SNS Juan Carlos I
- Turkish Navy
- *
- **
- United States Navy
- *
- **
- **
- **
- **
- **
- **
- **
- *
- **
- **