List of aircraft carrier classes in service. The list of aircraft carrier classes in service includes all those currently with navies or armed forces and auxiliaries in the world. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within.

Kuznetsov-class (Project 1143.5) aircraft carrier 

 Builders:   (Black Sea Shipyard in Mykolaiv, present-day Ukraine)
 Displacement: 57,700 tons
 Aircraft: 17 fixed-wing aircraft and 24 helicopters
 Armament: 12 × P-700 Granit SSM; 192 × Tor SAM; 8 × CADS-1 CIWS; 8 × AK-630; 2 × RBU-12000
 Powerplant: 8 boilers, 4 steam turbines (200,000 shp)
 Speed: 32 knots
 Range: 3,850 nmi at 32 knots
 Ships in class: 3
 Operator:  , 
 Commissioned: 1995
 Status: 2 in service in China, 1 more in long-term refit in Russia

Cavour-class aircraft carrier 

 Builders: 
 Type: Aircraft carrier
 Displacement: 27,910 tons
 Aircraft: 8 AV-8B Harrier II Plus, 12 EH101 helicopters
 Armament: 4 × A43 SYLVER VLS for 32 Aster 15 SAM, 2 × Otobreda 76 mm gun Davide Strales, 3 × Oerlikon Contraves 25/80 mm Anti-asymmetric attack warfare gun
 Powerplant: 4 × General Electric/Avio LM2500+ gas turbines, 2 shafts, 88.000 KW, 6 × Diesel generators (13.200 KW)
 Speed 29+ knots
 Ships in class: 1
 Operator:  
 Commissioned: 2008
 Status: In service

Chakri Naruebet-class aircraft carrier 

 Builders:  
 Displacement: 11,486 tons
 Aircraft: 6 AV-8 Harrier II aircraft and 4 S-70B Seahawk helicopter
 Armament: 2 × hex Sadral Mistral SAM launchers, 2x12.7 mm MG
 Powerplant: 2 diesels, 2 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 44,250 hp
 Speed: 26 knots
 Ships in class: 1
 Operator: 
 Commissioned: 10 August 1997
 Status: In service

Charles de Gaulle-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier 

 Builders:   (DCN at Brest, Bretagne)
 Displacement: 40,500 tons
 Aircraft: 30 fixed-wing aircraft (Super Étendard, Rafale M) and helicopter
 Armament: 4 × SYLVER launchers (32 × Aster 15 SAM); 12 × Mistral SAM; 8 × 20 mm guns
 Powerplant: 2 × pressurized water reactors
 Speed: 27 knots
 Ships in class: 1
 Operator:  
 Commissioned: 18 May 2001
 Status: In service

Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier 

 Builders:  
 Displacement: 100,000 tons
 Aircraft: 75+
 Armament: 2 × RIM-162 ESSM launchers, 2 × RIM-116 RAM, 3 × Phalanx CIWS, 4 × M2 .50 Cal. (12.7 mm) machine guns
 Powerplant: Two A1B nuclear reactors
 Speed: 30 knots
 Ships in class: 1
 Operator:  
 Commissioned: 22 Jul 2017
 Status: 1 in service, 2 under construction

Giuseppe Garibaldi-class aircraft carrier 

 Builders:  
 Type: Aircraft carrier
 Displacement: 13,850 tons
 Aircraft: 16 AV-8B Harrierand Agusta helicopter
 Armament:  MBDA Otomat SSM, Albatros Mark II Aspide SAM, 3 × Oto Melara 40 mm/70 mm twin guns, 2 triple-tube torpedo launchers
 Powerplant: 4 × General Electric/Avio LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 81,000 hp
 Speed: 30 knots
 Ships in class: 1
 Operator:  
 Commissioned: 1985
 Status: In service

Vikrant-class aircraft carrier 

 Builders:   (Cochin Shipyard Limited)
 Displacement: 45,000 tons
 Aircraft: 30 × fighters and 6 × helicopters
 Armament: Barak 8 SAM, AK-630 CIWS, 4 × Otobreda 76 mm
 Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500+ gas turbine, 2 × Elecon COGAG gearbox
 Speed: in excess of 30 knots
 Ships in class: 1
 Operators: 
 Commissioned: 2 September 2022
 Status: In service

Vikramaditya (modified Kiev)-class aircraft carrier 

 Builders:   (Soviet "Baku" as Kiev-class aircraft carrier /  Sevmash in Severodvinsk)
 Displacement: 45,400 tons
 Aircraft: 30 × fighters and 6 × helicopters
 Armament: Barak 8 SAM, AK-630 CIWS
 Propulsion: 8 turbopressurized boilers, 4 shafts, 4 geared steam turbines, 180,000 hp
 Speed: in excess of 30 knots
 Ships in class: 1
 Operators: 
 Commissioned: 16 December 2013
 Status: In service

Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier 

 Builders:   (Northrop Grumman Newport News, Newport News, Virginia)
 Displacement: 97,000 tons
 Aircraft: 85 fixed-wing aircraft and helicopter
 Armament: 4 × Sea Sparrow SAM; 4 × Phalanx CIWS; 42 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile SAM
 Powerplant: 2 × A4W reactors, 4 × steam turbines (260,000 shp)
 Speed: 30+ knots
 Ships in class: 10
 Operator: 
 Commissioned: 3 May 1975
 Status: 10 in service

Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier 

 Builders:  (Aircraft Carrier Alliance)
 Displacement: 70,600 tons
 Aircraft: up to 40 aircraft (50 full load)
 Armament: At least 3 × Phalanx CIWS; 30-mm DS30M Mk 2 guns; Miniguns
 Powerplant: 2 × Rolls-Royce Marine Trent MT30 36 MW (48,000 hp) gas turbine engine;4 × Wärtsilä 38 marine diesel engines (4 × 16V38 11.6 MW or 15,600 hp)
 Speed: 26 knots
 Ships in class: 2
 Operator: 
 Commissioned: 7 December 2017
 Status: 2 in service

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