A flight can feel threatening even when the aircraft is operating normally and the route is routine. The most common way to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Physician who writes about the rising rates of cancer in young adults. Aviophobia, or an intense fear of flying, is a clinically ...

Fear of flying, also known as aerophobia, is pretty common. “About 13% of the population has an extreme fear of flying, and about 3.5% of people fear flying to the point of having a full-blown ...

Pteromerhanophobia, It's a big word -- and an even bigger fear for millions of Americans. Fear of flying can provoke symptoms as mild as a fluttering heart or so severe that some have a full-blown ...

Days before I’m expected to fly, a familiar anxiety starts to churn in my gut. I get moody. Then moodier still. As my departure creeps closer, I begin trying to figure out if I really have to travel, ...

For millions of people, air travel is a routine part of life. But for others, the thought of stepping onto a plane sparks intense anxiety or even panic. Known as aerophobia — or more simply, fear of ...

The Anxiety and Phobia Center of White Plains Hospital has been running a “fear of flying” clinic for many years along with programs to treat the other anxiety disorders, including social phobia and ...

Here's the thing: up to 40 percent of the population of industrialized countries experiences fear of flying, yet in 2024, airlines transported 5 billion passengers on over 40 million flights. That ...

Earlier this month, NBA rookie Royce White disclosed that he is afraid to fly and said he expects to travel by bus to play in at least some of the basketball games for his team, the Houston Rockets.

Participants in the Fear of Flying Clinic walk up the boarding stairs and into a 787 as part of a four-day course to help ease their anxiety around air travel. Getting exposed to the sights and sounds ...

It's one thing to learn how to land a plane, but it's another to do it with the person who taught you to believe in yourself sitting right beside you — especially when that person is afraid of flying.

It is often said that fear of flying is irrational. This implies that a person who thinks rationally would not fear flying. Yet, is it rational to have no fear of something truly awful, even if the ...