# Free airplane 3D models for three.js (GLB, CC BY)
https://paprika3d.com/docs/models/airplanes
24 free airplanes for three.js from the 577 in the paprika3d asset library (CC BY), as meshopt GLB files: each with its author, license, credit line, triangles and file size, and the asset_search call that fetches it.
## What the library holds
The paprika3d asset library holds 577 airplanes among its 57,732 models. All of them are licensed CC BY 4.0, which asks you to credit the author wherever you use the model; each card below carries the credit line to paste. 12 are AI-generated, from Scenario's 3D Collection, and say so on their card.
541 of the 577 pass the library's quality checks: textured (or drawn in vertex colours, for a low-poly or voxel model), not flat, at most 15 MB, with a name, a description and a real-world height. Among those, the median model has 10,200 triangles, with the middle half between 2,890 and 31,100, and the median file is 0.19 MB, with nine in ten at most 0.8 MB. The median one stands 3 m tall at real size. 9 carry a texture of 2048 px, the library's largest; the rest are smaller. 70 are animated and 14 rigged. The most common styles are stylized (179), realistic (154) and low-poly (118).
## Airplanes in a three.js scene
Flight code needs to know which way the nose points, and authors disagree: some face +Z, some face along x. Check a loaded plane with `look`, then wrap the model in a `THREE.Group`, turned so the nose faces the group's forward axis, and steer the group, never the model inside. Turn with local rotations (`rotateX` for pitch, `rotateZ` for roll, `rotateY` for yaw) so the axes follow the plane. For a chase camera, move it toward a point behind the plane with `position.lerp()` and `quaternion.slerp()`, using a factor scaled by the frame's delta, which smooths the jitter a camera locked rigidly to the plane shows.
Of these, 70 are animated, usually a spinning propeller or landing gear. Animated parts kept their own nodes through the library's conversion, so an `AnimationMixer` plays them. On a static model the propeller has likely been merged into the nose; replace it visually with a blurred, alpha-tested disc that you rotate.
## Fetch one and load it
With the paprika3d plugin in Claude Code, or its MCP server in any other agent, the agent searches the library in words or picks a model by the id on its card. `pick` downloads the file into the project's `assets/` folder (`public/assets/` under vite), adds the credit line to `assets/CREDITS.md` and answers with the code that loads it at real size. Give `cwd`, the project folder, as with every paprika3d tool.
```text
asset_search {"query": "airplane", "cwd": "."}
asset_search {"pick": "7de2ecbc0acb4b1886c3df3d196c366b", "cwd": "."}
```
Every file is a binary glTF (.glb) compressed with meshopt, so GLTFLoader needs the meshopt decoder that ships with three.js. The origin sits at the bottom centre of each model, so it stands on the floor where you place it:
```js
import * as THREE from 'three';
import { GLTFLoader } from 'three/addons/loaders/GLTFLoader.js';
import { MeshoptDecoder } from 'three/addons/libs/meshopt_decoder.module.js';
const loader = new GLTFLoader().setMeshoptDecoder(MeshoptDecoder);
const gltf = await loader.loadAsync('assets/vintage-toy-airplane-7de2ec.glb');
scene.add(gltf.scene);
```
## 24 airplanes to start from
Chosen from the 541 that pass the checks: the ones agents picked most through `asset_search` first, then the ones whose name says what they are, then lighter files, with at most 2 per author. Each CC BY card ends with its credit line: paste it into your credits, as the license requires.
**[Vintage Toy Airplane](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/7de2ecbc0acb4b1886c3df3d196c366b)** by [berilbasak](https://sketchfab.com/berilbaska)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 10,596 triangles · 0.093 MB · stylized · 0.3 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "7de2ecbc0acb4b1886c3df3d196c366b"}`
Credit: "Vintage Toy Airplane" by berilbasak (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/7de2ecbc0acb4b1886c3df3d196c366b) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Sci-fi Plane](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/66cb13ec79644d4a9670b10decbc001f)** by [Uğur Yakışık](https://sketchfab.com/UgurYksk)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 11,008 triangles · 2.483 MB · sci-fi · 3 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "66cb13ec79644d4a9670b10decbc001f"}`
Credit: "Sci-fi Plane" by Uğur Yakışık (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/66cb13ec79644d4a9670b10decbc001f) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Airplane Vertex Color](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/8af73b6f89104289b132d2da2fd9968d)** by [lorenzo.toso](https://sketchfab.com/lorenzo.toso)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 5,969 triangles · 0.06 MB · low-poly · 2.8 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "8af73b6f89104289b132d2da2fd9968d"}`
Credit: "Airplane Vertex Color" by lorenzo.toso (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/8af73b6f89104289b132d2da2fd9968d) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Plane](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/a2da0ffbd12c4cb18799499ddf8980d8)** by [Arsen.Krityan](https://sketchfab.com/Arsen.Krityan)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 18,235 triangles · 0.1 MB · low-poly · 2.5 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "a2da0ffbd12c4cb18799499ddf8980d8"}`
Credit: "Plane" by Arsen.Krityan (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/a2da0ffbd12c4cb18799499ddf8980d8) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[3 winged plane bomber](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/9314a4eac08944bb9dc3229d99f87934)** by [Taha Bin Ashar](https://sketchfab.com/tahabinasharchaudhary)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 6,254 triangles · 0.076 MB · low-poly · 2.5 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "9314a4eac08944bb9dc3229d99f87934"}`
Credit: "3 winged plane bomber" by Taha Bin Ashar (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/9314a4eac08944bb9dc3229d99f87934) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Allies airplane ww2](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/c9c8be63bf944b18ac2e40ea9d141bc4)** by [mudroljub](https://sketchfab.com/mudroljub)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 14,412 triangles · 0.213 MB · low-poly · 4 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "c9c8be63bf944b18ac2e40ea9d141bc4"}`
Credit: "Allies airplane ww2" by mudroljub (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/c9c8be63bf944b18ac2e40ea9d141bc4) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Attack Jet "Sparrow"](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/99d97b0a2b314bd1a8b9d741e77e1e92)** by [Mozfoo](https://sketchfab.com/mozfoo)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 17,590 triangles · 0.198 MB · low-poly · 4.5 m tall · animated
`asset_search {"pick": "99d97b0a2b314bd1a8b9d741e77e1e92"}`
Credit: "Attack Jet "Sparrow"" by Mozfoo (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/99d97b0a2b314bd1a8b9d741e77e1e92) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Biplane Low Poly](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/ca4f99c4d81142d1a4c5659f7f7c1dcb)** by [Seyyid Fatih KOÇ](https://sketchfab.com/sfatihk)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 945 triangles · 0.016 MB · low-poly · 2.5 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "ca4f99c4d81142d1a4c5659f7f7c1dcb"}`
Credit: "Biplane Low Poly" by Seyyid Fatih KOÇ (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/ca4f99c4d81142d1a4c5659f7f7c1dcb) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Plane-test use](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/f5ea1c211113479d9f642529402288e7)** by [xiaobei](https://sketchfab.com/xiaobei)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 8,078 triangles · 0.321 MB · stylized · 0.3 m tall · animated
`asset_search {"pick": "f5ea1c211113479d9f642529402288e7"}`
Credit: "Plane-test use" by xiaobei (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/f5ea1c211113479d9f642529402288e7) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[WWI Plane Model](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/f0d39a6daacd4925a8922db193886715)** by [GiaHanLam](https://sketchfab.com/GiaHanLam)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 2,490 triangles · 0.099 MB · low-poly · 2.7 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "f0d39a6daacd4925a8922db193886715"}`
Credit: "WWI Plane Model" by GiaHanLam (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/f0d39a6daacd4925a8922db193886715) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Low poly airplane - Reggiane Re 2000](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/dea61a7bd5c7487cb74beda24c214d75)** by [MrEliptik](https://sketchfab.com/mreliptik)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 5,284 triangles · 0.075 MB · low-poly · 2.8 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "dea61a7bd5c7487cb74beda24c214d75"}`
Credit: "Low poly airplane - Reggiane Re 2000" by MrEliptik (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/dea61a7bd5c7487cb74beda24c214d75) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Goblin airplane!](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/b3ceda2239e7460298e6af2147aafb60)** by [powersimon](https://sketchfab.com/powersimon)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 1,272 triangles · 0.073 MB · stylized · 2.5 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "b3ceda2239e7460298e6af2147aafb60"}`
Credit: "Goblin airplane!" by powersimon (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/b3ceda2239e7460298e6af2147aafb60) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Airplane_Flying_Circus_VandenBerghe_Ben_1IGP25E\_](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/e0f26192e71f411ca90257c5c2fc1b54)** by [VandenBerghe_Ben](https://sketchfab.com/VandenBerghe_Ben)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 4,775 triangles · 0.154 MB · stylized · 2.5 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "e0f26192e71f411ca90257c5c2fc1b54"}`
Credit: "Airplane_Flying_Circus_VandenBerghe_Ben_1IGP25E_" by VandenBerghe_Ben (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/e0f26192e71f411ca90257c5c2fc1b54) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Wooden plane](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/12aedfac74934deb9c22552dadb0f5f1)** by [国荣](https://sketchfab.com/1259501471)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 10,662 triangles · 0.156 MB · realistic · 2.5 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "12aedfac74934deb9c22552dadb0f5f1"}`
Credit: "Wooden plane" by 国荣 (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/12aedfac74934deb9c22552dadb0f5f1) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Private Jet](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/cbdd1de6ced9461e950eafaa302cc82b)** by [Nick the Name](https://sketchfab.com/Nick_The_Name)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 3,653 triangles · 0.048 MB · low-poly · 6 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "cbdd1de6ced9461e950eafaa302cc82b"}`
Credit: "Private Jet" by Nick the Name (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/cbdd1de6ced9461e950eafaa302cc82b) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Sci-fi jet](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/7ed2a3530c474ec8a44c6f1490e846e9)** by [Nixak](https://sketchfab.com/Nixak)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 23,057 triangles · 0.438 MB · sci-fi · 4.5 m tall · animated · rigged
`asset_search {"pick": "7ed2a3530c474ec8a44c6f1490e846e9"}`
Credit: "Sci-fi jet" by Nixak (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/7ed2a3530c474ec8a44c6f1490e846e9) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[stylized Airplane](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/a07c601473a34f7581e30c4606af49ac)** by [Bram Verheyen](https://sketchfab.com/BramVerheyen)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 3,295 triangles · 0.18 MB · stylized · 2.5 m tall · animated
`asset_search {"pick": "a07c601473a34f7581e30c4606af49ac"}`
Credit: "stylized Airplane" by Bram Verheyen (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/a07c601473a34f7581e30c4606af49ac) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[stylized ww1 plane - Nieuport](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/fea0970724d9481d909104d72c825aad)** by [Sander_Casier](https://sketchfab.com/Sander_Casier)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 3,974 triangles · 0.098 MB · stylized · 2.5 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "fea0970724d9481d909104d72c825aad"}`
Credit: "stylized ww1 plane - Nieuport" by Sander_Casier (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/fea0970724d9481d909104d72c825aad) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Light Aircraft](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/a8dd34a73737448f961d226734a3fc59)** by [rhcreations](https://sketchfab.com/rhcreations)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 11,721 triangles · 0.31 MB · realistic · 2.5 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "a8dd34a73737448f961d226734a3fc59"}`
Credit: "Light Aircraft" by rhcreations (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/a8dd34a73737448f961d226734a3fc59) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Pidgeon Plane - Stylised WWI Aircraft](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/9a0f6e4568ae40b68601c7a097fcf2a9)** by [Tijmen Matthys](https://sketchfab.com/tijmenmatthys)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 5,834 triangles · 0.194 MB · stylized · 3 m tall · animated
`asset_search {"pick": "9a0f6e4568ae40b68601c7a097fcf2a9"}`
Credit: "Pidgeon Plane - Stylised WWI Aircraft" by Tijmen Matthys (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/9a0f6e4568ae40b68601c7a097fcf2a9) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Space Plane (Low Poly Mesh with Animations)](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/4777ea767a2d483aa2aac3db38116188)** by [daniloulf](https://sketchfab.com/daniloulf)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 1,697 triangles · 0.295 MB · sci-fi · 3 m tall · animated · rigged
`asset_search {"pick": "4777ea767a2d483aa2aac3db38116188"}`
Credit: "Space Plane (Low Poly Mesh with Animations)" by daniloulf (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/4777ea767a2d483aa2aac3db38116188) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Stylised Plane](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/a4f1deb1b3354c3c80eb31dc2ca92d81)** by [Alexander Windels](https://sketchfab.com/alexanderwindels)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 2,735 triangles · 0.129 MB · stylized · 2.9 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "a4f1deb1b3354c3c80eb31dc2ca92d81"}`
Credit: "Stylised Plane" by Alexander Windels (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/a4f1deb1b3354c3c80eb31dc2ca92d81) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Game art plane for feedback](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/fa49e4cc9aa340c590a6fa500137fdbc)** by [MilanHelsen](https://sketchfab.com/MilanHelsen)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 1,538 triangles · 0.067 MB · stylized · 2 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "fa49e4cc9aa340c590a6fa500137fdbc"}`
Credit: "Game art plane for feedback" by MilanHelsen (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/fa49e4cc9aa340c590a6fa500137fdbc) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 GameArtPlane](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/0fcd4f5e7f0f49468498456750752a2c)** by [Akio INAGAKI](https://sketchfab.com/AkioINAGAKI)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 24,038 triangles · 0.31 MB · low-poly · 3.4 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "0fcd4f5e7f0f49468498456750752a2c"}`
Credit: "Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 GameArtPlane" by Akio INAGAKI (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/0fcd4f5e7f0f49468498456750752a2c) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
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Counts from the library's catalog on 2026-10-28. The models are their authors' work under the license on each card; paprika3d converted them for the web.
Updated 2026-10-28.