Below is a list of methods to achieve flight.
Energy and Matter Propulsion[]
- Atomic/Atomic Energy Manipulation: By creating propulsive or repulsive energies that may repel gravity by controlling/transforming and releasing the energy within atoms.
- Buoyancy Manipulation: By manipulating their own personal buoyancy or that of the atmosphere/fluid around them, a user can achieve gliding/flight.
- Cosmic Energy Manipulation: Using power from the universe (Sun, Moon, Stars)
- Density Manipulation/Personal Density By lowering your point of density to absolute zero or increasing the density of the surrounding air and matter within to move in/walk on/swim through.
- Digital Flight: Fly through manipulation of solidified digital data or becoming an abstract flow of digital data.
- Ectoplasmic Flight: Flies through manipulation of ectoplasmic energy.
- Elemental Flight: Fly through manipulation or generation of different types of energy and matter, either by riding the element, energy or being propelled by it, taking on its properties, or mimicking energy and/or lighter-than-air elements.
- Energy Aura/Flight Aura: By using an aura or halo of energy enveloping oneself, the user can control and manipulate their direction, velocity, etc.
- Energy Mimicry: By becoming an energy/wave/frequency that is not bound to Earth's gravity and can itself act as its own propulsion source.
- Energy Propulsion: Using various energies generated to propel or repel oneself (Energy Blast, Jet Propulsion, Energy Manipulation, Life-Force Manipulation)
- Extra-Dimensional Flight: By using the forces of dimensional energy or those present in the fabric of universes/between dimensions. (Quantum Energy Manipulation)(FTL Manipulation)
- Force-Field Flight: By generating a force field of energy, gas, liquid, or matter, users can fly on or surround themselves in to propel themselves through the air. (Force Fields)
- Solidification/Air Solidification Increase the density and solidness of atmospheric gasses, liquids or energies to walk/run on or to use as a surfing platform. (Air Walking/Platform Creation)
- Gas Mimicry: By transforming into a gas that is the same density as or lighter than air.
- Gyrokinetic Flight: Flies by controlling the gravity around the user by (Gravity Manipulation)
- Anti-Gravity Manipulation: Repelling against existing gravitational fields.
- Personal Gravity: Through the manipulation of one's personal gravity field users can achieve a classical way of flight by "pulling" their own mass through the air and repelling gravity simultaneously.
- Avoiding the notice of gravity: "Missing the Earth" as you fall, this is actually what keeps satellites up there.
- Gravity Negation: Fly by ignoring gravity.
- Gyroscopic Flight/Helicopter Propulsion: By spinning either an object or oneself at high speeds to achieve a form of rotational propulsion by pulling the air below/behind user (air pressure manipulation/acceleration inducement/Centrifugal Force Manipulation) or creating the motion and effects of such action without actually rotating (motion paradox).
- Kinetic Flight: Create and manipulate kinetic energy on one's own cells/molecules/atoms either as an outside or internal force and as repulsion or propulsion (potential energy manipulation, force manipulation)
- Lunar Flight: Flies through manipulation of lunar energy/substances, either by riding the lunar energy/substances or being propelled by it.
- Directional Manipulation: Pushing yourself into another direction (Force Manipulation)
- Magical Flight: By using the forces of magic themselves to propel oneself through the air, summon energies or matter to similar effect or summon creatures or objects, either summoned or that have innate magical properties/have been charmed for that purpose (Mana Manipulation, Mysticism, Magic Manipulation, object levitating, summoning.)
- Malefic Flight - by using the forces of evil to either propel oneself through the air, to manifest wings, or to ride the malefic energy/substances.
- Magnetic Levitation: Makes user magnetically repellent (Magnetism Manipulation, Diamagnetism Manipulation, Lateral Repulsion)
- Mass Manipulation: Make one's mass so low they are weightless or unaffected by other gravitational forces, controlling said mass precisely would create velocity and acceleration.
- Molecular Manipulation: Achieved by controlling their molecules as a single unit by force of will or adding energy to their molecules. (Molecular Manipulation)
- Self-Motion Manipulation: By generating and controlling absolute kinetic motion in their molecules and/or atoms to negate gravity and move in any direction.
- Pressure Manipulation: By controlling the atmospheric pressure and aerodynamic force upon one's body to create lift.
- Radiokinetic Flight: Propelled by or imbued with the high-energy properties of radioactive particles.
- Rainbow Flight: Fly using energy released by the splitting of ambient photons into their component wavelengths.
- Spatial Manipulation/Personal Space Manipulation: By literally controlling your own position in the surrounding space or causing the space around you to bend, negating gravity.
- Stellar Flight: Flies through manipulation of stellar energy/substances, either by riding the stellar energy/substances or being propelled by it.
- Solar Flight: Flies through manipulation of solar energy/substances, either by riding the solar energy/substances or being propelled by it.
- Sonic Flight: Using acoustic levitation with ultrasonic frequencies or simply powerful blasts of soundwaves to propel oneself through the air (Sound Manipulation, Vibration Manipulation, Wave Manipulation, Sonic Scream)
- Telekinesis: User picks up their own molecules using Psionic Energy (Telekinesis, Telekinetic Flight, Tactile Telekinesis)
- Thermo-chemical energy: Launch oneself off the ground by heat or combustion (Jet Propulsion)
- Thermokinetic Flight: Propel oneself through the air at high speeds using thermal energy/heat either generated by the user as a propulsive thrust or altering the temprature and therefor pressure of the air to create thermal updrafts or lift.
- Unrestricted Movement: User is boundless and not limited by obstacles or space in any dimension, direction, speed or vector.
- Vacuum Manipulation: By displacing atmosphere/energy around oneself and dragging oneself through the air, assuming user has proper airflow for breathing, or used in a manner to simulate lift (force).
- Weightless Flight: Propel oneself through the air through the use of weightlessness. (Weight Manipulation/Personal Weight Manipulation)
- Zero-Point Energy Manipulation: By using ZPE to negate your own gravitational potential.
Object Propulsion[]
- Broom Flight: Sit on a flying broom.
- Bubble Travel: Reside within or on bubbles/force fields.
- Card Flight: Stand on a card/cards.
- Carpet Flight: Sit on a flying carpet, which can carry more than one person at a time.
- Cloud Flight: Sit on a solid cloud.
- Ink Flight: using ink.
- Parasol Flight: Use a parasol.
- Momentum Flight: Fly using momentum.
- Tech Flight: Use technology for various ways to fly.
- Teleportation Flight: Fly by teleporting/planeshifting rapidly.
- Portal Flight: Flying through the use of portals.
Physical Propulsion[]
- Insectoid/Bird form (Avian Physiology or Insect Physiology)
- Angel/Devil form (Angel Physiology or Demon Physiology)
- Wind current control (Air Manipulation or Weather Manipulation)
- Wings (Wing Manifestation or Elemental Wings Manifestation)
- User of the arms/hands (Manual Flight)
- Use of hair (Comakinetic Flight)
- Using the ears (Auricular Flight)
- Other body parts (Helicopter Propulsion)
- Using the shell (Shell Flight)
- Using the tail (Caudal Flight)
- Using symbiosis (Symbiotic Flight)
- Other (such as Powers Via Object)
Unknown Propulsion[]
- Motion Paradox: Being able to move through space without physically moving the body.
- Newtonian Motion Defiance: Ignoring the Laws of Motion to move by applying force to oneself, while being independent of outside forces.