diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 286aeb6b2e6..21a4532cdce 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -425,18 +425,6 @@ If you have attached a host directory to the `/data` volume, then you can instal
 
 [You can also auto-download plugins using `SPIGET_RESOURCES`.](#auto-downloading-spigotmcbukkitpapermc-plugins)
 
-### Running an Airplane server
-
-An [Airplane](https://airplane.gg) server, which is "a stable, optimized, well supported 1.17 Paper fork."
-
-    -e TYPE=AIRPLANE
-
-> NOTE: The `VERSION` variable is used to select an Airplane type to download. The available options are "LATEST" and "PURPUR", both 1.17.1. Airplane does not support 1.18 -- use Paper/Pufferfish/Purpur.
-
-Extra variables:
-- `FORCE_REDOWNLOAD=false` : set to true to force the located server jar to be re-downloaded
-- `USE_FLARE_FLAGS=false` : set to true to add appropriate flags for the built-in [Flare](https://blog.airplane.gg/flare) profiler
-
 ### Running a Pufferfish server
 
 A [Pufferfish](https://github.com/pufferfish-gg/Pufferfish) server, which is "a highly optimized Paper fork designed for large servers requiring both maximum performance, stability, and "enterprise" features."
@@ -452,7 +440,7 @@ Extra variables:
 
 ### Running a Purpur server
 
-A [Purpur](https://purpur.pl3x.net/) server, which is "drop-in replacement for Paper servers designed for configurability, new fun and exciting gameplay features, and performance built on top of Airplane."
+A [Purpur](https://purpurmc.org/) server, which is "a drop-in replacement for Paper servers designed for configurability and new, fun, exciting gameplay features."
 
     -e TYPE=PURPUR
 
@@ -1561,7 +1549,7 @@ To enable the JVM flags required to fully support the [Flare profiling suite](ht
     
     -e USE_FLARE_FLAGS=true
     
-Flare is built-in to Airplane/Pufferfish/Purpur, and is available in [plugin form](https://github.com/TECHNOVE/FlarePlugin) for other server types.
+Flare is built-in to Pufferfish/Purpur, and is available in [plugin form](https://github.com/TECHNOVE/FlarePlugin) for other server types.
 
 ### Enable support for optimized SIMD operations
 
diff --git a/scripts/start-configuration b/scripts/start-configuration
index db6f2e62f88..ea6a5137df0 100755
--- a/scripts/start-configuration
+++ b/scripts/start-configuration
@@ -227,10 +227,6 @@ case "${TYPE^^}" in
     exec "${SCRIPTS:-/}start-deployPurpur" "$@"
   ;;
 
-  AIRPLANE)
-    exec "${SCRIPTS:-/}start-deployAirplane" "$@"
-  ;;
-
   PUFFERFISH)
     exec "${SCRIPTS:-/}start-deployPufferfish" "$@"
   ;;
diff --git a/scripts/start-deployAirplane b/scripts/start-deployAirplane
deleted file mode 100755
index 99366cce9a6..00000000000
--- a/scripts/start-deployAirplane
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-. ${SCRIPTS:-/}start-utils
-set -euo pipefail
-isDebugging && set -x
-
-IFS=$'\n\t'
-
-if [ "${VERSION}" != "LATEST" ] && [ "${VERSION}" != "PURPUR" ] ; then
-  log "ERROR: Airplane server type only supports VERSION=LATEST, VERSION=PURPUR."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-: ${AIRPLANE_TYPE:=airplane}
-
-if [ "${VERSION}" = "LATEST" ] ; then
-  AIRPLANE_TYPE="airplane"
-fi
-
-if [ "${VERSION}" = "PURPUR" ]; then
-  AIRPLANE_TYPE="airplanepurpur"
-fi
-
-log "Using ${AIRPLANE_TYPE} 1.17.1 (1.18 unsupported - use Paper/Pufferfish/Purpur for newer versions)"
-
-export SERVER=${AIRPLANE_TYPE}-1.17.1.jar
-
-log "Removing old Airplane versions ..."
-shopt -s nullglob
-for f in airplane*.jar; do
-  [[ $f != $SERVER ]] && rm $f
-done
-
-if [ ! -f "$SERVER" ] || isTrue "${FORCE_REDOWNLOAD:-false}"; then
-    downloadUrl="https://airplane.gg/dl/launcher-${AIRPLANE_TYPE}1.17.1.jar"
-    log "Downloading Airplane from $downloadUrl ..."
-    if ! get -o "$SERVER" "$downloadUrl"; then
-      log "ERROR: failed to download from $downloadUrl (status=$?)"
-      exit 3
-    fi
-fi
-
-# Normalize on Spigot for later operations
-export FAMILY=SPIGOT
-
-exec "${SCRIPTS:-/}start-spiget" "$@"