The largest aircraft carrier in the world is USS Gerald R. Ford, with a length of 1,106 feet and a weight of 100,000 tons.
An fara amfani da jigilar jirgin sama a yakin a cikin yakin duniya na II, lokacin da Japan ta kai hari Pearl tashar jiragen ruwa.
Masu ɗaukar jirgin sama na zamani na iya ɗaukar kusan jirgin sama mai mayaƙa 90 da helikofta.
Jirgin saman Amurka na Amurka suna da dakin musamman don saukar da qwai 5,000 na mako daya ga ma'aikatan jirgin.
Jirgin saman jirgin sama na iya aiki don shekaru ba tare da komawa tashar jiragen ruwa ba, godiya ga tsarin mai da isasshen abinci.
Jirgin sama mai ɗaukar jirgin sama yana da tsarin tsaro na zamani, kamar na cannan cannonx na jirgin ruwa da kuma makamai masu linzami na jirgin sama.
Jirgin sama mai ɗaukar jirgin sama yana da babbar hanyar jirgin sama wanda za'a iya haɗa shi don saukar da ƙarin jirgin sama.
Hakanan za'a iya amfani da kwari don ayyukan jin kai da taimakon jin kai, kamar lokacin da Uss Abraham Lincholn Jirgin Sama ya taimaka wa girgizar kasa da tsunami a Japan a 2011.
Jirgin saman jirgin sama na iya fitar da siginar rediyo mai kyau, saboda haka ana iya amfani dashi azaman rediyo da telebijin tristitter.
Jirgin saman jirgin sama na iya ƙirƙirar iska mai ƙarfi, wanda za'a iya amfani dashi don taimakawa jirgin sama da ƙasa.