"Airborne" is the sixth studio album by Curved Air, recorded in 1976. Like their previous few releases, it did not achieve significant commercial success. After the release of a non-album single, "Baby Please Don't Go" b/w "Broken Lady," the group disbanded. Drummer Stewart Copeland went on to form The Police, while violinist Darryl Way and lead singer Sonja Kristina both pursued solo careers. Bassist Tony Reeves and guitarist Mick Jacques later joined the semiprofessional band Big Chief.
The Police covered "Kids to Blame" in their early performances, using a stripped-down punk arrangement of the song. Stewart Copeland also incorporated a guitar riff from "Desiree" into his solo single as Klark Kent, "Don't Care."
The album sessions for Airborne marked the debut of Stewart Copeland as a songwriter. Around the time of the release of FMidnight Wire, Copeland learned about publishing royalties for songwriters and responded by composing numerous pieces until the band accepted a few of his contributions.
Producer Dennis McKay quit the project midway through recording, leaving the remaining four tracks to be produced by Curved Air themselves.
