Likitan jirgin sama likita ne wanda aka horar da shi don ba da tallafin jinya ga matukan jirgi da sauran ma'aikatan jirgin. Sun kware a fannin likitanci na jiragen sama kuma su ke da alhakin tabbatar da cewa matukan jirgin sun dace da lafiyarsu a fannin kiwon lafiya, da kuma ba da jinya ga ma’aikatan jirgin a yayin da suka samu rauni ko rashin lafiya. Kalmar “likita ta jirgin sama” ana amfani da ita ne a fannin zirga-zirgar jiragen sama na soja, amma manufar kuma ta shafi jirgin sama na farar hula.