A kite is traditionally a tethered heavier-than-air craft with wing surfaces that react against the air to create lift and drag. A kite consists of wings, tethers and anchors. Kites have a bridle to guide the face of the kite at the correct angle so the wind can lift it. A kite may have fixed or moving anchors.

Kite-flying may refer to:

• Flying a kite, a type of tethered aircraft
• Kite-flying (politics), a political tactic where a politician, through the media, raises an idea to gauge public reactions to it