"Pilot of the Airwaves" is a song by English singer-songwriter Charlie Dore.

[1] The song reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, and earned her the Record World New Female Artist of the Year, and an ASCAP award.

[3] The lyrics are from the point of view of a woman who frequently listens, late at night, to a radio disc jockey whom she calls a "pilot of the airwaves", keeping what has often been called the "dawn patrol".

She admits that she has few real-life friends and that the DJ keeps her as much company as she believes she needs, describing her life and the feelings she has2 surrounding the fact that she considers the radio DJ her only true friend.

French singer Sheila recorded a version, entitled "Pilote sur les ondes", in 1980.