Learn Airflow: A Free YouTube Roadmap (2026)

To learn Airflow in 2026, follow this order: start with a beginner crash course, then a full course, then advanced deep dives. This roadmap sequences 21 of the best free YouTube videos — beginning with "What is Apache Airflow? For beginners" by Data with Marc (75,941 views).

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Step 1

Start Here

Beginner-friendly Airflow intros and crash courses

What is Apache Airflow? For beginners Data with Marc

75.9K views · 804 likes · 2 years ago

Airflow Tutorial For Beginners (2026) | Apache Airflow Full Course Ansh Lamba

68.3K views · 1.7K likes · 5 months ago

Getting Started with Apache Airflow AIEngineering

45.9K views · 749 likes · 5 years ago

1. What is Apache Airflow? Airflow Beginners Tutorial Data Tech

42.3K views · 269 likes · 4 years ago

Learn Apache Airflow with Python in 1 hour | Apache Airflow 101 | Apache Airflow Zero to Hero TejaWithData

42.1K views · 866 likes · 5 years ago

Step 2

Core Skills

Full courses and comprehensive Airflow tutorials

Data Engineer Project: An end-to-end Airflow data pipeline with BigQuery, dbt Soda, and more! Data with Marc

92.5K views · 2.1K likes · 3 years ago

End-to-End ETL Pipeline in AWS: Redshift, PySpark, Glue, EMR, Hudi & Airflow #aws #awstutorial #etl Nitin Srivastava - Data Engineering Mentor

40.6K views · 1.1K likes · 1 year ago

End-to-End Banking Data Engineering Project | Snowflake + DBT + Airflow Data with Jay

23.6K views · 660 likes · 10 months ago

dbt + Airflow = ❤ ; An open source project that integrates dbt and Airflow Data Tech

20.8K views · 446 likes · 2 years ago

How to build and automate a ETL pipeline with AWS airflow | AWS End-To-End Data Engineering Project Data Tech

19.9K views · 632 likes · 2 years ago

Customer Churn Data Analytics|Data Pipeline using Apache Airflow, Glue, S3, Redshift, PowerBI|Part 1 tuplespectra

17.2K views · 417 likes · 2 years ago

Step 3

Advanced & Deep Dives

Go deeper into Airflow internals and real-world use

Master Apache Airflow: 5 Real-World Projects to Get You Started Darshil Parmar

19.2K views · 456 likes · 1 year ago

Apache Airflow Full Course 2026 | Beginners to Advanced (5 Hours) Data with Jay

14K views · 359 likes · 7 months ago

Deep dive into Airflow Kubernetes Pod Operator vs Executor MaxcoTec Learning

11.5K views · 175 likes · 3 years ago

Lets code Airflow Kubernetes Pod Operator | Deep dive | Part 2 MaxcoTec Learning

5.6K views · 80 likes · 3 years ago

Apache Airflow Architecture Explained | Core, Composer, MWAA & Astronomer Overview TechTrapture

4.2K views · 62 likes · 1 year ago

Step 4

Stay Current

The freshest Airflow videos from the last 6 months

WALMART Data Engineering End-To-End Project [Airflow + DBT + Databricks] Ansh Lamba

14K views · 748 likes · 18 days ago

DAG End-to-End Implementation | Lec-12 | Airflow tutorial in Hindi MANISH KUMAR

3.7K views · 48 likes · 5 months ago

What's new in Apache Airflow 3.2? Data with Marc

2.3K views · 37 likes · 3 months ago

Otto: The Data Engineering Agent Built for Airflow (Hands-On Demo) Data with Marc

2K views · 26 likes · 2 months ago

Why use Cosmos for dbt in Airflow Data with Marc

1.6K views · 19 likes · 5 months ago

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