Aircraft in the stock game are an utter joke. They're more or less wet paper bags with wings that coudln't hit the broad side of a barn from 10 feet away.
On top of that being hit by one, isnt nowhere near as painful as it should be.
I'd recommend installing the "improved airpower" mod if theres one still floating around. Harbor traffic 1.47 comes with it in its own compressed file.
On the other hand, aircraft can be an excellent comedy relif on an otherwise boring patrol.
