Superman is back Icarus
Stories of flying people (or demi-gods or gods) go back all the way into pre-history. But in my experience, most or all of the early representations of super-human flight are either based on an item external to the user (such as a flying chariot or animal) or a more obvious, mechanical means of propulsion (such as natural or artificial wings). Magical levitation is also quite an old concept, but this generally involved simple hovering of a few feet above the ground, not weaving between the clouds.
But these days, a mainstay of popular culture is the power of superhuman flight, in which a person can propel themselves through the air at great speed without any obvious means of propulsion at all. Sometimes a cursory explanation is given (e.g. "it's self-directed telekinesis" or "their molecules can match the density of air"), but often it goes completely unexplained. They basically "just can." It's something that this character can do.
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