diff --git a/airflow/configuration.py b/airflow/configuration.py
index 41dc8d718e0d9..7f04c6926b24c 100644
--- a/airflow/configuration.py
+++ b/airflow/configuration.py
@@ -35,22 +35,25 @@
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from copy import deepcopy
 from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError
-from typing import IO, Any, Dict, Generator, Iterable, Pattern, Set, Tuple, Union
+from typing import IO, TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, Generator, Iterable, Pattern, Set, Tuple, Union
 from urllib.parse import urlsplit
 
 import re2
 from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 from typing_extensions import overload
 
-from airflow.auth.managers.base_auth_manager import BaseAuthManager
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowConfigException
-from airflow.secrets import DEFAULT_SECRETS_SEARCH_PATH, BaseSecretsBackend
+from airflow.secrets import DEFAULT_SECRETS_SEARCH_PATH
 from airflow.utils import yaml
 from airflow.utils.empty_set import _get_empty_set_for_configuration
 from airflow.utils.module_loading import import_string
 from airflow.utils.providers_configuration_loader import providers_configuration_loaded
 from airflow.utils.weight_rule import WeightRule
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from airflow.auth.managers.base_auth_manager import BaseAuthManager
+    from airflow.secrets import BaseSecretsBackend
+
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # show Airflow's deprecation warnings
diff --git a/airflow/exceptions.py b/airflow/exceptions.py
index b471297cd9593..0840e801a1a85 100644
--- a/airflow/exceptions.py
+++ b/airflow/exceptions.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 """Exceptions used by Airflow."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import datetime
 import warnings
 from http import HTTPStatus
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, NamedTuple, Sized
@@ -28,6 +27,8 @@
 from airflow.utils.trigger_rule import TriggerRule
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import datetime
+
     from airflow.models import DAG, DagRun
 
 
diff --git a/airflow/executors/base_executor.py b/airflow/executors/base_executor.py
index 909a955cbf536..2791c938a4f87 100644
--- a/airflow/executors/base_executor.py
+++ b/airflow/executors/base_executor.py
@@ -17,18 +17,16 @@
 """Base executor - this is the base class for all the implemented executors."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import argparse
 import logging
 import sys
 import warnings
 from collections import defaultdict
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from datetime import datetime
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple
 
 import pendulum
 
-from airflow.cli.cli_config import DefaultHelpParser, GroupCommand
+from airflow.cli.cli_config import DefaultHelpParser
 from airflow.configuration import conf
 from airflow.exceptions import RemovedInAirflow3Warning
 from airflow.stats import Stats
@@ -38,8 +36,12 @@
 PARALLELISM: int = conf.getint("core", "PARALLELISM")
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import argparse
+    from datetime import datetime
+
     from airflow.callbacks.base_callback_sink import BaseCallbackSink
     from airflow.callbacks.callback_requests import CallbackRequest
+    from airflow.cli.cli_config import GroupCommand
     from airflow.models.taskinstance import TaskInstance
     from airflow.models.taskinstancekey import TaskInstanceKey
 
diff --git a/airflow/executors/local_executor.py b/airflow/executors/local_executor.py
index 9dcfdb629faed..fd3cc6a62938f 100644
--- a/airflow/executors/local_executor.py
+++ b/airflow/executors/local_executor.py
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
 import subprocess
 from abc import abstractmethod
 from multiprocessing import Manager, Process
-from multiprocessing.managers import SyncManager
-from queue import Empty, Queue
+from queue import Empty
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Optional, Tuple
 
 from setproctitle import getproctitle, setproctitle
@@ -42,6 +41,9 @@
 from airflow.utils.state import TaskInstanceState
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from multiprocessing.managers import SyncManager
+    from queue import Queue
+
     from airflow.executors.base_executor import CommandType
     from airflow.models.taskinstance import TaskInstanceStateType
     from airflow.models.taskinstancekey import TaskInstanceKey
diff --git a/airflow/kubernetes/pre_7_4_0_compatibility/k8s_model.py b/airflow/kubernetes/pre_7_4_0_compatibility/k8s_model.py
index 8280a3265f09d..cff12d057bcad 100644
--- a/airflow/kubernetes/pre_7_4_0_compatibility/k8s_model.py
+++ b/airflow/kubernetes/pre_7_4_0_compatibility/k8s_model.py
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
 
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from functools import reduce
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from kubernetes.client import models as k8s
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from kubernetes.client import models as k8s
 
 
 class K8SModel(ABC):
diff --git a/airflow/kubernetes/pre_7_4_0_compatibility/pod_generator.py b/airflow/kubernetes/pre_7_4_0_compatibility/pod_generator.py
index 1fe8d50d76c43..45761978638c8 100644
--- a/airflow/kubernetes/pre_7_4_0_compatibility/pod_generator.py
+++ b/airflow/kubernetes/pre_7_4_0_compatibility/pod_generator.py
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import copy
-import datetime
 import logging
 import os
 import secrets
 import string
 import warnings
 from functools import reduce
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import re2
 from dateutil import parser
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@
 from airflow.utils.hashlib_wrapper import md5
 from airflow.version import version as airflow_version
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import datetime
+
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 MAX_LABEL_LEN = 63
diff --git a/airflow/plugins_manager.py b/airflow/plugins_manager.py
index 1b117101d7f65..0970e2ca3c10d 100644
--- a/airflow/plugins_manager.py
+++ b/airflow/plugins_manager.py
@@ -28,19 +28,18 @@
 import types
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Iterable
 
-try:
-    import importlib_metadata
-except ImportError:
-    from importlib import metadata as importlib_metadata  # type: ignore[no-redef]
-
-from types import ModuleType
-
 from airflow import settings
 from airflow.utils.entry_points import entry_points_with_dist
 from airflow.utils.file import find_path_from_directory
 from airflow.utils.module_loading import import_string, qualname
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    try:
+        import importlib_metadata
+    except ImportError:
+        from importlib import metadata as importlib_metadata  # type: ignore[no-redef]
+    from types import ModuleType
+
     from airflow.hooks.base import BaseHook
     from airflow.listeners.listener import ListenerManager
     from airflow.timetables.base import Timetable
diff --git a/airflow/providers_manager.py b/airflow/providers_manager.py
index 002747c33255d..3623be284306b 100644
--- a/airflow/providers_manager.py
+++ b/airflow/providers_manager.py
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, MutableMapping, NamedTuple, TypeVar, cast
 
 from packaging.utils import canonicalize_name
-from typing_extensions import Literal
 
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowOptionalProviderFeatureException
 from airflow.hooks.filesystem import FSHook
@@ -85,6 +84,8 @@ def ensure_prefix(field):
 
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from typing_extensions import Literal
+
     from airflow.decorators.base import TaskDecorator
     from airflow.hooks.base import BaseHook
 
diff --git a/airflow/settings.py b/airflow/settings.py
index 4ba9e80bd760f..79523bb989fe1 100644
--- a/airflow/settings.py
+++ b/airflow/settings.py
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
 import pluggy
 import sqlalchemy
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine, exc, text
-from sqlalchemy.engine import Engine
-from sqlalchemy.orm import Session as SASession, scoped_session, sessionmaker
+from sqlalchemy.orm import scoped_session, sessionmaker
 from sqlalchemy.pool import NullPool
 
 from airflow import policies
@@ -43,6 +42,9 @@
 from airflow.utils.state import State
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from sqlalchemy.engine import Engine
+    from sqlalchemy.orm import Session as SASession
+
     from airflow.www.utils import UIAlert
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/airflow/stats.py b/airflow/stats.py
index 5b84def6db76a..f6a6e97c54359 100644
--- a/airflow/stats.py
+++ b/airflow/stats.py
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable
 
 from airflow.configuration import conf
-from airflow.metrics.base_stats_logger import NoStatsLogger, StatsLogger
+from airflow.metrics.base_stats_logger import NoStatsLogger
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from airflow.metrics.base_stats_logger import StatsLogger
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/airflow/templates.py b/airflow/templates.py
index 8cd113054dbf0..95851253a7d22 100644
--- a/airflow/templates.py
+++ b/airflow/templates.py
@@ -17,11 +17,14 @@
 # under the License.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import datetime
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import jinja2.nativetypes
 import jinja2.sandbox
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import datetime
+
 
 class _AirflowEnvironmentMixin:
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
diff --git a/airflow/timetables/_cron.py b/airflow/timetables/_cron.py
index 89cae4bdcbede..678762888823b 100644
--- a/airflow/timetables/_cron.py
+++ b/airflow/timetables/_cron.py
@@ -18,17 +18,19 @@
 
 import datetime
 from functools import cached_property
-from typing import Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from cron_descriptor import CasingTypeEnum, ExpressionDescriptor, FormatException, MissingFieldException
 from croniter import CroniterBadCronError, CroniterBadDateError, croniter
-from pendulum import DateTime
 from pendulum.tz.timezone import Timezone
 
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowTimetableInvalid
 from airflow.utils.dates import cron_presets
 from airflow.utils.timezone import convert_to_utc, make_aware, make_naive
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from pendulum import DateTime
+
 
 def _is_schedule_fixed(expression: str) -> bool:
     """Figures out if the schedule has a fixed time (e.g. 3 AM every day).
diff --git a/airflow/timetables/base.py b/airflow/timetables/base.py
index c02f700233782..b5e95ef5f4662 100644
--- a/airflow/timetables/base.py
+++ b/airflow/timetables/base.py
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, NamedTuple, Sequence
 from warnings import warn
 
-from pendulum import DateTime
-
 from airflow.typing_compat import Protocol, runtime_checkable
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from pendulum import DateTime
+
     from airflow.utils.types import DagRunType
 
 
diff --git a/airflow/timetables/events.py b/airflow/timetables/events.py
index ce8fa9527f787..62cf3dce4e4bb 100644
--- a/airflow/timetables/events.py
+++ b/airflow/timetables/events.py
@@ -17,12 +17,16 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import itertools
-from typing import Iterable
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Iterable
 
 import pendulum
-from pendulum import DateTime
 
-from airflow.timetables.base import DagRunInfo, DataInterval, TimeRestriction, Timetable
+from airflow.timetables.base import DagRunInfo, DataInterval, Timetable
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from pendulum import DateTime
+
+    from airflow.timetables.base import TimeRestriction
 
 
 class EventsTimetable(Timetable):
diff --git a/airflow/timetables/interval.py b/airflow/timetables/interval.py
index 27e128ff52802..077c4195a7ae0 100644
--- a/airflow/timetables/interval.py
+++ b/airflow/timetables/interval.py
@@ -17,16 +17,19 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import datetime
-from typing import Any, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Union
 
 from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
 from pendulum import DateTime
 
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowTimetableInvalid
 from airflow.timetables._cron import CronMixin
-from airflow.timetables.base import DagRunInfo, DataInterval, TimeRestriction, Timetable
+from airflow.timetables.base import DagRunInfo, DataInterval, Timetable
 from airflow.utils.timezone import convert_to_utc
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from airflow.timetables.base import TimeRestriction
+
 Delta = Union[datetime.timedelta, relativedelta]
 
 
diff --git a/airflow/timetables/simple.py b/airflow/timetables/simple.py
index 53ddf6a7a85ea..0dd73627d6a6f 100644
--- a/airflow/timetables/simple.py
+++ b/airflow/timetables/simple.py
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@
 
 from pendulum import DateTime
 
-from airflow.timetables.base import DagRunInfo, DataInterval, TimeRestriction, Timetable
+from airflow.timetables.base import DagRunInfo, DataInterval, Timetable
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from sqlalchemy import Session
 
     from airflow.models.dataset import DatasetEvent
+    from airflow.timetables.base import TimeRestriction
     from airflow.utils.types import DagRunType
 
 
diff --git a/airflow/timetables/trigger.py b/airflow/timetables/trigger.py
index e5c5b7c15304a..95d29238037c4 100644
--- a/airflow/timetables/trigger.py
+++ b/airflow/timetables/trigger.py
@@ -17,14 +17,18 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import datetime
-from typing import Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
-from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
 from pendulum import DateTime
-from pendulum.tz.timezone import Timezone
 
 from airflow.timetables._cron import CronMixin
-from airflow.timetables.base import DagRunInfo, DataInterval, TimeRestriction, Timetable
+from airflow.timetables.base import DagRunInfo, DataInterval, Timetable
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
+    from pendulum.tz.timezone import Timezone
+
+    from airflow.timetables.base import TimeRestriction
 
 
 class CronTriggerTimetable(CronMixin, Timetable):
diff --git a/airflow/triggers/external_task.py b/airflow/triggers/external_task.py
index 431d91a15e025..00c7c52284435 100644
--- a/airflow/triggers/external_task.py
+++ b/airflow/triggers/external_task.py
@@ -18,18 +18,23 @@
 
 import asyncio
 import typing
-from datetime import datetime
 
 from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
 from sqlalchemy import func
-from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
 from airflow.models import DagRun, TaskInstance
 from airflow.triggers.base import BaseTrigger, TriggerEvent
 from airflow.utils.session import NEW_SESSION, provide_session
-from airflow.utils.state import DagRunState, TaskInstanceState
+from airflow.utils.state import TaskInstanceState
 from airflow.utils.timezone import utcnow
 
+if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from datetime import datetime
+
+    from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+
+    from airflow.utils.state import DagRunState
+
 
 class TaskStateTrigger(BaseTrigger):
     """