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Records

The record holders among 111 airliners and 1,084 airports, and who comes close. For two aircraft side by side, see Compare.

Aircraft Typical published figures.

Longest range

Typical maximum range with passengers.

Record holder Airbus A350-1000 16,700 km
  1. 2Airbus A340-50016,670 km
  2. 3Boeing 777-200LR15,840 km
  3. 4Airbus A350-90015,750 km
  4. 5Airbus A330-80015,090 km
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  1. 6Boeing 777-914,820 km
  2. 7Airbus A38014,800 km
  3. 8Airbus A340-60014,450 km
  4. 9Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental14,320 km
  5. 10Boeing 787-914,010 km

Most seats

Typical layout; airlines vary.

Record holder Airbus A380 525 seats
  1. 2Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental467 seats
  2. 3Boeing 747-400416 seats
  3. 4Boeing 777-9414 seats
  4. 5Boeing 777-300ER392 seats
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  1. 6Airbus A340-600380 seats
  2. 7Airbus A350-1000369 seats
  3. 8Boeing 777-300368 seats
  4. 9Boeing 747-100366 seats
  5. 10Boeing 747-200B366 seats

Longest

Overall length, nose to tail.

Record holder Boeing 777-9 76.7 m
  1. 2Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental76.3 m
  2. 3Airbus A340-60075.4 m
  3. 4Boeing 777-30073.9 m
  4. 5Boeing 777-300ER73.9 m
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  1. 6Airbus A350-100073.8 m
  2. 7Airbus A38072.7 m
  3. 8Boeing 747-10070.6 m
  4. 9Boeing 747-200B70.6 m
  5. 10Boeing 747-40070.6 m

Oldest

The earliest first flights on the list.

Record holder Douglas DC-3 first flew 1935
  1. 2Fokker F27 Friendshipfirst flew 1955
  2. 3Sud Aviation Caravellefirst flew 1955
  3. 4Tupolev Tu-104first flew 1955
  4. 5Vickers Viscount 800first flew 1956
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  1. 6de Havilland Comet 4first flew 1958
  2. 7Antonov An-24first flew 1959
  3. 8Convair 880first flew 1959
  4. 9Boeing 707-320Bfirst flew 1962
  5. 10Vickers VC10first flew 1962

Newest

The most recent types to take to the air.

Record holder Airbus A321XLR first flew 2022
  1. 2Boeing 777-9first flew 2020
  2. 3Airbus A321LRfirst flew 2018
  3. 4Airbus A330-800first flew 2018
  4. 5Boeing 737 MAX 7first flew 2018
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  1. 6Airbus A319neofirst flew 2017
  2. 7Airbus A330-900first flew 2017
  3. 8Boeing 737 MAX 9first flew 2017
  4. 9Boeing 787-10first flew 2017
  5. 10COMAC C919first flew 2017

Shortest range

Built for short hops.

Record holder ATR 42-600 1,350 km
  1. 2ATR 72-6001,400 km
  2. 3De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter1,400 km
  3. 4Saab 3401,700 km
  4. 5Sud Aviation Caravelle1,700 km
Show the top 10
  1. 6Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia1,750 km
  2. 7Dornier 3281,850 km
  3. 8De Havilland Canada Dash 8-1001,900 km
  4. 9Fokker F27 Friendship1,900 km
  5. 10Antonov An-242,000 km

Airports Large airports with scheduled flights.

Longest runway

Longest single runway at a large airport.

Record holder Denver DEN 4,877 m 2 kmN
  1. 2Doha DOH4,850 m
  2. 3Arbil EBL4,800 m
  3. 4Harare HRE4,725 m
  4. 5Kuwait City KWI4,580 m
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  1. 6Windhoek WDH4,575 m
  2. 7Las Vegas LAS4,522 m
  3. 8Almaty ALA4,500 m
  4. 9Dubai(Jebel Ali) DWC4,500 m
  5. 10Kunming KMG4,500 m

Most runways

Runways in use, from runway data.

Record holder Chicago ORD 8 runways 1 kmN
  1. 2Dallas-Fort Worth DFW7 runways
  2. 3Amsterdam AMS6 runways
  3. 4Boston BOS6 runways
  4. 5Denver DEN6 runways
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  1. 6Detroit DTW6 runways
  2. 7Istanbul IST6 runways
  3. 8Atlanta ATL5 runways
  4. 9Guangzhou (Huadu) CAN5 runways
  5. 10Houston IAH5 runways

Highest

Elevation above sea level.

Record holder La Paz / El Alto LPB 4,071 m
  1. 2Juliaca JUL3,826 m
  2. 3Oruro ORU3,704 m
  3. 4Quijarro UYU3,394 m
  4. 5Cusco CUZ3,310 m
Show the top 10
  1. 6Zhangjiajie (Yongding) DYG2,600 m
  2. 7Toluca TLC2,580 m
  3. 8Arequipa AQP2,562 m
  4. 9Bogota BOG2,548 m
  5. 10Cochabamba CBB2,548 m

Lowest

Some sit below sea level.

Record holder Atyrau GUW -22 m
  1. 2Astrakhan ASF-20 m
  2. 3Rotterdam RTM-5 m
  3. 4Amsterdam AMS-3 m
  4. 5Cartagena CTG1 m
Show the top 10
  1. 6Haa Dhaalu Atoll HAQ1 m
  2. 7Montego Bay MBJ1 m
  3. 8New Orleans MSY1 m
  4. 9Aden ADE2 m
  5. 10Akureyri AEY2 m

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