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Rankings

Top tens across 111 airliners and 1,086 airports. For head-to-heads, see Compare.

Aircraft

Longest range

Typical maximum range with passengers.

  1. Airbus A340-50016,670 km
  2. Airbus A350-100016,100 km
  3. Boeing 777-200LR15,840 km
  4. Airbus A330-80015,090 km
  5. Airbus A350-90015,000 km
  6. Airbus A38014,800 km
  7. Airbus A340-60014,450 km
  8. Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental14,320 km
  9. Boeing 787-914,010 km
  10. Airbus A340-30013,700 km

Most seats

Typical layout; airlines vary.

  1. Airbus A380525
  2. Boeing 777-9426
  3. Boeing 747-400416
  4. Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental410
  5. Boeing 777-300ER396
  6. Airbus A340-600380
  7. Airbus A350-1000369
  8. Boeing 777-300368
  9. Boeing 747-100366
  10. Boeing 747-200B366

Longest fuselage

Overall length.

  1. Boeing 777-976.7 m
  2. Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental76.3 m
  3. Airbus A340-60075.4 m
  4. Boeing 777-30073.9 m
  5. Boeing 777-300ER73.9 m
  6. Airbus A350-100073.8 m
  7. Airbus A38072.7 m
  8. Boeing 747-10070.6 m
  9. Boeing 747-200B70.6 m
  10. Boeing 747-40070.6 m

Earliest first flights

The veterans of the list.

  1. Douglas DC-31935
  2. Fokker F27 Friendship1955
  3. Sud Aviation Caravelle1955
  4. Tupolev Tu-1041955
  5. Vickers Viscount 8001956
  6. de Havilland Comet 41958
  7. Antonov An-241959
  8. Convair 8801959
  9. Boeing 707-320B1962
  10. Vickers VC101962

Newest first flights

The most recent types to take to the air.

  1. Airbus A321XLR2022
  2. Boeing 777-92020
  3. Airbus A321LR2018
  4. Airbus A330-8002018
  5. Boeing 737 MAX 72018
  6. Airbus A319neo2017
  7. Airbus A330-9002017
  8. Boeing 737 MAX 92017
  9. Boeing 787-102017
  10. COMAC C9192017

Shortest range

Built for short hops.

  1. ATR 42-6001,300 km
  2. Dornier 3281,300 km
  3. ATR 72-6001,400 km
  4. De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter1,400 km
  5. Saab 3401,700 km
  6. Sud Aviation Caravelle1,700 km
  7. Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia1,750 km
  8. De Havilland Canada Dash 8-1001,900 km
  9. Fokker F27 Friendship1,900 km
  10. Antonov An-242,000 km

Airports

Longest runway

Longest single runway at large airports with scheduled flights.

  1. Denver DEN4,877 m
  2. Doha DOH4,850 m
  3. Arbil EBL4,800 m
  4. Harare HRE4,725 m
  5. Kuwait City KWI4,580 m
  6. Windhoek WDH4,575 m
  7. Doha DIA4,572 m
  8. Las Vegas LAS4,522 m
  9. Almaty ALA4,500 m
  10. Dubai(Jebel Ali) DWC4,500 m

Most runways

Runways in use, counted from runway data.

  1. Chicago ORD8
  2. Dallas-Fort Worth DFW7
  3. Amsterdam AMS6
  4. Boston BOS6
  5. Denver DEN6
  6. Detroit DTW6
  7. Istanbul IST6
  8. Atlanta ATL5
  9. Guangzhou (Huadu) CAN5
  10. Houston IAH5

Highest airports

Elevation above sea level.

  1. La Paz / El Alto LPB4,071 m
  2. Juliaca JUL3,826 m
  3. Oruro ORU3,704 m
  4. Quijarro UYU3,394 m
  5. Cusco CUZ3,310 m
  6. Zhangjiajie (Yongding) DYG2,600 m
  7. Toluca TLC2,580 m
  8. Arequipa AQP2,562 m
  9. Bogota BOG2,548 m
  10. Cochabamba CBB2,548 m

Lowest airports

Some sit below sea level.

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