List of large aircraft - Wikipedia

Type First flight Role Built Length Span MTOW Capacity Notes Ilya Muromets 1913 airliner/bomber 85+ 19.13 yards (17.49 meters) 32.58 yards (29.79 meters) 4.527 tons Pax: 16 First multi-engine aircraft in serial production, Russky Vityaz development Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI 1916 Bomber 56 24.168 yards (22.099 meters) 46.15 yards (42.20 meters) 11.613 tons Largest WWI aircraft in regular service Tarrant Tabor 1919 Bomber 1 24.38 yards (22.29 meters) 43.74 yards (40.00 meters) 19.97 tons 4.1 t Crashed on first flight Dornier Do X 12 Jul 1929 Flying boat 3 43.74 yards (40.00 meters) 52.27 yards (47.80 meters) 51.1787 tons Pax: 100 Then longest, widest and heaviest Kalinin K-7 11 Aug 1933 Transport 1 30.62 yards (28.00 meters) 57.96 yards (53.00 meters) 45.77 tons Pax: 120 Widest aircraft until the Tupolev ANT-20 Tupolev ANT-20 19 May 1934 Transport 2 35.979 yards (32.899 meters) 68.8976 yards (63.0000 meters) 52.16 tons Pax: 72 Widest and heaviest until the Douglas XB-19 Douglas XB-19 27 Jun 1941 Bomber 1 44.07 yards (40.30 meters) 70.65 yards (64.60 meters) 72.34 tons Longest until the Laté. 631, widest until the B-36, heaviest until the Martin Mars Messerschmitt Me 323 20 Jan 1942 Transport 198 70.65 yards (64.60 meters) 60.37 yards (55.20 meters) 42.32 tons 11.81 tons Highest cargo capacity land-based World War II transport Martin JRM Mars 23 Jun 1942 Flying boat 7 39.04 yards (35.70 meters) 66.71 yards (61.00 meters) 73.62 tons 14.76 tons Heaviest until the Junkers 390, Largest serial production flying boat Latécoère 631 4 Nov 1942 Flying boat 11 47.57 yards (43.50 meters) 62.77 yards (57.40 meters) 70.27 tons Pax: 46 Longest until the Convair B-36 Junkers Ju 390 20 Oct 1943 Bomber 2 37.40 yards (34.20 meters) 55.01 yards (50.30 meters) 74.31 tons 9.84 tons Heaviest until the BV 238, Junkers entry for the Amerika Bomber project Blohm & Voss BV 238 Apr 1944 Flying boat 1 47.35 yards (43.30 meters) 65.84 yards (60.20 meters) 98.42 tons Heaviest built during WWII, destroyed in 1945 Convair B-36 8 Aug 1946 Bomber 384 54.02 yards (49.40 meters) 76.66 yards (70.10 meters) 183.06 tons Heaviest until the B-52, longest and widest until the Hughes H-4 Hughes H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose) 2 Nov 1947 Flying boat 1 72.94 yards (66.70 meters) 106.95 yards (97.80 meters) 177.15 tons Longest until the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy and widest until the Stratolaunch Convair XC-99 23 Nov 1947 Transport 1 60.80 yards (55.60 meters) 76.66 yards (70.10 meters) 142.71 tons 44.28 tons B-36 development, most capable transport aircraft until the An-22 Boeing B-52 15 Apr 1952 Bomber 744 53.04 yards (48.50 meters) 61.68 yards (56.40 meters) 216.525 tons Heaviest until the XB-70, still in service XB-70 21 Sep 1964 Bomber 2 61.68 yards (56.40 meters) 34.99 yards (31.99 meters) 242.115 tons Heaviest until the An-22, Mach 3 prototype bomber Antonov An-22 27 Feb 1965 Transport 68 63.32 yards (57.90 meters) 70.43 yards (64.40 meters) 246.05 tons 80 t Heaviest until the C-5, Heaviest turboprop aircraft Caspian Sea Monster 16 Oct 1966 Ekranoplan 1 100.61 yards (92.00 meters) 41.12 yards (37.60 meters)37.6 m 535.41 tons Heaviest and longest flying vehicle until the An-225, 1980 crash Lockheed C-5 Galaxy 30 Jun 1968 Transport 131 82.34 yards (75.29 meters) 74.26 yards (67.90 meters) 410.41 tons 125.49 tons Largest payload capacity until the An-124 Boeing 747 9 Feb 1969 Airliner 1557 77.32 yards (70.70 meters) 65.18 yards (59.60 meters) 406.86 tons Pax: 550/660 Highest passenger capacity airliner until the Airbus A380 Antonov An-124 26 Dec 1982 Transport 55 75.57 yards (69.10 meters) 80.16 yards (73.30 meters) 395.65 tons 147.63 tons Most capable transport until the An-225 Antonov An-225 Mriya 21 Dec 1988 Transport 1 91.86 yards (84.00 meters) 96.68 yards (88.40 meters) 629.89 tons 246.05 tons Heaviest aircraft and most capable transport, destroyed in 2022 Airbus Beluga 13 Sep 1994 Outsize cargo 5 61.46 yards (56.20 meters) 48.99 yards (44.80 meters) 152.55 t 1,961.93 cubic yards (1,500.00 cubic meters) Airbus A300 derivative, largest volume until the Dreamlifter Airbus A380 27 Apr 2005 Airliner 254 79.51 yards (72.70 meters) 87.27 yards (79.80 meters) 565.92 tons Pax: 850 Highest passenger capacity airliner Boeing Dreamlifter 9 Sep 2006 Outsize cargo 4 78.41 yards (71.70 meters) 70.43 yards (64.40 meters) 358.25 tons 2,406.63 cubic yards (1,840.00 cubic meters) Boeing 747-400 derivative, largest volume until the BelugaXL Airbus BelugaXL 19 Jul 2018 Outsize cargo 6 69.01 yards (63.10 meters) 65.945 yards (60.300 meters) 223.41 tons 2,889.26 cubic yards (2,209.00 cubic meters) Airbus A330 derivative, largest volume Stratolaunch 13 Apr 2019 Air launch 1 79.83 yards (73.00 meters) 127.95 yards (117.00 meters) 580.68 t 246.052 t Current heaviest and widest, prototype air-launch-to-orbit carrier

Type Proposed MTOW Notes Poll Triplane 1917 (circa) 50 m wingspan^[3] Victory Bomber 1940/1941 47.2 tons 52 m wingspan, to carry a ten-ton earthquake bomb, rejected by the RAF^[4] Boeing 2707 SST 1960s 301.17 tons A 93 m long Concorde answer, canceled in 1971 Lockheed CL-1201 1960s 6318.61 tons Nuclear-powered, 1,120 feet (340 m) wing span, airborne aircraft carrier Boeing RC-1 1970s 1584.57 tons "flying pipeline", proposed before the 1973 oil crisis Conroy Virtus 1974 379.90 tons 140 m wingspan, to carry Space Shuttle parts Beriev Be-2500 1980s 2460.57 tons Super heavy amphibious transport aircraft Beriev Be-5000 1980s 4921.03 tons Twin fuselage Be-2500 McDonnell Douglas MD-12 1990 423.21 tons Proposed double deck airliner, canceled in mid-1990s Boeing New Large Airplane 1990s 523.6 tons 747 replacement powered by 777 engines, canceled in the 1990s Aerocon Dash 1.6 wingship 1990s 4921.03 tpms US ground effect aircraft, developed with Russian consultation Tupolev Tu-404 1990s 595.45 tons Blended wing body airliner for 1,214 passenger, 110 m wingspan^[5] Sukhoi KR-860 1990s 639.73 tons Transport for 300 t payload or 860-1,000 passengers Double deck airliner Skylon 1993 339.55 tons Reusable spaceplane, cancelled in 2024 Boeing 747X 1996 465.53 tons 747-400 stretch, Airbus A3XX competitor Boeing Pelican 2002 2657.36 tons Ground effect and medium altitude transport Airbus A380-900 2006 580.68 tons Airbus A380-800 stretch, postponed in May 2010^[6] TsAGI HCA-LB current 984.21 tons Ground effect aircraft powered by LNG WindRunner current Outsize cargo freight aircraft: 108 m long, 80 m wingspan.^[7][8]