The people who build them.

Sixteen manufacturers, one line-up each — every aircraft they built that appears on this site, with production numbers and true-scale silhouettes.

The builders

Every manufacturer

Airbus

Europe · Founded 1970 · 8 aircraft here

The European consortium that took half the world's airliner market.

Longest: Airbus A340 · 75.36 m

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Boeing

United States · Founded 1916 · 14 aircraft here

A century of aircraft — and the two most-produced airliner families in history.

Longest: Boeing 777X · 76.72 m

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Antonov

USSR · Founded 1946 · 3 aircraft here

The design bureau that built the largest aircraft the world has ever seen.

Longest: Antonov An-225 Mriya · 84.00 m

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Lockheed

United States · Founded 1912 · 8 aircraft here

Military giants, one beautiful trijet, and the fastest aircraft ever built.

Longest: Lockheed C-5 Galaxy · 75.31 m

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Ilyushin

Russia · Founded 1933 · 4 aircraft here

Heavy transports and long-haul airliners built to work anywhere.

Longest: Ilyushin Il-96 · 63.94 m

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Tupolev

Russia · Founded 1922 · 3 aircraft here

Bombers, airliners, and the first supersonic transport ever to fly.

Longest: Tupolev Tu-144 · 65.70 m

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Aérospatiale / BAC

France & United Kingdom · Founded 1962 · 1 aircraft here

Two national industries, one treaty, and the only supersonic airliner that worked.

Longest: Concorde · 61.66 m

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Hughes

United States · Founded 1932 · 1 aircraft here

One billionaire, one wooden giant, one 26-second flight.

Longest: Hughes H-4 Hercules · 66.65 m

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Vickers

United Kingdom · Founded 1911 · 1 aircraft here

The VC10 — elegant, over-engineered, and still holding a record.

Longest: Vickers VC10 · 52.32 m

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Embraer

Brazil · Founded 1969 · 1 aircraft here

The third-largest commercial aircraft maker in the world.

Longest: Embraer E-Jet E2 · 41.50 m

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COMAC

China · Founded 2008 · 1 aircraft here

The state-backed challenger to the Airbus–Boeing duopoly.

Longest: COMAC C919 · 38.90 m

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De Havilland Canada

Canada · Founded 1928 · 1 aircraft here

Bush planes, short fields, and the fastest turboprop airliner flying.

Longest: De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 · 32.83 m

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ATR

France & Italy · Founded 1981 · 1 aircraft here

The Franco-Italian venture that owns the regional turboprop market.

Longest: ATR 72 · 27.17 m

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