Widebody airliners
12 aircraft here
Two aisles, two decks sometimes, and the backbone of long-haul travel.
Longest: Boeing 777X · 76.72 m
Open the category →Every kind of aircraft, explained.
Eight categories, from two-aisle widebodies to the outsize freighters that carry what nothing else can — each one defined, illustrated and ranked.
WidebodyNarrowbodySupersonic transportStrategic bomberMilitary transportCargoOutsize freighterTrijetTurboprop airlinerPiston airlinerFlying boatExperimental
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The categories
Every type
Narrowbody airliners
9 aircraft here
One aisle, and the aircraft you actually fly on most.
Longest: Douglas DC-8 · 57.12 m
Open the category →Freighters & outsize cargo
6 aircraft here
The aircraft built to swallow what nothing else can carry.
Longest: Antonov An-225 Mriya · 84.00 m
Open the category →Military transports
2 aircraft here
Strategic reach, tactical manners, and a tank in the hold.
Longest: Lockheed C-5 Galaxy · 75.31 m
Open the category →Bombers & experimental giants
4 aircraft here
The largest and fastest combat aircraft ever built.
Longest: North American XB-70 Valkyrie · 56.62 m
Open the category →Supersonic transports
2 aircraft here
Two aircraft, one era, and a speed record nobody has taken back.
Longest: Tupolev Tu-144 · 65.70 m
Open the category →Trijets
4 aircraft here
Three engines: the answer to a rule that no longer exists.
Longest: McDonnell Douglas MD-11 · 61.62 m
Open the category →Propliners & flying boats
5 aircraft here
The giants of the propeller age — and the turboprops still working today.
Longest: Hughes H-4 Hercules · 66.65 m
Open the category →Light aircraft
3 aircraft here
The piston singles most pilots learn on, and most private flying is done in.
Longest: Cessna 172 Skyhawk · 8.28 m
Open the category →Business jets
2 aircraft here
Private aircraft built around the value of somebody's time.
Longest: Honda HA-420 HondaJet · 12.99 m
Open the category →Fighter aircraft
14 aircraft here
Air superiority, from the F-15 to the Su-57.
Longest: Mikoyan MiG-31 Foxhound · 22.62 m
Open the category →Stealth aircraft
2 aircraft here
Shaped to vanish from radar — the B-2 and the F-117.
Longest: Northrop B-2 Spirit · 21.03 m
Open the category →Reconnaissance aircraft
2 aircraft here
Built to see — the SR-71 and the U-2.
Longest: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird · 32.74 m
Open the category →Attack aircraft
1 aircraft here
Low, slow and armoured — close air support.
Longest: Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II · 16.26 m
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