Top 10 largest aircraft ever The top 10 biggest and largest airplanes in the world are 1. Antonov An-225 Mriya The Antonov An-225 Mriya is a strategic airlift cargo aircraft that was designed by the Soviet Union's Antonov Design Bureau in the 1980s. The Antonov An-225 was originally designed to airlift the Energia rocket's boosters and the Buran space shuttle for the Soviet space program. It is powered by six turbofan engines and is the longest and heaviest airplane ever built with a maximum takeoff weight of 640 tones. Length: 84 m (275 ft. 7 in) Wingspan: 88.4 m (290 ft. 0 in) Height: 18.1 m (59 ft. 5 in) Wing area: 905 square meters (9,740 sq. ft.) 2 Airbus A380-800 The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine jet airliner which has a non-stop flying range of over 15,000 kilometers and a cruising speed of Mach 0.85 (about 900 km/h). It is the largest passenger airliner in the world and was designed to challenge the Boeing Company in large-aircraft market. It can provides seating for 525 people in a typical three-class configuration or up to 853 people in an all-economy class configuration. Length: 72.73 m (238 ft. 7 in) Wingspan: 79.75 m (261 ft. 8 in) Height: 24.45 m (80 ft. 3 in) Wing area: 845 square meters (9,100 sq. ft.) 3 Airbus A340-600 The Airbus A340 is a long-range four-engine wide-body commercial passenger jet airliner developed and produced by Airbus. It seats up to 375 passengers in the standard variants and 440 in the stretched −600 series. Length: 75.30 meters (247 ft. 1 in) Wingspan: 63.45 meters (208 ft. 2 in) Height: 17.30 meters (56 ft. 9 in) Wing area: 439.4 square meters (4,730 sq. ft.) 4 Antonov An-124 The Antonov An-124 is a strategic airlift jet aircraft designed by the Antonov design bureau in the Ukrainian SSR, then part of the Soviet Union. Antonov An-124 the largest mass-produced aircraft in the world until the Airbus A380 was produced. It is the second heaviest operating cargo aircraft. Length: 68.96 m (226 ft. 3 in) Wingspan: 73.3 m (240 ft. 5 in) Height: 20.78 m (68 ft. 2 in) Wing area: 628 square meters (6,760 sq. ft.) 5 Antonov An-22 The Antonov An-22 is a heavy military transport aircraft designed by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. It can cruise at the maximum speed of 740 km/h (460 mph) and has a range of 5,000 km with maximum payload. Length: 57.9 m (189 ft. 11½ in) Wingspan: 64.40 m (211 ft. 4 in) Height: 12.53 m (41 ft. 1½ in) Wing area: 345 square meters (3,713 sq. ft.) 6 Boeing 747-8 The Boeing 747-8 is a wide-body jet airliner developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes with two main variants: the 747-8 Intercontinental (747-8I) for passengers and the 747-8 Freighter (747-8F) for cargo. Boeing 747-8 is the lengthened version of 747 with increased span wing and is the world's longest passenger aircraft at 76.4 m (0.9 m / 3 ft. longer than Airbus A340) Length: 250 ft. 2 in (76.3 m) Wingspan: 224 ft. 7 in (68.5 m) Height: 63 ft. 6 in (19.4 m) Wing area: 554 square meters (5,960 sq. ft.) 7 Boeing 747 Nicknamed as Jumbo Jet, The Boeing 747 is a wide-body commercial airliner and cargo transport aircraft manufactured by Boeing's Commercial Airplane unit in the United States. It was the Highest-capacity passenger aircraft. until surpassed by Airbus A380 with a seating capacity of 416 passengers in a typical three-class layout, 524 passengers in a typical two-class layout, or 660 passengers in a high density one-class configuration. Length: 231 ft. 10 in (70.6 m) Wingspan: 195 ft. 8 in (59.6 m) Height: 663 ft. 5 in (19.3 m) Wing area: 5,500 sq. ft. (510.95 square meters) 8 Boeing Dreamlifter The Boeing 747 Dreamlifter is a wide-body cargo aircraft manufactured by Boeing's Commercial Airplane. It is used exclusively for transporting 787 aircraft parts to Boeing's assembly plants from suppliers around the world. Length: 235 ft. 2 in (71.68 m) Wingspan: 211 ft. 5 in (64.4 m) Height: 70 ft. 8 in (21.54 m) 9 Tupolev Maxsim Gorki The Tupolev ANT-20 Maksim Gorky was a Soviet aircraft, the largest and heaviest land-based aircraft of the 1930s which required eight 900 hp Mikulin V12 engines for flight. Built between 1933 and 1934 this oldie's wingspan was of similar to that of a modern Boeing 747. Length: 32.90 m (107 ft. 11¼ in) Wingspan: 63.00 m (206 ft. 8¼ in) Height: 10.6 m (34 ft. 9¼ in) Wing area: 488 square meters (5,251 sq. ft.) 10 Dornier Do X The Dornier Do X was the largest, heaviest, and most powerful flying boat in the world when it was produced by the Dornier Company of Germany in 1929. This flying boat could take-off with a maximum weight to 56 tones, 3 tones more than the Russian Tupolev ANT-20 could. Length: 40 m (131 ft. 4 in) Wingspan: 48 m (157 ft. 5 in) Height: 10.25 m (33 ft. 7 in) Wing area: 450 square meters (4,844 sq. ft.) Source: wikipedia.org

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