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List of flight distance records

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This list of flight distance records contains only those set without any mid-air refueling.

Non-commercial powered aircraft

YearDateDistancePilotAircraftNotes
2006February 8–12, 200641,467.46 kmSteve FossettGlobalFlyerurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017205235/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=13081date=2014-10-17 }}" Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). Retrieved: October 10, 2014.
1986December 14–23, 198640,212.14 kmRichard Glenn Rutan and Jeana YeagerRutan Voyagerurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224115854/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=8391date=2013-12-24 }}" Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). Retrieved: October 10, 2014.
1962January 10–11, 196220,168.78 km
(12532.3 mi)Major Clyde P. Evely and crewBoeing B-52H StratofortressFrom Kadena AB, Okinawa, to Torrejon AB, Spain, via Tokyo, Seattle, Fort Worth, Washington and the Azores
1946September 29 – October 2, 194618,083.6 kmCDR Tom Davies pilot, Cdr. Eugene Rankin (co-pilot) and two crewP2V-1 NeptuneFrom Perth, Australia to Columbus, Ohio, US
1944July 2, 194416,435 kmImperial Japanese Army Air Service (Omata, Tanaka, Shimazaki, Sakamoto, Motimatsu, Habiro)Tachikawa Ki-77From Xinjing to Baicheng, China (closed circuit)
1939August 1, 193912,936 km (8,038 mi)Regia Aeronautica: Angelo Tondi, Riccardo Dogasso, Ferruccio Vignoni, Aldo StaianoSavoia-Marchetti SM.82Closed-circuit world record
1945November 20, 194512,739.6 kmU.S. Army Air Forces; C. S. Irvine + crew of 9Boeing B-29 SuperfortressFrom Guam to Washington
1938November 5–7, 19387,162 miRoyal Air Force Long Range Development Unit; R. Kellett, H.A.V. Hogan and A. N. Combe (first pilots) + crew of two (also qualified pilots) in each aircraftVickers WellesleyFrom Ismailia, Egypt, to Darwin, Northern Territory, in Australia; three aircraft flew in formation, Hogan landed to refuel at Koepang (500 miles short of Darwin, Australia), the other two landed at Darwin, Northern Territory.
1938May 13–15, 193811,651.011 kmYuzoh Fujita + crew (Japan)Koken-kiThree-corner course over Japan. Closed-circuit record.
1937July 12–14, 193710,148 kmMikhail Gromov + crew (Soviet Union)Tupolev ANT-25, California, US
1933August 5–7, 19339,104 kmMaurice Rossi and Paul Codos (France)Blériot 110 F-ALCCFrom Floyd Bennett Field, New York to Rayak, Syria
1933February 6–88,544 kmRoyal Air Force Long Range Development Unit; O. R. Gayford and Gilbert NicholettsFairey Long-range Monoplane K1991From Cranwell, UK, to Walvis Bay, South Africa
1931October 58,851 kmClyde Pangborn and Hugh HerndonBellanca CH-400 or Bellanca J-300 Long Distance Special Miss VeedolFrom Wenatchee Washington to Misawa Japan
1931July 28–318,066 kmRussell Boardman and John PolandoBellanca J-300 Special Cape Cod NR761WFrom Floyd Bennett Field to Yeşilköy Airport -present day Atatürk Airport-, Istanbul
1929December 15–19, 19298,029.44 kmDieudonné Costes and P. CodasBreguet 19 Super Bidon Point d'InterrogationClosed-circuit record.
1929September 27–29, 19297,905.140 kmDieudonne Costes and Maurice BellonteBreguet 19 Super Bidon Point d'InterrogationParis to Qiqihar, China.
1928July 3–5, 19287,188.26 kmArturo Ferrarin and Carlo del PreteSavoia Marchetti S.64From Montecelio (Italy) to Touros (Brasil). Distance in a straight line. FAI Database ID#9108
1927June 28–293,862.43 kmAlbert Francis Hegenberger and Lester MaitlandFokker F.VIIFrom California to Hawaii, the longest open sea flight up to that date, in the "Bird of Paradise". They received the Mackey Trophy and the Distinguished Flying Cross from President Calvin Coolidge for this achievement.
1927May 20–21, 19275,809 kmCharles LindberghRyan NYP, Spirit of St. LouisSingle pilot flight, New York to Paris
1926October 28–29, 19265396 kmDieudonné Costes and Jean RignotBreguet 19 GRurl=https://fai.org/records?f%5B0%5D=field_country%3AFR&f%5B1%5D=field_zone%253Aname%3AWorld&f%5B2%5D=field_status%3A130&f%5B3%5D=field_type_of_record%3A481&f%5B4%5D=field_athlete%253Atitle_field%3ADieudonn%C3%A9%20Costestitle=FAI Record ID #9306access-date=30 April 2025}}.
1926August 31 – September 1, 19265,174 kmLéon Challe and René WeiserBreguet 19 GRurl=http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=9307title=FAI Record ID #9307access-date=November 8, 2013archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429215107/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=9307archive-date=April 29, 2014url-status=dead}}.
1926July 14–15, 19264715.90 kmAndré Girier and François DordillyBreguet 19 GRurl=http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=9299title=FAI Record ID #9299access-date=November 8, 2013archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429215038/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=9299archive-date=April 29, 2014url-status=dead}}.
1926June 26–27, 19264313 kmLudovic Arrachart and Paul ArrachartPotez 28From Paris to Basrah, Iraq
1925August 30–31, 19253,206 kmCDR John Rodgers (USN)PN-9 Flying BoatFrom San Francisco and Honolulu by Seaplane over open water without visual navigational aides.
1925August 7–9, 19254,400 kmMaurice Drouhin and Jules LandryFarman F.62 GoliathClosed circuit Chartres–Étampes–Toussus–Chartres.
1925February 3–4, 19253,166.30 kmLudovic Arrachart and Henry LemaitreBreguet 19url=http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=9305title=FAI Record ID #9305access-date=November 8, 2013archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429215017/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=9305archive-date=April 29, 2014url-status=dead}}.
1923April 16–17, 19234,050 kmOakley G. Kelly and John A. MacreadyFokker T.2Closed circuit around Dayton, Ohio
1920June 3–4, 19201,915.2 kmL Boussoutrot and J BernardFarman GoliathClosed-circuit record
1919June 14–15, 19193,040 kmJohn Alcock and Arthur BrownVickers VimyFlew non-stop from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, Connemara, in 15 hours 57 minutes
1914February 7, 19141,699 kmKarl IngoldMercedes Aviatik-PfeilHe flew continuously from 7:35 am until 11:55 pm covering 1,056 miles in 16 hours and 20 minutes.
1903December 17, 1903279 mWilbur WrightWright Flyer59 seconds
1903December 17, 190339 mOrville WrightWright Flyer12 seconds
1852September 24, 185227.36 km
(17 miles)Henri GiffardThe Giffard airshipOver an hour

Commercial aircraft

Main article: Longest flights

YearDateDistancePilotAircraftReference
2005November 9, 2005date=2017-10-10title=Suzanna Darcy-hennemann (USA) (12181) World Air Sports Federationurl=https://www.fai.org/record/12181access-date=2023-06-19website=www.fai.orglanguage=enref=2005-77L-record}}Suzanna Darcy-Henneman, Richard Austin, John Cashman, Mathew Mathew, Frank P. Santoni Jr, Philip Schultz, Rodney SkaarBoeing 777-200LRHong Kong International Airport to London Heathrow Airport the long way round taking 22 hours, 22 minutes
1997April 2, 1997date=2017-10-10title=Frank P. Santoni, Jr (USA) (4315) World Air Sports Federationurl=https://www.fai.org/record/4315access-date=2023-06-19website=www.fai.orglanguage=enref=777-1997record}}Frank P. Santoni Jr, Richard Austin, John Cashman, Charles Hovlano, Joseph McDonald, James McRoberts, Rodney SkaarBoeing 777-200ERMalaysia Airlines delivery flight from Boeing Field, Seattle to Kuala Lumpur International Airport in 21 hours and 23 minutes.
1993June 16 to 18, 199319,246 kmPierre Baud, Gérard Guyot, Nicholas "Nick" Warner, Bernard ZieglerAirbus A340-200Set two new records as it flew an around the world route. First flying 19089 km from Paris-Le Bourget Airport to Auckland, New Zealand in 21 hours and 32 minutes. After a 5 hour layover, the flight continued east-bound on a slightly longer route back to Paris-Le Bourget flying 19246 km, covering a great circle distance of 18,541 km in 21 hours and 46 minutes.
2011December 6, 2011date=2017-10-10title=Michael H. Carriker (USA) (16210) World Air Sports Federationurl=https://www.fai.org/record/16210access-date=2023-06-19website=www.fai.orglanguage=enref=fai787-2011}}Michael Carriker, Chad Lundy, Gregory McCann, William Roberson, Rodney Skaar, Christine WalshBoeing 787-8Boeing Field to Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 21 hours and 43 minutes on a trans-atlantic eastward route.
2020April 14 to 15, 202018,209 kmBoeing 777-300ERVirgin Australia ferry flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport to Brisbane Airport in 19 hours and 45 minutes; returning after evacuating French citizens from New Zealand due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019November 14 to 15, 201917,750 kmBoeing 787-9Qantas Between London Heathrow Airport and Sydney International Airport in 19 hours and 19 minutes.
2013June 6, 201317,312 kmAirbus A330-200Delta Air Lines ferry flight between Singapore and Atlanta in 18 hours and 34 minutes; returning from extensive cabin renovations.
1989August 16 to 17, 1989date=2017-10-10title=David Massy-Greene (AUS) (2201) World Air Sports Federationurl=https://www.fai.org/record/2201access-date=2023-06-19website=www.fai.orglanguage=en}}David Massy-GreeneBoeing 747-400Qantas delivery flight from London Heathrow Airport to Sydney International Airport in 20 hours and 9 minutes.
2002December 24, 2002date=2017-10-10title=Bruce Simpson (AUS) (7591) World Air Sports Federationurl=https://www.fai.org/record/7591access-date=2023-06-19website=www.fai.orglanguage=en}}Bruce Simpson, David Collier, Bruce Van Eyle, James PeachAirbus A330-200Qantas between Toulouse and Melbourne in 20 hours 4 minutes.
2004June 28, 200416,467 kmAirbus A340-500url=http://www.asiatraveltips.com/travelnews04/286SQ.shtmldate=June 28, 2004title=Singapore Airlines A340-500 Beats its own Non-Stop Flight Distance Recordaccess-date=September 4, 2013}} until being surpassed in 2020.
2019October 18 to 20, 201916,200 kmBoeing 787-9Qantas between New York and Sydney in 19 hours 16 minutes.
2003November 5, 200315,300 kmBoeing 777-300ERurl=https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/2004/2004-00%20-%200010.PDFdate=November 5, 2003title=Boeing set for final 777-300ER phaseaccess-date=May 6, 2018}}
2017February 5, 201714,535 kmBoeing 777-200LRQatar Airways between Doha and Auckland in 16 hours 10 minutes, formerly the world's longest commercial flight.
2004February 3, 200414,093 kmAirbus A340-500Singapore Airlines between Singapore and Los Angeles in 14 hours 42 minutes.
1988September 17, 198814,042 kmBoeing 767-200ERAir Mauritius between Halifax and Mauritius in 16 hours and 27 minutes.

Shortest distance

The Loganair Westray to Papa Westray route and its return flight make up the shortest flight distance for any scheduled air carrier service. The route is 2.8 km (1.7 miles), and travel time, including taxi, is usually less than two minutes. The route is served by Loganair airlines' Britten-Norman Islander aircraft and links the island of Westray and the town of Kirkwall, on the Orkney Islands in Scotland. This record was established when service began in 1967, and it remains in effect as of December 2022.

Other types of aircraft

DateMeasurementPersonAircraftReference
January 21, 20033,008.8 kmKlaus Ohlmann and Karl RabederSchempp-Hirth Nimbus-4The gliding flight consisted of four legs along the eastern side of the Andes mountain range. The flight time of 15h 8m giving an average speed of almost exactly 200 km/h.
March 21, 199940,814 kmBertrand Piccard and Brian JonesBreitling OrbiterDistance record for a balloon
January 31, 201510,711 kmTroy Bradley and Leonid TiukhtyaevTwo Eagles BalloonDistance record for a straight gas balloon
April 23, 1988115.11 kmKanellos KanellopoulosDaedalus 88Straight distance record for Humanpowered aeroplane. This record was achieved by flying from Iraklion to Santorini Island for 3 h 54 min 59 sec.

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