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This is a list of the most-produced aircraft types whose numbers exceed or exceeded 5,000. Any and all types of aircraft qualify, including airplanes, airships, balloons, gliders (sailplanes), helicopters, etc.
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| Name | Civil /Military | Type /role | Number produced | Country of origin | Production period | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||||||
| Cessna 172 | C | Utility / trainer | 44,000+ [1] | 1956 | present | Also built in France by Reims Aviation. | |
| Ilyushin Il-2 | M | Ground-attack | 36,183 | 1941 | 1945 | Most-produced military aircraft. | |
| Messerschmitt Bf 109 | M | Fighter | 34,852 | 1936 | 1958 | Most-produced fighter and single-seat aircraft. Also built in Hungary, Romania, Spain, Czechoslovakia and Switzerland. | |
| Piper PA-28 series | C | Utility /trainer | 32,778+ | 1960 | present | Sold as Cherokee, Cherokee Warrior, Cherokee Pathfinder, Warrior, Archer, Dakota, Cadet, and Pilot. | |
| Cessna 150 / 152 | C | Utility /trainer | 31,471 [2] | 1958 | 1986 | Most-produced two-seat civil aircraft. Also built in France (both models) and Argentina (150 only). 23,887 150s, 7,584 152s. [3] | |
| AeroVironment Raven | M | Group 1 Unmanned Aircraft System | 25,674 | 2003 | present | Group 1 ISR UAV. Most-produced United States military aircraft. | |
| Cessna 182 | C | Utility | 23,237+ | 1956 | present | Also built in France. | |
| Supermarine Spitfire/Seafire | M | Fighter | 22,685 | 1938 | 1948 | 20,351 of total were land-based Spitfires. The first Seafires were Spitfires modified with tailhooks. | |
| Piper J-3 Cub | C | Utility /trainer | 20,191 [4] | 1938 | 1947 | Most-produced fabric-covered monoplane. Includes military variants such as L-4, O-59, TG-8 and NE. 150 built in Canada. | |
| Focke-Wulf Fw 190 | M | Fighter | 20,051 | 1939 | 1945 | 64 produced in post-WWII France as the "NC 900". | |
| Polikarpov Po-2 | M | Biplane, multirole | 20,000 [5] to 30,000 [6] | 1928 | 1952 [6] | Most-produced biplane. Used for training, reconnaissance, liaison, and ground-attack. Also built in Poland. | |
| Beechcraft Bonanza | C | Utility | 18,542 (at end of 2023) [7] [8] [9] | 1947 | present | Longest continuous production run of any airplane in history. [10] [11] [12] Includes Debonair variant; excludes dissimilar Twin Bonanza. [13] | |
| Consolidated B-24 Liberator | M | Heavy bomber | 18,482 [14] | 1940 | 1945 | Most-produced heavy bomber and multi-engine aircraft. Includes 962 built by Douglas, [15] 6,792 by Ford Motor Company and 966 by North American. Does not include related PB4Y-2 Privateer. [14] | |
| Antonov An-2 / An-3 | C | Biplane, utility / agricultural | 18,000+ | 1947 | 2009 | Most-produced transport; longest production run of any transport aircraft. Also built in China and Poland. | |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 | M | Jet fighter | 18,000+ | 1947 | 1950s | Most-produced jet. Also 3,454 built in Czechoslovakia; 727 in Poland; and an unknown number in China. | |
| Mil Mi-8/Mi-17 | M | Helicopter, utility | 17,000+ | 1961 | present | Most-produced helicopter. | |
| Yakovlev Yak-9 | M | Fighter | 16,769 [16] | 1942 | 1948 | ||
| Douglas DC-3 | C/M | Airliner / transport | 16,079 | 1935 | 1952 | Designed pre-war as civilian transport. 607 built as civil airliners; 15,472 built as military transports, including the Soviet Lisunov Li-2 and Japanese Nakajima L2D; after World War II, most were converted into civil airliners or freighters. | |
| Bell UH-1 Iroquois | M | Helicopter, utility | 16,000+ | 1959 | 1987 | ||
| Republic P-47 Thunderbolt | M | Fighter | 15,660 [17] | 1942 | 1945 | ||
| North American P-51 Mustang | M | Fighter | 15,586 | 1940 | 1951 | Excluding North American F-82 Twin Mustang and other derivatives. | |
| North American T-6 Texan | M | Trainer | 15,495 | 1937 | 1950s | Also known as SNJ and Harvard. Also built in Canada. | |
| Junkers Ju 88 | M | Multirole | 15,183 [18] [ page needed ] | 1939 | 1945 | Luftwaffe multirole bomber, heavy fighter and reconnaissance aircraft. | |
| Hawker Hurricane | M | Fighter | 14,487 | 1937 | 1944 | Including production in Canada and a few built in Belgium and Yugoslavia. | |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 | M | Jet fighter | 13,996 | 1959 | 1985 | Most-produced supersonic aircraft. According to the Guinness Book Of Records, it is the most-produced jet-powered military aircraft. [19] Also built in China, Czechoslovakia and India. | |
| Waco CG-4 | M | Glider, military | 13,903+ | 1942 | 1945 | Most-produced glider. Many licensed manufacturers. | |
| Curtiss P-40 Warhawk | M | Fighter | 13,738 [20] | 1939 | 1944 | ||
| Chotia Weedhopper | C | Ultralight | 13,000+ | 1977 | 2012 | Most-produced ultralight. | |
| Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress | M | Heavy bomber | 12,731 | 1937 | 1945 | 3,000 built by Douglas, [15] also produced by Lockheed Vega. | |
| Vought F4U Corsair | M | Fighter | 12,571 | 1941 | 1952 | Most-produced carrier aircraft. Many built as Goodyear FG or Brewster F3A. [21] Longest production run of any U.S. piston-engined fighter. | |
| Grumman F6F Hellcat | M | Fighter | 12,275 | 1942 | 1945 | ||
| Boeing 737 | C | Jet airliner | 12,214+ [22] | 1967 | present | Most-produced jet-powered civilian aircraft. Includes the original, Classic, NG, and MAX models, as well as military variants such as the C-40 and P-8.[ citation needed ] | |
| Airbus A320 family | C | Jet airliner | 12,198+ [23] | 1988 | present | Consists of the A318, A319, A320 and A321. Designed and built in France, Germany, Spain and the UK, with additional assembly in China and the U.S. | |
| Vultee BT-13 Valiant | M | Trainer | 11,537 | 1939 | 1947 | ||
| Vickers Wellington | M | Medium bomber | 11,462 [24] | 1936 | 1945 | ||
| Petlyakov Pe-2 | M | Dive bomber | 11,427 | 1939 | 1945 | Most-produced dive bomber of any type – a twin-engined design. | |
| Avro 504 | M | Biplane, bomber /trainer | 11,303 [25] | 1913 | 1940 [26] | Most-produced World War I aircraft design. Includes Japanese and Soviet production. | |
| Avro Anson | M | Multirole | 11,020 [27] | 1935 | 1952 | Also built in Canada. [27] | |
| Mooney M20 | C | Utility | 11,000+ | 1955 | 2019 | ||
| Mitsubishi A6M Zero | M | Fighter | 10,939 | 1940 | 1945 | ||
| Piper Pacer | C | Utility /trainer | 10,610 [28] [29] | 1950 | 1964 | Includes PA-20 Pacer and PA-22 Tri-Pacer and Colt. | |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 | M | Jet fighter | 10,367 | 1951 | 1986 | Also built in Poland and China; many built as the Shenyang J-5 /JJ-5. | |
| Polikarpov I-16 | M | Fighter | 10,292 [30] [ verification needed ] | 1934 | 1943 | Also manufactured in Spain and China. | |
| Piper PA-18 Super Cub | C | Utility /trainer | 10,222 [31] | 1949 | 1983 | Includes military variants such as L-18 and L-21. | |
| Lockheed P-38 Lightning | M | Fighter | 10,037 | 1941 | 1945 | Two-engined twin-boom design. | |
| Aeronca Champion | C | Utility /trainer | 10,000+ | 1946 | 2019 [32] | Includes military L-16. Several changes in manufacturer. | |
| DFS SG 38 Schulgleiter | M | Glider, trainer | 10,000~ [33] | 1938 | 1944 | ||
| North American B-25 Mitchell | M | Medium bomber | 9,984 | 1939 | 1945 | ||
| Lavochkin La-5 | M | Fighter | 9,920 | 1942 | 1944 | ||
| North American F-86 Sabre / FJ Fury | M | Jet fighter | 9,860 | 1947 | 1956 | Also built in Australia and Canada. | |
| Grumman TBF Avenger | M | Torpedo bomber | 9,836 [34] [35] | 1941 | 1945 | Includes 7,546 built as TBM Avenger by General Motors. [35] | |
| Bell P-39 Airacobra | M | Fighter | 9,584 | 1938 | 1944 | ||
| Cessna 210 | C | Utility | 9,240 | 1957 | 1986 | ||
| Beechcraft Model 18 | C | Utility/ Multi-engine trainer | 9,000+ | 1937 | 1970 | Includes military variants such as C-45, AT-7, and SNB. | |
| Airspeed Oxford | M | Trainer | 8,751 [5] | 1937 | 1945 | Several manufacturers. | |
| Yakovlev Yak-1 | M | Fighter | 8,734 [36] | 1940 | 1944 | ||
| Boeing-Stearman Model 75 | M | Biplane, trainer | 8,584 [37] | 1934 | 1942 | ||
| Cessna 206 | C | Utility | 8,509+ or 7,783+[ citation needed ] | 1962 | present | Includes models 205 and 207. | |
| SPAD S.XIII | M | Biplane, fighter | 8,472 | 1917 | 1918 | Most-produced World War I fighter aircraft design. | |
| La Mouette Atlas | C | Hang glider | 8,000+ | 1979 | present | Most-produced hang glider. | |
| Grumman F4F Wildcat | M | Fighter | 7,885 [38] | 1937 | 1943 | Includes about 5,600 built as FM Wildcat by General Motors. [39] | |
| Piper PA-32 | C | Utility | 7,842+ | 1965 | 2007 | Enlarged PA-28 sold as Cherokee Six and Saratoga. | |
| Breguet 14 | M | Reconnaissance, Medium bomber | 7,800 | 1916 | 1928 | 2,300 built after WWI. | |
| de Havilland Mosquito | M | Multirole | 7,781 | 1940 | 1950 | Also built in Australia and Canada. | |
| Cirrus SR22 | C | Utility /trainer | 7,737+ [40] [41] | 2001 | present | Most-produced aircraft made of composite material; most-produced aircraft with production period starting in the 21st century. Developed from Cirrus SR20. | |
| Fairchild PT-19 | M | Trainer | 7,700+ [42] [ better source needed ] | 1938 | 1948 | Includes variants PT-23 and PT-26. Also built in Canada and Brazil. | |
| Cessna 120 and 140 | C | Utility /trainer | 7,664 [43] [44] | 1946 | 1950 | Developed into Cessna 150. | |
| Republic F-84 Thunderjet | M | Jet fighter-bomber | 7,524 | 1946 | 1953 | Excludes swept-wing F-84F / RF-84F derivatives. | |
| Douglas DB-7 (A-20 Havoc) | M | Multirole | 7,478 [45] | 1938 | 1944 | Includes 380 built by Boeing. [46] | |
| Avro Lancaster | M | Heavy bomber | 7,377 | 1942 | 1945 | Includes 430 built under licence in Canada. | |
| Bell 206 JetRanger | C | Helicopter, utility /trainer | 7,340+ | 1966 | 2017 | Also made in Canada and Italy. | |
| Heinkel He 111 | M | Medium bomber | 7,300 | 1935 | 1944 | Also built in Spain as the CASA C.2111. | |
| Yakovlev UT-2 | M | Trainer | 7,243 | 1936 | 1944 | ||
| Curtiss SB2C Helldiver | M | Dive bomber | 7,140 | 1940 | 1945 | 900 built as A-25; 1,194 built in Canada. [47] Most-produced single-engine dive bomber. | |
| de Havilland Tiger Moth | C | Biplane, trainer | 7,105 | 1931 | 1944 | Also built in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. | |
| Beechcraft Baron | C | Utility /Multi-engine trainer | 7,004+ (at end of 2023) [7] [48] [49] | 1961 | present | Includes 55, 56, 58, and T-42A; excludes related Travel Air. [7] [50] [48] [49] | |
| Eurocopter AS350 | C | Utility helicopter | 7,000+ [51] | 1975 | present | ||
| Polikarpov R-5 | M | Reconnaissance /bomber | 7,000 | 1928 | 1937 | ||
| Piper PA-23 | C | Utility /Multi-engine trainer | 6,976 [52] | 1952 | 1981 | Sold as Apache and Aztec. | |
| Robinson R44 | C | Helicopter, utility /trainer | 6,866+ [40] [41] | 1993 | present | Most-produced reciprocating engine helicopter. Developed from Robinson R22. | |
| Curtiss JN-4 | M | Biplane, trainer | 6,813 | 1915 | 1927 | ||
| Polikarpov I-15 | M | Biplane, fighter | 6,750 [53] | 1933 | 1940 | Also built in Spain. | |
| Tupolev SB | M | Bomber | 6,656 | 1936 | 1941 | Also built in Czechoslovakia. | |
| Ilyushin Il-28 | M | Medium bomber | 6,635+ | 1949 | 1955 | Also built in China and Czechoslovakia. | |
| Yakovlev Yak-18 | M | Trainer | 6,630+ [54] | 1946 | 1960s | Also produced in Hungary and China. Production claims vary from 6,168 including 125 Yak-18P and 25 -18PM [55] to 6,630 excluding P and PM. [54] Both exclude unrelated Yak-18T. | |
| Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star | M | Jet trainer | 6,557 | 1948 | 1959 | Also built in Canada by Canadair. | |
| Yakovlev Yak-7 | M | Fighter /trainer | 6,399 [56] | 1940 | 1943 | ||
| Airco DH.4 | M | Biplane, Bomber | 6,295 [57] | 1916 | 1926 | 1,449 in the UK [58] and 4,846 (as the DH-4) in the US. [59] | |
| Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 | M | Fighter | 6,258 | 1941 | 1942 | ||
| Ilyushin Il-10 | M | Ground-attack | 6,226 | 1944 | 1954 | Also built in Czechoslovakia as the Avia B-33 /CB-33. | |
| Cessna 180 | C | Utility | 6,193 [60] | 1953 | 1981 | Developed into Cessna 182. | |
| Handley Page Halifax | M | Heavy bomber | 6,176 [61] | 1940 | 1946 | ||
| Messerschmitt Bf 110 | M | Heavy / night fighter | 6,150 | 1936 | 1945 | Twin-engined design. Most sources state 6,000 to 6,150 produced. | |
| Junkers Ju 87 | M | Dive bomber | 6,000 | 1935 | 1944 | ||
| Sopwith 1½ Strutter | M | Biplane, multirole | 5,939 | 1917 | 1918 | Majority built in France for French use. | |
| Douglas SBD Dauntless | M | Dive bomber / scout | 5,938 [62] | 1940 | 1944 | Includes A-24 Banshee variant. [62] | |
| Bristol Beaufighter | M | Heavy fighter | 5,928 | 1940 | 1946 | Also built in Australia. | |
| Nakajima Ki-43 | M | Fighter | 5,919 [63] | 1942 | 1945 | ||
| Yokosuka K5Y | M | Biplane, trainer | 5,770 [5] | 1934 | 1945 | ||
| Lavochkin La-7 | M | Fighter | 5,753 | 1944 | 1946 | ||
| Cessna 310 | C | Utility /Multi-engine trainer | 5,737 [64] | 1954 | 1980 | ||
| Antonov A-1 | M | Glider, trainer | 5,700 | 1930 | 1940s | ||
| ERCO Ercoupe | C | Utility /trainer | 5,685 | 1940 | 1969 | First civil aircraft with a nose wheel landing gear. Several changes in manufacturer. | |
| Bell 47 | C | Helicopter | 5,600 | 1946 | 1974 | Produced under license by Agusta in Italy, Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Japan, and Westland Aircraft in the United Kingdom. | |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 | M | Jet fighter | 5,500 [65] | 1954 | 1968 | World's first mass-produced supersonic aircraft. 2,500 built in Soviet Union. Also built in China (~3,000) and Czechoslovakia. | |
| Sopwith Camel | M | Biplane, fighter | 5,497 | 1917 | 1918 | ||
| Mil Mi-2 | M | Helicopter, utility | 5,497 | 1965 | 1985 | Built in Poland. | |
| Cessna AT-17 Bobcat | C/M | Utility /Multi-engine trainer | 5,422 | 1939 | 1944 | Includes civil T-50 and military variants such as UC-78, JRC, and Crane. | |
| Bristol F.2 Fighter | M | Biplane, fighter | 5,329 | 1916 | 1927 | ||
| Martin B-26 Marauder | M | Medium bomber | 5,288 | 1941 | Not to be confused with unrelated Douglas B-26. | ||
| Stinson 108 | C | Utility /trainer | 5,260 [66] | 1946 | 1950 | ||
| Ilyushin Il-4 | M | Medium bomber | 5,256 | 1942 | 1944 | ||
| Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 | M | Biplane, fighter | 5,205 | 1917 | 1918 | ||
| McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II | M | Jet fighter-bomber | 5,195 [67] | 1958 | 1981 | Includes 127 built in Japan by Mitsubishi. [67] | |
| Cessna 170 | C | Utility /trainer | 5,174 [68] | 1948 | 1956 | Developed into Cessna 172. | |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 | M | Jet fighter | 5,047 | 1967 | 1985 | Most-produced variable-sweep aircraft. | |
| Piper PA-34 Seneca | C | Utility /Multi-engine trainer | 5,037 | 1971 | 2019 | Also built in Poland and Brazil (PZL-Mielec M-20 Mewa and EMB-810). | |
| Yakovlev Yak-12 | M | Multirole STOL | 5,000+ | 1946 | 1968 | Also built in Poland and China (Chinese-produced name is Shenyang Type 5; production figure unknown?). | |
| Grunau Baby IIb | C | Sailplane | 5,000+ [69] | 1932 | 1945 [70] | ||
| Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk | M | Military helicopter | 5,000+ [71] | 1978 | present | S-70 family: UH-60A (1978–1989), UH-60L (1989-2007), UH-60M (2005-), SH-60 Seahawk (1979-), in Japan as Mitsubishi H-60 (1987-). | |
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