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List of most-produced aircraft

List of most-produced aircraft

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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.

Most-produced aircraft

Notes

  • Unless noted, aircraft are piston-engined monoplanes.
  • Role is generally either the original designed role of the aircraft or the role dominated production, disregarding minor variants. Aircraft may be categorized as "Multirole" if no particular role was dominant.
  • Production period column shows overall production date span of all types included in "Numbers produced" column, disregarding production hiatuses and changes in manufacturer, while including close variants and licensed production.
  • a  pale-green background  indicates aircraft still in production.
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Notes

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