# List of most-produced aircraft

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.
| Name | Civil / Military | Type / role | Number produced | Country of origin | Production period | Production period | Notes |
| Name | Civil / Military | Type / role | Number produced | Country of origin | Start | End | Notes |
| Cessna 172 | C | Utility / trainer | 44,000+ | United States | 1956 | present | Also built in France by Reims Aviation. |
| Ilyushin Il-2 | M | Ground-attack | 36,183 | Soviet Union | 1941 | 1945 | |
| Messerschmitt Bf 109 | M | Fighter | 34,852 | Germany | 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+ | United States | 1960 | present | Sold as Cherokee, Cherokee Warrior, Cherokee Pathfinder, Warrior, Archer, Dakota, Cadet, and Pilot. |
| Cessna 150 / 152 | C | Utility / trainer | 31,471 | United States | 1958 | 1986 | Most-produced two-seat civil aircraft. Also built in France (both models) and Argentina (150 only). 23,887 150s, 7,584 152s. |
| Cessna 182 | C | Utility | 23,237+ | United States | 1956 | present | Also built in France. |
| Supermarine Spitfire/Seafire | M | Fighter | 22,685 | United Kingdom | 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 | United States | 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 | Germany | 1939 | 1945 | 64 produced in post-WWII France as the "NC 900". |
| Polikarpov Po-2 | M | Biplane, multirole | 20,000 to 30,000 | Soviet Union | 1928 | 1952 | 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) | United States | 1947 | present | Longest continuous production run of any airplane in history. Includes Debonair variant; excludes dissimilar Twin Bonanza. |
| Consolidated B-24 Liberator | M | Heavy bomber | 18,482 | United States | 1940 | 1945 | Most-produced heavy bomber and multi-engine aircraft. Includes 962 built by Douglas, 6,792 by Ford Motor Company and 966 by North American. Does not include related PB4Y-2 Privateer. |
| Antonov An-2 / An-3 | C | Biplane, utility / agricultural | 18,000+ | Soviet Union | 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+ | Soviet Union | 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+ | Soviet Union | 1961 | present | Most-produced helicopter. |
| Yakovlev Yak-9 | M | Fighter | 16,769 | Soviet Union | 1942 | 1948 | |
| Douglas DC-3 | C/M | Airliner / transport | 16,079 | United States | 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+ | United States | 1959 | 1987 | |
| Republic P-47 Thunderbolt | M | Fighter | 15,660 | United States | 1942 | 1945 | |
| North American P-51 Mustang | M | Fighter | 15,586 | United States | 1940 | 1951 | Excluding North American F-82 Twin Mustang and other derivatives. |
| North American T-6 Texan | M | Trainer | 15,495 | United States | 1937 | 1950s | Also known as SNJ and Harvard. Also built in Canada. |
| Junkers Ju 88 | M | Multirole | 15,183 | Germany | 1939 | 1945 | Luftwaffe multirole bomber, heavy fighter and reconnaissance aircraft. |
| Hawker Hurricane | M | Fighter | 14,487 | United Kingdom | 1937 | 1944 | Including production in Canada and a few built in Belgium and Yugoslavia. |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 | M | Jet fighter | 13,996 | Soviet Union | 1959 | 1985 | Most-produced supersonic aircraft. According to the Guinness Book Of Records, it is the most-produced jet-powered military aircraft. Also built in China, Czechoslovakia and India. |
| Waco CG-4 | M | Glider, military | 13,903+ | United States | 1942 | 1945 | Most-produced glider. Many licensed manufacturers. |
| Curtiss P-40 Warhawk | M | Fighter | 13,738 | United States | 1939 | 1944 | |
| Chotia Weedhopper | C | Ultralight | 13,000+ | United States | 1977 | 2012 | Most-produced ultralight. |
| Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress | M | Heavy bomber | 12,731 | United States | 1937 | 1945 | 3,000 built by Douglas, also produced by Lockheed Vega. |
| Vought F4U Corsair | M | Fighter | 12,571 | United States | 1941 | 1952 | Most-produced carrier aircraft. Many built as Goodyear FG or Brewster F3A. Longest production run of any U.S. piston-engined fighter. |
| Grumman F6F Hellcat | M | Fighter | 12,275 | United States | 1942 | 1945 | |
| Boeing 737 | C | Jet airliner | 11,997+ | United States | 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. |
| Airbus A320 family | C | Jet airliner | 11,918+ | European multinational | 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 | United States | 1939 | 1947 | |
| Vickers Wellington | M | Medium bomber | 11,462 | United Kingdom | 1936 | 1945 | |
| Petlyakov Pe-2 | M | Dive bomber | 11,427 | Soviet Union | 1939 | 1945 | Most-produced dive bomber of any type – a twin-engined design. |
| Avro 504 | M | Biplane, bomber / trainer | 11,303 | United Kingdom | 1913 | 1940 | Most-produced World War I aircraft design. Includes Japanese and Soviet production. |
| Avro Anson | M | Multirole | 11,020 | United Kingdom | 1935 | 1952 | Also built in Canada. |
| Mooney M20 | C | Utility | 11,000+ | United States | 1955 | 2019 | |
| Mitsubishi A6M Zero | M | Fighter | 10,939 | Japan | 1940 | 1945 | |
| Piper Pacer | C | Utility / trainer | 10,610 | United States | 1950 | 1964 | Includes PA-20 Pacer and PA-22 Tri-Pacer and Colt. |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 | M | Jet fighter | 10,367 | Soviet Union | 1951 | 1986 | Also built in Poland and China; many built as the Shenyang J-5 / JJ-5. |
| Polikarpov I-16 | M | Fighter | 10,292 | Soviet Union | 1934 | 1943 | Also manufactured in Spain and China. |
| Piper PA-18 Super Cub | C | Utility / trainer | 10,222 | United States | 1949 | 1983 | Includes military variants such as L-18 and L-21. |
| Lockheed P-38 Lightning | M | Fighter | 10,037 | United States | 1941 | 1945 | Two-engined twin-boom design. |
| Aeronca Champion | C | Utility / trainer | 10,000+ | United States | 1946 | 2019 | Includes military L-16. Several changes in manufacturer. |
| DFS SG 38 Schulgleiter | M | Glider, trainer | 10,000~ | Germany | 1938 | 1944 | |
| North American B-25 Mitchell | M | Medium bomber | 9,984 | United States | 1939 | 1945 | |
| Lavochkin La-5 | M | Fighter | 9,920 | Soviet Union | 1942 | 1944 | |
| North American F-86 Sabre / FJ Fury | M | Jet fighter | 9,860 | United States | 1947 | 1956 | Also built in Australia and Canada. |
| Grumman TBF Avenger | M | Torpedo bomber | 9,836 | United States | 1941 | 1945 | Includes 7,546 built as TBM Avenger by General Motors. |
| Bell P-39 Airacobra | M | Fighter | 9,584 | United States | 1938 | 1944 | |
| Cessna 210 | C | Utility | 9,240 | United States | 1957 | 1986 | |
| Beechcraft Model 18 | C | Utility/ Multi-engine trainer | 9,000+ | United States | 1937 | 1970 | Includes military variants such as C-45, AT-7, and SNB. |
| Airspeed Oxford | M | Trainer | 8,751 | United Kingdom | 1937 | 1945 | Several manufacturers. |
| Yakovlev Yak-1 | M | Fighter | 8,734 | Soviet Union | 1940 | 1944 | |
| Boeing-Stearman Model 75 | M | Biplane, trainer | 8,584 | United States | 1934 | 1942 | |
| Cessna 206 | C | Utility | 8,509+ or 7,783+ | United States | 1962 | present | Includes models 205 and 207. |
| SPAD S.XIII | M | Biplane, fighter | 8,472 | France | 1917 | 1918 | Most-produced World War I fighter aircraft design. |
| La Mouette Atlas | C | Hang glider | 8,000+ | France | 1979 | present | Most-produced hang glider. |
| Grumman F4F Wildcat | M | Fighter | 7,885 | United States | 1937 | 1943 | Includes about 5,600 built as FM Wildcat by General Motors. |
| Piper PA-32 | C | Utility | 7,842+ | United States | 1965 | 2007 | Enlarged PA-28 sold as Cherokee Six and Saratoga. |
| Breguet 14 | M | Reconnaissance, Medium bomber | 7,800 | France | 1916 | 1928 | 2,300 built after WWI. |
| de Havilland Mosquito | M | Multirole | 7,781 | United Kingdom | 1940 | 1950 | Also built in Australia and Canada. |
| Cirrus SR22 | C | Utility / trainer | 7,737+ | United States | 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+ | United States | 1938 | 1948 | Includes variants PT-23 and PT-26. Also built in Canada and Brazil. |
| Cessna 120 and 140 | C | Utility / trainer | 7,664 | United States | 1946 | 1950 | Developed into Cessna 150. |
| Republic F-84 Thunderjet | M | Jet fighter-bomber | 7,524 | United States | 1946 | 1953 | Excludes swept-wing F-84F / RF-84F derivatives. |
| Douglas DB-7 (A-20 Havoc) | M | Multirole | 7,478 | United States | 1938 | 1944 | Includes 380 built by Boeing. |
| Avro Lancaster | M | Heavy bomber | 7,377 | United Kingdom | 1942 | 1945 | Includes 430 built under licence in Canada. |
| Bell 206 JetRanger | C | Helicopter, utility / trainer | 7,340+ | United States | 1966 | 2017 | Also made in Canada and Italy. |
| Heinkel He 111 | M | Medium bomber | 7,300 | Germany | 1935 | 1944 | Also built in Spain as the CASA C.2111. |
| Yakovlev UT-2 | M | Trainer | 7,243 | Soviet Union | 1936 | 1944 | |
| Curtiss SB2C Helldiver | M | Dive bomber | 7,140 | United States | 1940 | 1945 | 900 built as A-25; 1,194 built in Canada. Most-produced single-engine dive bomber. |
| de Havilland Tiger Moth | C | Biplane, trainer | 7,105 | United Kingdom | 1931 | 1944 | Also built in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. |
| Beechcraft Baron | C | Utility / Multi-engine trainer | 7,004+ (at end of 2023) | United States | 1961 | present | Includes 55, 56, 58, and T-42A; excludes related Travel Air. |
| Eurocopter AS350 | C | Utility helicopter | 7,000+ | France | 1975 | present | |
| Polikarpov R-5 | M | Reconnaissance / bomber | 7,000 | Soviet Union | 1928 | 1937 | |
| Piper PA-23 | C | Utility / Multi-engine trainer | 6,976 | United States | 1952 | 1981 | Sold as Apache and Aztec. |
| Robinson R44 | C | Helicopter, utility / trainer | 6,866+ | United States | 1993 | present | Most-produced reciprocating engine helicopter. Developed from Robinson R22. |
| Curtiss JN-4 | M | Biplane, trainer | 6,813 | United States | 1915 | 1927 | |
| Polikarpov I-15 | M | Biplane, fighter | 6,750 | Soviet Union | 1933 | 1940 | Also built in Spain. |
| Tupolev SB | M | Bomber | 6,656 | Soviet Union | 1936 | 1941 | Also built in Czechoslovakia. |
| Ilyushin Il-28 | M | Medium bomber | 6,635+ | Soviet Union | 1949 | 1955 | Also built in China and Czechoslovakia. |
| Yakovlev Yak-18 | M | Trainer | 6,630+ | Soviet Union | 1946 | 1960s | Also produced in Hungary and China. Production claims vary from 6,168 including 125 Yak-18P and 25 -18PM to 6,630 excluding P and PM. Both exclude unrelated Yak-18T. |
| Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star | M | Jet trainer | 6,557 | United States | 1948 | 1959 | Also built in Canada by Canadair. |
| Yakovlev Yak-7 | M | Fighter / trainer | 6,399 | Soviet Union | 1940 | 1943 | |
| Airco DH.4 | M | Biplane, Bomber | 6,295 | United Kingdom | 1916 | 1926 | 1,449 in the UK and 4,846 (as the DH-4) in the US. |
| Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 | M | Fighter | 6,258 | Soviet Union | 1941 | 1942 | |
| Ilyushin Il-10 | M | Ground-attack | 6,226 | Soviet Union | 1944 | 1954 | Also built in Czechoslovakia as the Avia B-33 / CB-33. |
| Cessna 180 | C | Utility | 6,193 | United States | 1953 | 1981 | Developed into Cessna 182. |
| Handley Page Halifax | M | Heavy bomber | 6,176 | United Kingdom | 1940 | 1946 | |
| Messerschmitt Bf 110 | M | Heavy / night fighter | 6,150 | Germany | 1936 | 1945 | Twin-engined design. Most sources state 6,000 to 6,150 produced. |
| Junkers Ju 87 | M | Dive bomber | 6,000 | Germany | 1935 | 1944 | |
| Sopwith 1½ Strutter | M | Biplane, multirole | 5,939 | United Kingdom | 1917 | 1918 | Majority built in France for French use. |
| Douglas SBD Dauntless | M | Dive bomber / scout | 5,938 | United States | 1940 | 1944 | Includes A-24 Banshee variant. |
| Bristol Beaufighter | M | Heavy fighter | 5,928 | United Kingdom | 1940 | 1946 | Also built in Australia. |
| Nakajima Ki-43 | M | Fighter | 5,919 | Japan | 1942 | 1945 | |
| Yokosuka K5Y | M | Biplane, trainer | 5,770 | Japan | 1934 | 1945 | |
| Lavochkin La-7 | M | Fighter | 5,753 | Soviet Union | 1944 | 1946 | |
| Cessna 310 | C | Utility / Multi-engine trainer | 5,737 | United States | 1954 | 1980 | |
| Antonov A-1 | M | Glider, trainer | 5,700 | Soviet Union | 1930 | 1940s | |
| ERCO Ercoupe | C | Utility / trainer | 5,685 | United States | 1940 | 1969 | First civil aircraft with a nose wheel landing gear. Several changes in manufacturer. |
| Bell 47 | C | helicopter | 5,600 | United States | 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 | Soviet Union | 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 | United Kingdom | 1917 | 1918 | |
| Mil Mi-2 | M | Helicopter, utility | 5,497 | Soviet Union | 1965 | 1985 | Built in Poland. |
| Cessna AT-17 Bobcat | C/M | Utility / Multi-engine trainer | 5,422 | United States | 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 | United Kingdom | 1916 | 1927 | |
| Martin B-26 Marauder | M | Medium bomber | 5,288 | United States | 1941 | | Not to be confused with unrelated Douglas B-26. |
| Stinson 108 | C | Utility / trainer | 5,260 | United States | 1946 | 1950 | |
| Ilyushin Il-4 | M | Medium bomber | 5,256 | Soviet Union | 1942 | 1944 | |
| Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 | M | Biplane, fighter | 5,205 | United Kingdom | 1917 | 1918 | |
| McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II | M | Jet fighter-bomber | 5,195 | United States | 1958 | 1981 | Includes 127 built in Japan by Mitsubishi. |
| Cessna 170 | C | Utility / trainer | 5,174 | United States | 1948 | 1956 | Developed into Cessna 172. |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 | M | Jet fighter | 5,047 | Soviet Union | 1967 | 1985 | Most-produced variable-sweep aircraft. |
| Piper PA-34 Seneca | C | Utility / Multi-engine trainer | 5,037 | United States | 1971 | 2019 | Also built in Poland and Brazil (PZL-Mielec M-20 Mewa and EMB-810). |
| Yakovlev Yak-12 | M | Multirole STOL | 5,000+ | Soviet Union | 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+ | Germany | 1932 | 1945 | |
| Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk | M | Military helicopter | 5,000+ | United States | 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-). |