Air speed

Air speed, or lateral air movement, is the maximum rate at which a character can move left or right while in midair. Air speed, air acceleration, falling speed, and gravity are factors for how far a character can recover. Air speed is measured in units per frame.
Air speed is often confused with how far a character can travel without landing. Characters with low falling speeds tend to be able to travel farther in the air, simply due to hitting the ground later, not due to traveling through the air faster. As a result, characters with higher falling speeds are often perceived as having lower air speeds, when in reality, some fast falling characters can move around in the air faster than the floaty characters.
==Super Smash Bros. air speed ranking==
Super Smash Bros. uses a different scale for air speed compared to later games. An approximate scale conversion is (a / 30) (so an air speed of 30 is around 1, using the scale from later games).
JPN
Rank	Character 	Air speed
1 	 	40
2 	 	37.5
3 	 	36
4 	 	35
5-6 	 	31
5-6 	 	31
7-8 	 	30
7-8 	 	30
N/A 	 	30
N/A 	Giant Donkey Kong	30
9-11	 	28
9-11	 	28
9-11	 	28
12 	 	26
NA
Rank	Character 	Air speed
1 	 	44
2 	 	37.5
3 	 	36
4 	 	35
5-6 	 	31
5-6 	 	31
7-8 	 	30
7-8 	 	30
N/A 	 	30
N/A 	Giant Donkey Kong	30
9-11	 	28
9-11	 	28
9-11	 	28
12 	 	22.5
AUS
Rank	Character 	Air speed
1 	 	44
2 	 	37.5
3 	 	36
4 	 	35
5 	 	31
6-7 	 	30
6-7 	 	30
N/A 	 	30
N/A 	Giant Donkey Kong	30
8-9 	 	28
8-9 	 	28
10 	 	27
11 	 	26
12 	 	22.5
EUR
Rank	Character 	Air speed
1 	 	44
2 	 	37.5
3 	 	37
4 	 	36
5 	 	35
6 	 	31
7-8 	 	30
7-8 	 	30
N/A 	 	30
N/A 	Giant Donkey Kong	30
9-10	 	28
9-10	 	28
11 	 	26
12 	 	22.5
===Version differences===
====NTSC-U====
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====PAL (AUS)====
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====PAL (EUR)====
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==Super Smash Bros. Melee air speed ranking==
NTSC
Rank 	Character 	Air speed
1 	 	1.35
N/A 	Giga Bowser	1.22
2-3 	 	1.2
2-3 	 	1.2
4 	 	1.12
5 	 	1.1
6-9 	 	1
6-9 	 	1
6-9 	 	1
6-9 	 	1
10 	 	0.95
11 	 	0.93
12-14	 	0.9
12-14	 	0.9
12-14	 	0.9
15 	 	0.89
16 	 	0.86
17-18	 	0.85
17-18	 	0.85
19-20	 	0.83
19-20	 	0.83
21-22	 	0.8
21-22	 	0.8
23-24	 	0.78
23-24	 	0.78
25 	 	0.7
26 	 	0.68
PAL
Rank 	Character 	Air speed
1 	 	1.35
N/A 	Giga Bowser	1.22
2-3 	 	1.2
2-3 	 	1.2
4 	 	1.12
5 	 	1.1
6-8 	 	1
6-8 	 	1
6-8 	 	1
9 	 	0.95
10 	 	0.93
11-13	 	0.9
11-13	 	0.9
11-13	 	0.9
14 	 	0.89
15-17	 	0.85
15-17	 	0.85
15-17	 	0.85
18-20	 	0.83
18-20	 	0.83
18-20	 	0.83
21-22	 	0.8
21-22	 	0.8
23-24	 	0.78
23-24	 	0.78
25 	 	0.7
26 	 	0.68
===Version differences===
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==Super Smash Bros. Brawl air speed ranking==
Rank 	Character 	Air speed
N/A 	Wario-Man 	1.692
1 	 	1.316
2 	 	1.269
3-4 	 	1.222
3-4 	 	1.222
N/A 	Giga Bowser 	1.222
5 	 	1.18
6 	 	1.1092
7-9 	 	1.081
7-9 	 	1.081
7-9 	 	1.081
10 	 	1.05
11-13	 	1.034
11-13	 	1.034
11-13	 	1.034
14-17	 	0.987
14-17	 	0.987
14-17	 	0.987
14-17	 	0.987
18 	 	0.9588
19-21	 	0.94
19-21	 	0.94
19-21	 	0.94
N/A 	Fighting Alloy Team	0.94
22 	 	0.9212
23 	 	0.9118
24-26	 	0.893
24-26	 	0.893
24-26	 	0.893
27-28	 	0.89
27-28	 	0.89
29 	 	0.85
30-31	 	0.846
30-31	 	0.846
32 	 	0.8272
33 	 	0.82
34 	 	0.8084
35 	 	0.7708
36-37	 	0.752
36-37	 	0.752
38 	 	0.7332
39 	 	0.658
==Super Smash Bros. 4 air speed ranking==
Rank 	Character 	Air speed
N/A 	Giga Mac 	1.7
N/A 	Wario-Man 	1.69
N/A 	(lightest) 	
1 	 	1.28
2 	 	1.269
3 	 	1.25
N/A 	(lightest) 	
4 	 	1.24
N/A 	Giga Bowser 	1.22
5 	 	1.21
6-7 	 	1.2
6-7 	Mii Brawler (default) 	1.2
8 	 	1.18
9-11 	 	1.15
9-11 	 	1.15
9-11 	 	1.15
N/A 	Mii Brawler (Fighting Mii Team) 	1.15
N/A 	Mii Gunner (Fighting Mii Team) 	1.15
N/A 	(lightest) 	
12-13	 	1.12
12-13	 	1.12
14-19	 	1.1
14-19	 	1.1
14-19	 	1.1
14-19	 	1.1
14-19	 	1.1
14-19	 	
20 	 	1.09
21-23	 	1.08
21-23	 	1.08
21-23	 	1.08
24 	 	
25 	Mii Gunner (default) 	1.05
26-27	 	1.04
26-27	 	1.04
N/A 	Mega Lucario 	1.04
28 	 	1.03
29-30	 	1.02
29-30	 	1.02
N/A 	Mii Brawler (heaviest) 	
31-34	 	1.0
31-34	 	1.0
31-34	 	1.0
31-34	 	1.0
35 	 	0.99
36-38	 	0.97
36-38	 	0.97
36-38	 	0.97
39-40	 	0.96
39-40	Mii Swordfighter (default) 	0.96
41 	 	0.9588
42 	 	0.95
43-44	 	0.94
43-44	 	0.94
45 	 	0.93
46 	 	
47 	 	0.92
48 	 	0.9118
49 	 	0.91
N/A 	Mii Swordfighter (Fighting Mii Team)	0.9
N/A 	Mii Gunner (heaviest) 	
50-51	 	0.89
50-51	 	0.89
52-53	 	0.88
52-53	 	0.88
54 	 	0.82
N/A 	Mii Swordfighter (heaviest) 	
55 	 	
56 	 	0.79
57 	 	0.7341766
58 	 	0.63
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==Super Smash Bros. Ultimate air speed ranking==
Rank 	Character	Air speed
1 	 	1.344
2 	 	1.332
3 	 	1.313
4-5 	 	1.302
4-5 	 	1.302
6-7 	 	1.281
6-7 	 	1.281
8 	 	1.271
9 	 	1.26
10 	 	1.239
11 	 	1.22
12 	 	1.218
13-17	 	1.208
13-17	 	1.208
13-17	 	1.208
13-17	 	1.208
13-17	 	1.208
18 	 	1.176
19 	 	1.17
20-25	 	1.155
20-25	 	1.155
20-25	 	1.155
20-25	 	1.155
20-25	 	1.155
20-25	 	
26 	 	1.15
27-29	 	1.134
27-29	 	1.134
27-29	 	1.134
30-31	 	1.12
30-31	 	1.12
32 	 	
33 	 	1.11
34-36	 	1.103
34-36	 	1.103
34-36	 	1.103
37-38	 	1.1
37-38	 	1.1
39-40	 	1.092
39-40	 	1.092
41-42	 	1.071
41-42	 	1.071
43-46	 	1.05
43-46	 	1.05
43-46	 	1.05
43-46	 	1.05
47 	 	1.04
48-50	 	1.029
48-50	 	1.029
48-50	 	1.029
51 	 	1.02
52-54	 	
52-54	 	1.019
52-54	 	1.019
55-56	 	1.01
55-56	 	
57 	 	1.007
58-59	 	1
58-59	 	1
60 	 	0.998
61-62	 	0.987
61-62	 	0.987
63 	 	0.977
64 	 	0.966
65 	 	0.96
66 	 	0.957
67-68	 	0.95
67-68	 	
69 	 	0.945
70-71	 	0.94
70-71	 	0.94
72-73	 	0.935
72-73	 	0.935
74 	 	0.93
75-76	 	0.924
75-76	 	0.924
77 	 	
78 	 	0.92
79-80	 	0.89
79-80	 	0.89
81 	 	0.88
82 	(partner)	0.8715
83 	 	0.861
84 	 	0.86
85 	 	0.85
86 	 	
87-88	(leader) 	0.83
87-88	 	0.83
89 	 	0.77
90 	 	0.735
==See also==
*Falling speed
*Weight
*Fast falling
*Gravity
*Air acceleration
*Air friction
Category:Game physics
Category:Character attributes