LIST OF MOST PRODUCED AIRCRAFT
AIRCRAFT WITH A PRODUCTION RUN GREATER THAN 5,000 AIRCRAFT.
NUMBERS IN LIST ARE BASED ON NUMBERS IN EACH AIRCRAFT ARTICLE.
Greater than 10,000 aircraft
| Name |
Number produced |
Nation |
Notes |
Production time |
 Cessna 172 |
43,000+ |
United States |
Still in production. Was also built under license in France |
1956-present |
 Polikarpov Po-2 |
40,000+ |
Soviet Union |
Most produced biplane |
1929-1959 |
| Ilyushin Il-2 |
36,183 |
Soviet Union |
Most produced combat aircraft. |
1941-1945 |
 Messerschmitt Bf 109 |
35,000 |
Nazi Germany |
Most produced fighter. Also made under license in Spain |
1937-1956 |
| Cessna 182 |
25,000+ |
United States |
Still in production. Was also built under license in France |
1956-present |
| Cessna 150 |
23,954 |
United States |
Was also built under license in France |
1959-1977 |
 Supermarine Spitfire |
22,351 |
United Kingdom |
|
1936-1948 |
| Focke-Wulf Fw 190 |
20,000+ |
Nazi Germany |
64 produced in France post-war as NC 900 |
1939-1945 |
| Piper J-3 Cub |
19,073 |
United States |
|
1938-1947 |
| B-24 Liberator |
18,482 |
United States |
Most-produced heavy bomber |
1940-1945 |
/ / Antonov An-2 |
18,000 |
Soviet Union, People's Republic of China and Poland |
|
1947-1992 |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 |
18,000 |
Soviet Union |
Most produced jet aircraft. 3,454 built in Czechoslovakia (S-102/103), 727 in Poland as LIM-1/2, ?? in China as JJ-2 |
|
| Beechcraft Bonanza |
17,000+ |
United States |
Still in production |
1947-present |
/ Mil Mi-8 |
17,000+ |
Soviet Union/Russia |
Most-produced helicopter. Still in production |
1961-present |
| Yakovlev Yak-9 |
16,769 |
Soviet Union |
|
1942-1948 |
| P-51 Mustang |
15,875 |
United States |
Also produced under licence in Australia |
1940-1945 |
| P-47 Thunderbolt |
15,686 |
United States |
|
1942-1945 |
| T-6 Texan |
15,495 |
United States |
|
1937-1950s |
| Junkers Ju 88 |
15,000 |
Nazi Germany |
|
1939-1945 |
| Hawker Hurricane |
14,000 |
United Kingdom |
Also made under licence in Canada |
|
| Curtiss P-40 |
13,738 |
United States |
|
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| Douglas DC-3 |
13,140 |
United States |
Most produced airliner. Also made under license in Japan and USSR |
|
| B-17 Flying Fortress |
12,731 |
United States |
|
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| F4U Corsair |
12,571 |
United States |
Longest production run of any piston-engined fighter (1940-1952) |
|
| F6F Hellcat |
12,275 |
United States |
|
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| Vickers Wellington |
11,461 |
United Kingdom |
|
|
| Petlyakov Pe-2 |
11,427 |
Soviet Union |
|
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| Avro Anson |
11,029 |
United Kingdom |
Also built under licence in Canada |
|
| / Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 |
11,000+ |
Soviet Union |
Produced in China as J-7/JJ-7, India (by HAL) and Czechoslovakia as S-106 |
|
 A6M Zero |
11,000 |
Japan |
|
1940-1945 |
| UH-1 Iroquois |
16,000 |
United States |
Most-produced Western helicopter; still in production |
|
| / Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 |
10,367 |
Soviet Union |
Many built in China as Shenyang J-5 and JJ-5 |
1951-1986 |
| Lockheed P-38 Lightning |
10,037 |
United States |
|
1941-1945 |
5,000-10,000 aircraft
| Name |
Number produced |
Nation |
Notes |
| B-25 Mitchell |
9,984 |
United States |
|
| Lavochkin La-5 |
9,920 |
Soviet Union |
|
| F-86 Sabre/FJ Fury |
9,860 |
United States |
|
| Grumman TBF Avenger |
9,837 |
United States |
|
| Bell P-39 Airacobra |
9,584 |
United States |
|
| Polikarpov I-16 |
9,450 |
Soviet Union |
|
| Piper PA-18 |
9,000 |
United States |
|
| Beechcraft Model 18 |
9,000 |
United States |
|
| Yakovlev Yak-18 |
9,000 |
Soviet Union |
|
| Yakovlev Yak-1 |
8,720 |
Soviet Union |
|
| / Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 |
8,500 |
Soviet Union,People's Republic of China |
|
 SPAD S.XIII |
8,472 |
France |
Most-produced World War I-era aircraft design |
| Bell 206 Jetranger |
8,460 |
United States |
Also made under licence in Italy |
| Avro 504 |
8,340 |
United Kingdom |
|
| Cessna 206 |
7,783 |
United States |
|
| de Havilland Mosquito |
7,781 |
United Kingdom |
Also built under licence in Australia and Canada |
| F4F Wildcat |
7,722 |
United States |
|
| Cessna 120 and 140 |
7,604 |
United States |
|
| Cessna 152 |
7,584 |
United States |
Also built under licence in France |
| F-84 Thunderjet |
7,524 |
United States |
|
| Douglas DB-7 |
7,478 |
United States |
|
| Avro Lancaster |
7,377 |
United Kingdom |
Also built under licence in Canada |
| Heinkel He 111 |
7,300 |
Nazi Germany |
Also built in Spain as CASA C.2111 |
| / Mil Mi-2 |
7,200 |
Soviet Union, Poland |
|
| de Havilland Tiger Moth |
7,105 |
United Kingdom |
Also built under licence in other countries |
| Curtiss JN-4 |
6,813 |
United States |
|
| Tupolev SB |
6,656 |
Soviet Union |
Also built in Czechoslovakia |
| T-33 Shooting Star |
6,557 |
United States |
|
| Polikarpov I-15 |
6,519 |
Soviet Union |
Also built in Spain |
| Yakovlev Yak-7 |
6,399 |
Soviet Union |
|
| LaGG-3 |
6,258 |
Soviet Union |
|
| Ilyushin Il-10 |
6,226 |
Soviet Union |
Also built in Czechoslovakia |
| Cessna 180 |
6,193 |
United States |
|
| Handley Page Halifax |
6,176 |
United Kingdom |
|
| Messerschmitt Bf 110 |
6,150 |
Nazi Germany |
Some sources state 15,000 produced, but most state 6,000-6,150 |
| Beechcraft King Air |
6,000 |
United States |
|
| Sopwith 1½ Strutter |
6,000 |
United Kingdom |
|
| Junkers Ju 87 |
6,000 |
Nazi Germany |
|
Polikarpov R-5 |
6,000 |
Soviet Union |
|
| Bristol Beaufighter |
5,928 |
United Kingdom |
|
| Nakajima Ki-43 |
5,919 |
Japan |
|
| Lavochkin La-7 |
5,753 |
Soviet Union |
|
| Boeing 737 |
5,626 |
United States |
Most-produced large jetpowered civilian aircraft. Still in production |
| Sopwith Camel |
5,500 |
United Kingdom |
|
| Breguet 14 |
5,500 |
France |
|
| Yokosuka K5Y |
5,500 |
Japan |
|
| Cessna AT-17 |
5,422 |
United States |
|
| Bristol F.2 Fighter |
5,329 |
United Kingdom |
|
| B-26 Marauder |
5,288 |
United States |
|
| S.E.5 |
5,205 |
United Kingdom |
|
| Ilyushin Il-4 |
5,200 |
Soviet Union |
|
| F-4 Phantom II |
5,195 |
United States |
|
| Cessna 170 |
5,174 |
United States |
|
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 |
5,047 |
Soviet Union |
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| Yakovlev Yak-12 |
5,000 |
Soviet Union |
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