Aircraft Database
Every aircraft type in Airside. Tap to see specs, airlines, and routes.
The backbone of short-haul aviation worldwide. You've almost certainly been on one.
Airbus's answer to the 737 and the world's best-selling single-aisle jet.
The stretched A320. Increasingly popular for transcontinental premium cabins.
King of the US regional jet scene. Scope clause favorite.
The 50-seater everyone loves to hate. Tiny overhead bins, big character.
The baby of the A320 family. Short runways, full capability.
Boeing's controversial but ubiquitous next-gen narrowbody. Split-tip winglets.
The transatlantic narrowbody. Replacing widebodies on thinner routes.
Born as the Bombardier C Series. Passengers love the 2-3 layout and big windows.
JetBlue's workhorse. The bigger E-Jets with 2-2 seating.
Stretched CRJs. Better than the -200 but still cozy.
Turboprop. You'll hear it before you see it.
High-wing turboprop. Island hoppers and mountain airports love it.
The smaller sibling of the ATR 72. A staple of regional flying across Europe, the Caribbean, and island chains.
The re-engined A320 with sharklet wingtips. Quieter, more fuel-efficient, and taking over the world one route at a time.
The world's best-selling business jet family. You'll find one at almost every corporate FBO.
The world's most delivered light jet for 10+ consecutive years. Elegant, fast, and everywhere.
The composite revolution. Bigger windows, higher humidity, lower cabin altitude.
Twin-aisle workhorse. Reliable, fuel-efficient, everywhere.
The Triple Seven. Largest twin-engine jet until the 777X.
Airbus's carbon-fiber flagship. The raccoon-eye cockpit windows.
The original Embraer regional jet. Rear-mounted engines, 1-2 seating.
Updated A330 with new engines and sharklet wingtips.
The last of the DC-9 lineage. The 717 soldiers on with Delta.
Next-gen E-Jets. The shark-mouth intake you'll recognize.
Swedish turboprop that became the backbone of US regional aviation under SkyWest. Whisper-quiet cabin.
The world's most popular single-engine turboprop. Feeds small island and bush routes that nothing else can reach.
Bombardier's super-midsize. The go-to transcontinental bizjet for Fortune 500 boards.
The ultimate long-range private jet. Crosses oceans non-stop. Spotting one on a remote apron is a highlight.
The Global 7500 is the world's longest-range bizjet. Four living spaces, a full galley, and a real bed.
Double-deck superjumbo. The biggest passenger plane ever built.
The winglet 747. Ruled the skies for three decades.
Four-engine Airbus. Beautiful but fuel-thirsty. Fading fast.
The pencil. Overpowered and underappreciated. A pilot favorite.
The original ETOPS pioneer. Still crossing the Atlantic daily.
The final 747 variant. Only Lufthansa and Korean Air flew them as passenger jets.
China's narrowbody. Only operates domestically for now. Almost impossible to fly as a foreigner.
The classic 19-seater at tiny regional airports. No overhead bins — your bag goes in the nose.
STOL legend. Lands on grass strips, gravel, floats, and ski. The Maldives, Nepal, and Patagonia rely on it.
Embraer's first big success. The 30-seat turboprop that dominated US regional routes in the '90s. Loud, reliable, and surprisingly spacious for its size.
German-built commuter that came in turboprop and jet versions. Distinctive pointed nose and T-tail. A handful still serve remote European and African routes.
Modernized Fokker F27 with new engines and a glass cockpit. Quiet, efficient, and still serving airlines across Africa and Asia.
The Mad Dog. Rear-mounted engines, tremendous noise. Recently retired.
The T-tail twin that started it all for Douglas narrowbodies.
Dutch precision engineering. Quiet, comfortable, elegant.
The tri-jet that connected small-city America. Gone from passenger service.
The CFM56-powered generation before the NG. Distinctive flat-bottomed engine nacelles. Being rapidly retired.
The original Canadair Regional Jet. Identical to the CRJ-200 except for the slightly thirstier engines. Almost all were converted to -200s or retired.
British turboprop that connected hundreds of small US cities through the regional airline boom. If you flew a 19-seater in the 1990s, it was probably one of these.
The flying shoebox. Square fuselage, no pretense of aerodynamic elegance, but it got the job done at tiny airports across the British Isles and beyond.
Folding wingtips. The world's largest twin-engine jet.
The Whisper Jet. Four engines on a regional jet. London City legend.
The original Queen of the Skies. Changed everything about air travel.
The plane that launched Airbus. First twin-engine widebody.
Douglas's jet age entry. First commercial aircraft to break the sound barrier (in a dive).
Soviet long-hauler with all four engines at the tail. Needed a tail stand on the ground.
The compact widebody. Pioneered the two-crew glass cockpit for Airbus.
First turboprop airliner. Smooth, quiet, revolutionary in its day.
The baby Boeing that started the dynasty. Cigar-shaped JT8D engines tucked under stubby wings. A few -200s still haul cargo in remote corners of the world.
The whale-shaped cargo plane that carries Airbus wings between factories. Unmistakable in flight. Spotting one is a bucket-list moment.
Russia's only indigenous widebody. Four engines, massive range. Still serves as the Russian presidential aircraft.
Supersonic. New York to London in 3.5 hours. Nothing like it before or since.
Three-engine widebody. Troubled early safety record, beloved by crews.
Lockheed's only commercial widebody. Ahead of its time. Autoland pioneer.
The last Douglas widebody. Tricky to land. Beautiful to watch.
The plane that started the jet age. Pan Am's flagship.
The world's first jet airliner. Square windows taught the world about metal fatigue.
The Soviet 727. Served Aeroflot and allies for decades.
Britain's answer to the DC-9. Rear-mounted Spey engines with a distinctive whistle. Hugely popular in Europe and the Americas through the '80s.
France's first jet airliner and the plane that proved rear-mounted engines worked. Elegant triangular windows and a glazed nose. A true aviation pioneer.
Lockheed's four-engine turboprop. Troubled early career due to wing failures, but those who flew it loved it. Military variant (P-3 Orion) served for 60+ years.
Postwar American classic. Pressurized twin-engine propliner that competed with the DC-6 on shorter routes. A few turboprop conversions still fly.