Flight distance record

This list of flight distance records contains only those set without any mid-air refueling.

Non-commercial powered aircraft

Year	Date	Distance	Pilot	Aircraft	Notes
2006	February 12, 2006	41,467.46 km	Steve Fossett	GlobalFlyer	Steve Fossett.
1986	December 23, 1986	40,212.14 km	Richard Glenn Rutan and Jeana Yeager	Rutan Voyager	Fédération Aéronautique Internationale record holder up to 2006.
1962	January 10 - 11, 1962	20,168.78 km (12532.3 mi)	Major Clyde P. Evely and crew	Boeing B-52H Stratofortress	From Kadena AB, Okinawa to Torrejon AB, Spain, via Tokyo, Seattle, Fort Worth, Washington DC and the Azores
1946	September 29 - October 2, 1946	18,083.6 km	Cdr. Tom Davies pilot, Cdr. Eugene Rankin (co-pilot) and two crew	Lockheed P2V-1 Neptune	From Perth, Australia to Columbus, U.S.
1945	November 20, 1945	12,739.6 km	USAF; C. S. Irvine + crew of 9	Boeing B-29 Superfortress	From Guam to Washington DC, USA
1938	November 5-7, 1938	11,520.4 km (7,162 miles)	RAF Long Range Development Unit; R. Kellett, H.A.V. Hogan and A. N. Combe (first pilots) + crew of two (also qualified pilots) in each aircraft	Vickers Wellesley	From Ismailia, Egypt to Darwin, Northern Territory in Australia; three aircraft flew in formation, Hogan landed to refuel at Koepang (500 miles short of Darwin), the other two landed at Darwin, Northern Territory.
1938	May 13-15, 1938	11,651.011 km	Yuzoh Fujita + crew (Japan)	Koken-ki	Three-corner course over Japan. Closed-circuit record.
1937	July 12 - 14, 1937	10,148.5 km	Mikhail Gromov + crew (Russia)	Tupolev ANT-25	From Moscow to San Jacinto, California, USA
1933	August 7, 1933	9,104.7 km	J. M. Rossi and P. Codos (France)	Blériot 110 F-ALCC	From Floyd Bennett Field, New York, USA to Rayack, Syria
1933	February 8, 1933	8,544 km	RAF Long Range Development Unit; O. R. Gayford and G. E. Nicholetts	Fairey Long-range Monoplane K1991	From Cranwell, UK, to Walvis Bay, South Africa
1931	July 28-31	8,066 km	Russell Boardman and John Polando	Bellanca J-300 Special Cape Cod NR761W	From Floyd Bennett Field to Istanbul, Turkey
1929	September 27–29, 1929	7,905.140 km	Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte	Breguet 19 Super Bidon Point d'Interrogation	Paris to Qiqihar, China.
1927	June 28-29	3,862.43 km	Albert Francis Hegenberger and Lester Maitland	Fokker F.VII	From California to Hawaii, the longest open sea flight up to that date, in the "Bird of Paradise". They received the Mackey Trophy and the Distinguished Flying Cross from President Calvin Coolidge for this achievement.
1914	February 7, 1914	1,699 km	Karl Ingold		He flew continuously from 7:35 am until 11:55 pm covering 1,056 miles in 16 hours and 20 minutes.
1903	December 17, 1903	279 m	Wilbur Wright	Wright Flyer	59 seconds
1903	December 17, 1903	39 m	Orville Wright	Wright Flyer	12 seconds

Commercial aircraft

Year	Date	Distance	Pilot	Aircraft	Reference
2005	November 9, 2005	21,602.22 km	Suzanna Darcy-Henneman	Boeing 777-200LR	Hong Kong International Airport to London Heathrow Airport taking 22 hours, 22 minutes
2004	June 28, 2004	16,600 km		Airbus A340-500	Singapore Airlines between Singapore and New York (Newark Airport) in 18 hours 18 minutes. [1]
2004	February 3, 2004	14,093 km		A340-500	Singapore Airlines between Singapore and Los Angeles in 14 hours 42 minutes.[2]
1988	September 17, 1988	14,042 km		767-200ER	Air Mauritius between Halifax and Mauritius in 16 hours and 27 minutes.[3]

Other types of aircraft

Date	Measurement	Person	Aircraft	Reference
January 21, 2003	3,008.8 km	Klaus Ohlmann and Karl Rabeder	Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4	The gliding flight consisted of four legs along the eastern side of the Andes mountain range. The flight time of 15h 8m giving an average speed of almost exactly 200 km/h.
March 21, 1999	40,814 km	Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones	Breitling Orbiter	Distance record for a balloon

References

• Mikesh, Robert C. and Abe, Shorzoe. Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941. London:Putnam, 1990. ISBN 0-85177-840-2.
• Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1966-67. London:Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1966.