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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 [[airplane]]s, [[airship]]s, [[balloon]]s, [[Glider (sailplane)|gliders (sailplanes)]], [[helicopter]]s, etc.

==Most-produced aircraft==
'''Notes''' 
*Unless noted, aircraft are [[Reciprocating engine|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 {{background|HoneyDew|&thinsp;pale-green background&thinsp;}} indicates aircraft still in production. 

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!style="width:17.0em;" rowspan=2| Name
!style="width:1.0em;" rowspan=2| Civil{{\}}Military
!style="width:8.0em;" rowspan=2| Type{{\}}role
!style="width:3.0em;line-height:1.3em;" data-sort-type="number" rowspan=2| Number<br> produced
!style="width:7.0em;" rowspan=2| Country<br>of origin
!style="width:4.0em;line-height:1.3em;" colspan=2| Production period
!rowspan=2| Notes
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!Start
!End
|- style="background:HoneyDew;"
| [[Cessna 172]] || C || [[Utility aircraft|Utility]]{{\}}[[Trainer aircraft|trainer]]
| 44,000+<ref>''Flight International'', June 20, 2017, p. 24.</ref>
| {{US}}
| 1956||present
| Also built in France by [[Reims Aviation]].
|-
| [[Ilyushin Il-2]] || M || [[Attack aircraft|Ground-attack]]
|   36,183  || {{USSR}} || 1941||1945
|
|-
| [[Messerschmitt Bf 109]] || M || [[Fighter aircraft|Fighter]]
|   34,852<!--(includes Czech/Spanish production)--> || {{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}} || 1936||1958
| Most-produced fighter and single-seat aircraft. Also built in Hungary, Romania, Spain, [[Czechoslovakia]] and Switzerland.
|- style="background:HoneyDew;"

| [[Piper PA-28 Cherokee|Piper PA-28 series]] || C || Utility{{\}}trainer
|   32,778+ || {{US}} || 1960||present
| Sold as Cherokee, Cherokee Warrior, Cherokee Pathfinder, Warrior, Archer, Dakota, Cadet, and Pilot.
|- 
| [[Cessna 150]] / [[Cessna 152|152]] || C || Utility{{\}}trainer
|  31,471<ref>Simpson 1991, pp.94, 96-97</ref> || {{US}} || 1958||1986
| Most-produced two-seat civil aircraft. Also built in France (both models) and Argentina (150 only). 23,887 150s, 7,584 152s.<ref>Simpson 1991, pp.94, 96-97</ref><!--150 production total includes 9 Argentine-built A-A150L Aerobats discussed by Simpson in text but omitted from production tables.--->
|- style="background:HoneyDew;"
| [[Cessna 182]] || C || Utility
|   23,237+ || {{US}} || 1956||present
|  Also built in France.
|-
| [[Supermarine Spitfire]]/[[Supermarine Seafire|Seafire]] || M || Fighter
|   22,685  || {{UK}} || 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<ref>Peperell 1987, p. 30</ref>|| {{US}}
| 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  || {{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}} || 1939||1945
| 64 produced in post-WWII France as the "NC&nbsp;900".
|-
| [[Polikarpov Po-2]] || M || [[Biplane]], [[Multirole combat aircraft|multirole]]
|   20,000{{sfn|Angelucci|Matricardi|1977|p=280}} to <br />30,000<ref name="wveh">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwiivehicles.com/ussr/aircraft/bomber/polikarpov-u-2-po-2.asp|title=Soviet Polikarpov U-2 bomber, trainer; Polikarpov Po-2 bomber, trainer|work=wwiivehicles.com|access-date=15 July 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703083246/http://www.wwiivehicles.com/ussr/aircraft/bomber/polikarpov-u-2-po-2.asp|archive-date=3 July 2014}}</ref>
| {{USSR}}
| 1928||1952<ref name="wveh"/>
| Most-produced biplane. Used for training, reconnaissance, liaison, and ground-attack. Also built in Poland.
|-
| [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator]] || M || [[Heavy bomber]]
|   18,482{{sfn|Wegg|1990|p=49}}  || {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1940||1945
| Most-produced heavy bomber and multi-engine aircraft. Includes 962 built by [[Douglas Aircraft Company|Douglas]],{{sfn|Francillon|1988|p=580}} 6,792 by [[Ford Motor Company]] and 966 by [[North American Aviation|North American]]. Does not include related [[Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer|PB4Y-2 Privateer]].{{sfn|Wegg|1990|p=49}}
|- 
| [[Antonov An-2]] / [[Antonov An-3|An-3]] || C || Biplane, utility{{\}}[[Agricultural aircraft|agricultural]]
|   18,000+ || {{USSR}} || 1947|| 2009
| Most-produced transport; longest production run of any transport aircraft. Also built in China and Poland. 
|-
| [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15]] || M || [[Jet aircraft|Jet]] fighter
|   18,000+ || {{USSR}} || 1947||1950s
| Most-produced jet. Also 3,454 built in Czechoslovakia; 727 in Poland; and an unknown number in China.
|- style="background:HoneyDew;"
| [[Mil Mi-8]]/Mi-17 || M || [[Helicopter]], utility
|   17,000+ || {{USSR}} || 1961||present
| Most-produced helicopter. 
|- style="background:HoneyDew;"
| [[Beechcraft Bonanza]] || C || Utility
|   17,000+ || {{US}} || 1947||present
|   Longest continuous production run of any airplane in history.<ref>Beechcraft (18 July 2015). "[https://www.facebook.com/Beechcraft/posts/1008901642456065 Beechcraft Bonanza]". Beechcraft Company Facebook Page. Retrieved 12 August 2015.</ref><ref>Clark, Anders (25 June 2015) "[https://disciplesofflight.com/beechcraft-a36-bonanza/ The Beechcraft A36 Bonanza]" paragraph 4. Disciples of Flight. Retrieved 12 August 2015.</ref><ref>Perdue, Scott (1 May 2007). "[http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/aircraft/pilot-reports/beechcraft/the-bonanza-hits-60-strong-and-fast The Bonanza hits 60 Strong and Fast!] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924073936/http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/aircraft/pilot-reports/beechcraft/the-bonanza-hits-60-strong-and-fast |date=2015-09-24 }}" paragraph 4. Plane and Pilot Magazine. Retrieved 12 August 2015.</ref> Includes Debonair variant; excludes dissimilar [[Beechcraft Twin Bonanza|Twin Bonanza]].<ref name=Baron/>
|-
| [[Yakovlev Yak-9]] || M || Fighter
|   16,769{{sfn|Gunston|Gordon|1997|p=77}}  || {{USSR}} || 1942||1948 ||
|-
| [[Douglas DC-3]] || C/M || [[Airliner]]{{\}}[[Military transport aircraft|transport]]
|   16,079  || {{flag|United States|1912}} || 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.
|- style=
| [[Bell UH-1 Iroquois|Bell UH-1 "Huey" Iroquois]] || M || Helicopter, utility
|   16,000+ || {{US}} || 1959||1987
| 
|-
| [[Republic P-47 Thunderbolt]] || M || Fighter
|   15,660{{sfn|Bull|2004|p=267}} 
| {{flag|United States|1912}}
| 1942||1945
|
|-
| [[North American P-51 Mustang]] || M || Fighter
|   15,586  || {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1940||1951
| Excluding [[North American F-82 Twin Mustang]] and other derivatives.
|-
| [[North American T-6 Texan]] || M || Trainer
|   15,495  || {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1937||1950s 
| Also known as SNJ and Harvard. Also built in Canada.
|-
| [[Junkers Ju 88]] || M || Multirole
|   15,183
<ref>{{cite book|last=Kay|first=Anthony L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tt7g_WEvE20C&q=Junkers+Ju+88+production&pg=PA6|title=Junkers Aircraft & Engines: 1913 to 1945|year=2004|publisher=Pavilion Books|isbn=0851779859|access-date=5 April 2015}}</ref>{{page needed|date=October 2018}}
| {{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
| 1939||1945
| ''[[Luftwaffe]]'' multirole bomber, heavy fighter and reconnaissance aircraft.
|-
| [[Hawker Hurricane]] || M || Fighter
|   14,487  || {{UK}} || 1937||1944
| Including production in Canada and a few built in Belgium and Yugoslavia.
|-
| [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21]] || M || Jet fighter
|   13,996  || {{USSR}} || 1959||1985
| Most-produced supersonic aircraft. According to the [[Guinness Book of Records|Guinness Book Of Records]], it is the most-produced jet-powered military aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Highest production of military jet aircraft |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/highest-production-of-military-jet-aircraft |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=Guinness World Records |language=en-gb}}</ref> Also built in China, Czechoslovakia and India.
|-
| [[Waco CG-4]] || M || [[Glider (aircraft)|Glider]], [[Military glider|military]]
|   13,903+ || {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1942||1945
| Most-produced glider. Many licensed manufacturers.
|-
| [[Curtiss P-40 Warhawk]] || M || Fighter
|   13,738{{sfn|Murphy|McNiece|2009|p=83}} || {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1939||1944
|
|-
|[[Chotia Weedhopper]]
|C
|[[Ultralight aviation|Ultralight]]
|13,000+
|{{US}}
|1977
|2012
|Most-produced ultralight.
|-
| [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]] || M || Heavy bomber
|   12,731  || {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1937||1945
| 3,000 built by [[Douglas Aircraft Company|Douglas]],{{sfn|Francillon|1988|p=580}} also produced by [[Vega_Aircraft_Corporation|Lockheed Vega]].
|-
| [[Vought F4U Corsair]] || M || Fighter
|   12,571  || {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1941||1952
| Most-produced carrier aircraft. Many built as [[Goodyear Aerospace|Goodyear]] FG or [[Brewster Aeronautical Corporation|Brewster]] F3A.{{sfn|Swanborough|Bowers|1976|pp=404-407}} Longest production run of any U.S. piston-engined fighter.
|-
| [[Grumman F6F Hellcat]] || M || Fighter
|   12,275  || {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1942||1945 ||
|- style="background:HoneyDew;"
| [[Boeing 737]] || C || Jet airliner
|    [[Boeing 737#Orders and deliveries|11,889]]+<ref>{{cite web |title=Boeing: Orders and Deliveries (updated monthly) |url=https://www.boeing.com/commercial/#/orders-deliveries |access-date=10 October 2024 |website=boeing.com}}</ref>
| {{US}}
| 1967||present
| Most-produced [[Jet aircraft|jet-powered]] civilian aircraft. Includes the original, [[Boeing 737 Classic|Classic]], [[Boeing 737 Next Generation|NG]], and [[Boeing 737 MAX|MAX]] models, as well as military variants such as the [[Boeing C-40 Clipper|C-40]] and [[Boeing P-8 Poseidon|P-8]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}
|- style="background:HoneyDew;"
| [[Airbus A320 family]] || C || Jet airliner
|    [[Airbus A320 family#Orders and deliveries|11,707]]+<ref name="Airbus_Orders">{{cite web |date= |title=Airbus - Orders & Deliveries |url=https://www.airbus.com/aircraft/market/orders-deliveries.html#file |access-date=7 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kaminski-Morrow |first1=David |title=Airbus A320-family deliveries pass 10,000 mark |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/air-transport/airbus-a320-family-deliveries-pass-10000-mark/145363.article |website=Flightglobal |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref>
| European multinational
| 1988
|present
| Consists of the [[Airbus A318|A318]], [[Airbus A319|A319]], [[A320]] and [[Airbus A321|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  || {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1939||1947 ||
|-
| [[Vickers Wellington]] || M || [[Medium bomber]]
|   11,462<ref name="Vickers Wellington Manual">Vickers Wellington Manual, page 29. Haynes Publishing, 2012. {{ISBN|978-0-85733-230-1}}</ref>
| {{UK}} || 1936||1945 ||
|-
| [[Petlyakov Pe-2]] || M || [[Dive bomber]]
|   11,427  || {{USSR}} || 1939||1945 || Most-produced dive bomber of any type – a twin-engined design.
|-
| [[Avro 504]] || M || Biplane, bomber{{\}}trainer
|    11,303<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://britishaviation-ptp.com/avro504.html|title = Avro 504}}</ref>  || {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} || 1913||1940<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://britishaviation-ptp.com/avro504_foreignderiv.html|title = Avro 504 (Foreign Derivatives)}}</ref>
| Most-produced World War I aircraft design. Includes Japanese and Soviet production.
|-
| [[Avro Anson]] || M || Multirole
|   11,020{{sfn|Fredriksen|2001|p=36}}  || {{UK}} || 1935||1952
| Also built in Canada.{{sfn|Fredriksen|2001|p=36}}
|-
| [[Mooney M20]] || C || Utility
|   11,000+ || {{US}} || 1955||2019
|  
|-
| [[Mitsubishi A6M Zero]] || M || Fighter
|   10,939  || {{flagcountry|Empire of Japan|1940}} || 1940||1945 ||
|-
| [[Piper PA-20 Pacer|Piper Pacer]] || C || Utility{{\}}trainer
|   10,610<ref>Peperell 1987, p. 79</ref><ref>Peperell 1987, p. 83</ref>  || {{US}} || 1950||1964
| Includes PA-20 Pacer and PA-22 Tri-Pacer and Colt.
|-
| [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17]] || M || Jet fighter
|   10,367  || {{USSR}} || 1951||1986
| Also built in Poland and China; many built as the [[Shenyang J-5]]{{\}}JJ-5.
|-
| [[Polikarpov I-16]] || M || Fighter
|    10,292<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwiivehicles.com/ussr/aircraft/fighter/polikarpov-i-16.asp|title=Soviet Polikarpov I-16 Rata fighter|work=wwiivehicles.com|access-date=15 July 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703085610/http://www.wwiivehicles.com/ussr/aircraft/fighter/polikarpov-i-16.asp|archive-date=3 July 2014}}</ref><br>
{{vs|date=October 2018}}
| {{USSR}} || 1934||1943 ||Also manufactured in Spain and China.
|- 
| [[Piper PA-18 Super Cub]] || C || Utility{{\}}trainer
|    10,222<ref>Peperell 1987, p. 71</ref>  || {{US}} || 1949||1983
| Includes military variants such as L-18 and L-21.

|-
| [[Lockheed P-38 Lightning]] || M || Fighter
|   10,037  || {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1941||1945
| Two-engined [[Twin-boom aircraft|twin-boom]] design.

|-
| [[Aeronca Champion]] || C || Utility{{\}}trainer 
|   10,000+ || {{US}} || 1946||2019<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.americanchampionaircraft.com/champ.html |title=American Champion Aircraft Corporation: Champ |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=<!--Not stated--> |website=americanchampionaircraft.com |publisher=American Champion Aircraft Corporation |access-date=5 June 2019 |quote=Discontinued: was a great run! |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605005857/http://www.americanchampionaircraft.com/champ.html |archive-date=5 June 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
| Includes military L-16. Several changes in manufacturer.

|-
| [[DFS SG 38 Schulgleiter]] || M || Glider, trainer
| 10,000~<ref name="NMUSAF">{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/MuseumExhibits/FactSheets/Display/tabid/509/Article/196339/schneider-schulgleiter-sg-38.aspx |title=Schneider Schulgleiter SG 38 |access-date=16 October 2016 |last=National Museum of the United States Air Force |author-link=National Museum of the United States Air Force }}</ref>
| {{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}} || 1938||1944 ||

|-
| [[North American B-25 Mitchell]] || M || Medium bomber
|    9,984  || {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1939||1945 ||

|-
| [[Lavochkin La-5]] || M || Fighter
|    9,920  || {{USSR}} || 1942||1944 ||

|-
| [[North American F-86 Sabre]]{{\}}[[North American FJ Fury|FJ Fury]] || M || Jet fighter
|    9,860  || {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1947||1956
| Also built in Australia and Canada.

|-
| [[Grumman TBF Avenger]] || M || [[Torpedo bomber]]
|    9,836{{sfn|Angelucci|Matricardi|1977|p=283}}{{sfn|Swanborough|Bowers|1976|p=236}}  || {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1941||1945 
| Includes 7,546 built as TBM Avenger by [[General Motors]].{{sfn|Swanborough|Bowers|1976|p=236}}

|-
| [[Bell P-39 Airacobra]] || M || Fighter
|    9,584  || {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1938||1944 ||

|-
| [[Cessna 210]] || C || Utility 
|    9,240  || {{US}} || 1957||1986 ||

|-
| [[Beechcraft Model 18]] || C || Utility/ Multi-engine trainer
|    9,000+  || {{US}} || 1937||1970 
| Includes military variants such as C-45, AT-7, and SNB.

|-
| [[Airspeed Oxford]] || M || Trainer
|    8,751{{sfn|Angelucci|Matricardi|1977|p=280}}  || {{UK}} || 1937||1945
| Several manufacturers.

|-
| [[Yakovlev Yak-1]] || M || Fighter
|    8,734{{sfn|Gunston|Gordon|1997|p=66}}  || {{USSR}} || 1940||1944 ||

|-
| [[Boeing-Stearman Model 75]] || M || Biplane, trainer
|    8,584<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boeing.com/history/products/stearman-kaydet-trainer.page |title=Boeing Historical Snapshot: Stearman Kaydet Trainer |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=boeing.com |publisher=Boeing |access-date=25 September 2018}}</ref>
| {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1934||1942
|
|- style="background:HoneyDew;"
| [[Cessna 206]] || C || Utility
|    8,509+ or 7,783+{{lower|0.35em|{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}}}
| {{US}}
| 1962||present
| Includes models 205 and 207.

|-
| [[SPAD S.XIII]] || M || Biplane, fighter
|    8,472  || {{flagcountry|French Third Republic}} || 1917||1918
| Most-produced World War I fighter aircraft design.

|- style="background:HoneyDew;"
| [[La Mouette Atlas]] || C || [[Hang glider]]
|    8,000+ || {{FRA}} || 1979||present
| Most-produced hang glider.

|-
| [[Grumman F4F Wildcat]] || M || Fighter
|    7,885<ref>Hickman, Kennedy. [http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/worldwariiaircraft/p/f4fwildcat.htm "World War II: Grumman F4F Wildcat."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207102214/http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/worldwariiaircraft/p/f4fwildcat.htm |date=2016-12-07 }} at about.com. Retrieved 15 June 2010.</ref> 
| {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1937||1943 
| Includes about 5,600 built as FM Wildcat by [[General Motors]].{{sfn|Swanborough|Bowers|1976|pp=209-210}}

|-
| [[Piper PA-32]] || C || Utility
|    7,842+ || {{US}} || 1965||2007
| Enlarged PA-28 sold as Cherokee Six and Saratoga.

|-
| [[Breguet 14]] || M || [[Aerial reconnaissance|Reconnaissance]], [[Medium bomber]]
|    7,800  || {{flagcountry|French Third Republic}} || 1916||1928
| 2,300 built after WWI.

|-
| [[de Havilland Mosquito]] || M || Multirole
|    7,781  || {{UK}} || 1940||1950
| Also built in Australia and Canada.

|- style="background:HoneyDew;"
| [[Cirrus SR22]] || C || Utility{{\}}trainer
|    7,737+<!--over-referencing is necessary here because GAMA stopped publishing annual reports that go back 13 years since 2019.--><ref name="GAMA2019">{{cite web|url=https://gama.aero/wp-content/uploads/GAMA_2019Databook_ForWebFinal-2020-02-19.pdf|title=2019 Databook|author=General Aviation Manufacturers Association|date=2020|access-date=1 March 2020|archive-date=20 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220235340/https://gama.aero/wp-content/uploads/GAMA_2019Databook_ForWebFinal-2020-02-19.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=QuarterlyReportGAMA>{{cite web|title=Quarterly Shipments and Billings – GAMA|url=https://gama.aero/facts-and-statistics/quarterly-shipments-and-billings/|website=gama.aero|access-date=2020-11-21|publication-date=}}.</ref> || {{US}} || 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+<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.warbirdalley.com/pt19.htm|title=Warbird Alley: Fairchild PT-19 / PT-23 / PT-26 Cornell|website=www.warbirdalley.com|access-date=2016-08-07}}</ref>
|{{flag|United States|1912}}
|1938||1948
|Includes variants PT-23 and PT-26. Also built in Canada and Brazil.

|-
| [[Cessna 140|Cessna 120 and 140]] || C || Utility{{\}}trainer
|    7,664<ref name="PlaneAndPilot">Plane and Pilot: ''1978 Aircraft Directory'', page 22. Werner & Werner Corp Publishing, 1978. {{ISBN|0-918312-00-0}}</ref><ref name="Christy">Christy, Joe: ''The Complete Guide to the Single-Engine Cessnas – 3rd Edition'', pages 12–17. TAB Books, 1979. {{ISBN|0-8306-2268-3}}</ref>
| {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1946||1950 
| Developed into [[Cessna 150]].

|-
| [[Republic F-84 Thunderjet]] || M || Jet [[fighter-bomber]]
|    7,524  || {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1946||1953 
| Excludes [[Republic F-84F Thunderstreak|swept-wing F-84F / RF-84F derivatives]].

|-
| [[Douglas A-20 Havoc|Douglas DB-7 (A-20 Havoc)]] || M || Multirole
|    7,478{{sfn|Francillon|1988|p=293}}  || {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1938||1944 
| Includes 380 built by [[Boeing]].{{sfn|Francillon|1988|pp=275, 279, 293}}

|-
| [[Avro Lancaster]] || M || Heavy bomber
|    7,377  || {{UK}} || 1942||1945
| Includes 430 built under licence in Canada.

|- style=
| [[Bell 206|Bell 206 JetRanger]] || C || Helicopter, utility{{\}}trainer
|    7,340+
| {{US}}
| 1966||2017
| Also made in Canada and Italy.

|-
| [[Heinkel He 111]] || M || Medium bomber
|    7,300  || {{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}} || 1935||1944 || Also built in [[Francoist Spain|Spain]] as the CASA C.2111.
|-
|[[Yakovlev UT-2]] || M || Trainer
|    7,243  || {{USSR}} || 1936||1944 ||
|-
| [[Curtiss SB2C Helldiver]] || M || Dive bomber
|    7,140  || {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1940||1945
| 900 built as A-25; 1,194 built in Canada.{{sfn|Swanborough|Bowers|1976|pp=151-152}} Most-produced single-engine [[dive bomber]].

|-
| [[de Havilland Tiger Moth]] || C || Biplane, trainer
|    7,105  || {{UK}} || 1931||1944
| Also built in Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
|-
|- style="background:HoneyDew;"
|[[Eurocopter AS350]]
|C
|Utility helicopter
|7,000+<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 July 2022 |title=Airbus delivers the 7,000th Ecureuil helicopter |url=https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2022-07-airbus-delivers-the-7000th-ecureuil-helicopter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713132333/https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2022-07-airbus-delivers-the-7000th-ecureuil-helicopter |archive-date=13 July 2022 |access-date=17 July 2022 |website=Airbus}}</ref>
|{{flagcountry|French Third Republic}}
|1975
|present
|
|-
| [[Polikarpov R-5]] || M || Reconnaissance{{\}}bomber
|    7,000  || {{USSR}} || 1928||1937 ||

|-
| [[Piper PA-23]] || C || Utility{{\}}Multi-engine trainer
|    6,976<ref>Simpson 1991, pp.243-244</ref>  || {{US}} || 1952||1981 
| Sold as Apache and Aztec.

|- style="background:HoneyDew;"
| [[Beechcraft Baron]] || C || Utility{{\}}Multi-engine trainer 
|   6,884+<ref name=Baron>{{cite web|url=https://www.beechcraft.com/customer_support/technical_publications/docs/nontechnical/serializationList.pdf|title=Beechcraft Serialization - 1945 thru 2017|date=10 September 2018|website=beechcraft.com|publisher=Beechcraft Aircraft|access-date=20 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016115122/https://www.beechcraft.com/customer_support/technical_publications/docs/nontechnical/serializationList.pdf|archive-date=2014-10-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{US}} || 1961||present
| Includes 55, 56, 58, and sub-variants such as military T-42; excludes related [[Beechcraft Travel Air|Travel Air]].<ref name=Baron/>

|- style="background:HoneyDew;"
| [[Robinson R44]] || C || Helicopter, utility{{\}}trainer
|    6,866+<!--over-referencing is necessary here because GAMA stopped publishing annual reports that go back 13 years since 2019.--><ref name="GAMA2019" /><ref name=QuarterlyReportGAMA>{{cite web|title=Quarterly Shipments and Billings – GAMA|url=https://gama.aero/facts-and-statistics/quarterly-shipments-and-billings/|website=gama.aero|access-date=2020-11-21|publication-date=}}.</ref>|| {{US}} || 1993||present ||Most-produced [[reciprocating engine]] helicopter. Developed from [[Robinson R22]].

|-
| [[Curtiss JN-4]] || M || Biplane, trainer
|    6,813  || {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1915||1927 ||

|-
| [[Polikarpov I-15]] || M || Biplane, fighter
|    6,750<ref name="wio">[http://www.wio.ru/tacftr/polikarp.htm Polikarpov fighters] at wio.ru. Retrieved 8 October 2012.</ref>
| {{USSR}} || 1933||1940
| Also built in Spain.

|-
| [[Tupolev SB]] || M || Bomber
|    6,656  || {{USSR}} || 1936||1941
| Also built in Czechoslovakia.

|-
| [[Ilyushin Il-28]] || M || Medium bomber
|    6,635+  || {{USSR}} || 1949||1955 
| Also built in China and Czechoslovakia.

|-
| [[Yakovlev Yak-18]] || M || Trainer
|    6,630+{{sfn|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2005|pp=267, 269}}  || {{USSR}} || 1946||1960s || Also produced in Hungary and China. Production claims vary from 6,168 including 125 Yak-18P and 25 -18PM{{sfn|Gunston|Gordon|1997|pp=113–115}} to 6,630 excluding P and PM.{{sfn|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2005|pp=267, 269}} Both exclude unrelated Yak-18T.

|-
| [[Lockheed T-33|Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star]] || M || Jet trainer
|    6,557  || {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1948||1959
| Also built in Canada by Canadair.

|-
| [[Yakovlev Yak-7]] || M || Fighter{{\}}trainer
|    6,399{{sfn|Gunston|Gordon|1997|p=70}}  || {{USSR}} || 1940||1943 ||

|-
| [[Airco DH.4]] ||M || Biplane, Bomber 
| 6,295{{sfn|Jackson|1987|pp=54, 58}} || {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} || 1916||1926
|1,449 in the UK{{sfn|Jackson|1987|p=54}} and 4,846 (as the DH-4) in the US.{{sfn|Jackson|1987|p=58}}

|-
| [[Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3]] || M || Fighter
|    6,258  || {{USSR}} || 1941||1942 ||

|-
| [[Ilyushin Il-10]] || M || Ground-attack
|    6,226  || {{USSR}} || 1944||1954
| Also built in Czechoslovakia as the Avia B-33{{\}}CB-33.

|-
| [[Cessna 180]] || C || Utility
|    6,193<ref>Simpson 1991, pp 99-100</ref> || {{US}} || 1953||1981 
| Developed into [[Cessna 182]].

|-
| [[Handley Page Halifax]] || M || Heavy bomber
|    6,176{{sfn|Angelucci|Matricardi|1977|p=284}}  || {{UK}} || 1940||1946 ||

|-
| [[Messerschmitt Bf 110]] || M || [[Heavy fighter|Heavy]]{{\}}[[night fighter]]
|    6,150  || {{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}} || 1936||1945
| Twin-engined design. Most sources state 6,000 to 6,150 produced.

|-
| [[Junkers Ju 87]] || M || Dive bomber
|    6,000  || {{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}} || 1935||1944 ||

|-
| [[Sopwith 1½ Strutter]] || M || Biplane, multirole
|    5,939  || {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} || 1917||1918
| Majority built in France for French use.

|-
| [[Douglas SBD Dauntless]] || M ||Dive bomber{{\}}[[Scout plane|scout]]
|    5,938{{sfn|Francillon|1988|p=576}}  || {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1940||1944
| Includes A-24 Banshee variant.{{sfn|Francillon|1988|p=576}}

|-
| [[Bristol Beaufighter]] || M || [[Heavy fighter]]
|    5,928  || {{UK}} || 1940||1946
| Also built in Australia.

|-
| [[Nakajima Ki-43]] || M || Fighter
|    5,919{{sfn|Angelucci|Matricardi|1977|p=282}}  || {{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}} || 1942||1945 ||

|-
| [[Yokosuka K5Y]] || M || Biplane, trainer
|    5,770{{sfn|Angelucci|Matricardi|1977|p=280}}  || {{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}} || 1934||1945 ||

|-
| [[Lavochkin La-7]] || M || Fighter
|    5,753  || {{USSR}} || 1944||1946 ||

|-
| [[Cessna 310]] || C || Utility{{\}}Multi-engine trainer
|    5,737<ref>Simpson 1991, pp. 106-107</ref>  || {{US}} || 1954||1980 ||

|-
| [[Antonov A-1]] || M || Glider, trainer
|    5,700  || {{USSR}} || 1930||1940s ||
|-
| [[ERCO Ercoupe]] || C || Utility{{\}}trainer
|   5,685   || {{US}} || 1940||1969 
| First civil aircraft with a nose wheel landing gear. Several changes in manufacturer.
|-
|[[Bell 47]]
|C
|helicopter
|5,600
|{{US}}
|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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flugzeuginfo.net/acdata_php/acdata_mig19_en.php|title=Mikojan Gurewitsch / Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-19|author=Karsten Palt|work=flugzeuginfo.net|access-date=5 April 2015}}</ref>
| {{USSR}}
| 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  || {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} || 1917||1918 ||

|-
| [[Mil Mi-2]] || M || Helicopter, utility
|    5,497  || {{USSR}} || 1965||1985
| Built in Poland.

|-
| [[Cessna AT-17 Bobcat]] || C/M || Utility{{\}}Multi-engine trainer
|    5,422  || {{flag|United States|1912}} || 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  || {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} || 1916||1927
|

|-
| [[Martin B-26 Marauder]] || M || Medium bomber
|    5,288  || {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1941||1945 |
| Not to be confused with unrelated [[Douglas B-26]].

|-
| [[Stinson 108]] || C || Utility{{\}}trainer
|    5,260{{sfn|Wegg|1990|pp=143–144}}  || {{flag|United States|1912}} || 1946||1950 ||

|-
| [[Ilyushin Il-4]] || M || Medium bomber
|    5,256  || {{USSR}} || 1942||1944 ||

|-
| [[Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5]] || M || Biplane, fighter
|    5,205  || {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} || 1917||1918 ||

|-
| [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II]] || M || Jet [[fighter-bomber]]
|    5,195{{sfn|Francillon|1990|p=464}}  || {{US}} || 1958||1981 
| Includes 127 built in Japan by [[Mitsubishi]].{{sfn|Francillon|1990|p=464}}

|- 
| [[Cessna 170]] || C || Utility{{\}}trainer
|    5,174<ref>Simpson 1991, p. 97</ref>  || {{US}} || 1948||1956 || Developed into [[Cessna 172]].

|-
| [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23]] || M || Jet fighter
|    5,047  || {{USSR}} || 1967||1985
| Most-produced [[Variable-sweep wing|variable-sweep]] aircraft.
|-
| [[Piper PA-34 Seneca]] || C || Utility{{\}}Multi-engine trainer
|    5,037  || {{USA}} || 1971||2019
| Also built in Poland and Brazil (PZL-Mielec M-20 Mewa and  EMB-810).
|-
| [[Yakovlev Yak-12]] || M || Multirole [[STOL]]
|    5,000+  || {{USSR}} || 1946||1968
| Also built in Poland and China (Chinese-produced name is Shenyang Type 5; production figure unknown?).

|-
| [[Schneider Grunau Baby|Grunau Baby IIb]] || C || [[Sailplane]]
|  5,000+<ref name="DeutschesMuseumBabyIIb">{{cite web |url=http://www.deutsches-museum.de/flugwerft/sammlungen/segelflugzeuge/grunau-baby/ |title=Deutsches Museum – Flugwerft Schleißheim: Grunau Baby IIb (German) |access-date=2008-08-08}}</ref>
| {{flagcountry|Weimar Republic}} || 1932||1945<ref>[https://www.si.edu/object/grunau-baby-ii-b-2%3Anasm_A19600320000 Smithsonian - Grunau Baby II B-2]</ref>||
|-
|- style="background:HoneyDew;"
|[[Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk]]
|M
|Military helicopter
|5,000+<ref>{{cite news |author=Ryan Finnerty |date=23 January 2023 |title=Sikorsky delivers 5,000th Black Hawk, with potential for new US orders |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopters/sikorsky-delivers-5000th-black-hawk-with-potential-for-new-us-orders/151757.article |work=Flightglobal}}</ref>
|{{US}}
|1978
|present
|[[Sikorsky S-70|S-70 family]]: UH-60A (1978–1989), UH-60L (1989-2007), UH-60M (2005-), [[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk|SH-60 Seahawk]] (1979-), in Japan as [[Mitsubishi H-60]] (1987-).
|}

== Notes ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==References==
*{{cite book |last1=Angelucci |first1=Enzo |last2=Matricardi |first2=Paolo |date=1977 |title=World War II Airplanes |volume=2  |location=Chicago, Illinois |publisher=Rand McNally and Company |isbn=0-528-88171-X}}
*{{cite book|last=Bull|first=Stephen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HN3AUx_3Mn4C&q=P-47+Thunderbolt+15%2C660&pg=PA267|title=Encyclopedia of Military Technology and Innovation|year=2004|publisher=Greenwood Publishing|isbn=1-57356-557-1|access-date=5 April 2015}}
*{{cite book |last=Francillon |first=René |date=1988 |title=McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920 |volume=I  |location=Annapolis, Maryland |publisher=Naval Institute Press |isbn=0-87021-428-4 }}
*{{cite book |last=Francillon |first=René |date=1990 |title=McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920 |volume=II  |location=Annapolis, Maryland |publisher=Naval Institute Press |isbn=1-55750-550-0 }}
* {{cite book |last=Fredriksen |first=John C. |date=2001 |title=International Warbirds: An Illustrated Guide to World Military Aircraft, 1914-2000 |location=Santa Barbara, California |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=1-57607-364-5}}
*{{cite book|last1=Gordon|first1=Yefim|last2=Komissarov|first2=Dmitry|last3=Komissarov|first3=Sergey|title=OKB Yakovlev: A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft|year=2005|publisher=Midland Publishing|location=Hinckley, UK|isbn=1-85780-203-9}}
*{{cite book|last1=Gunston|first1=Bill|author-link1=Bill Gunston|last2=Gordon|first2=Yefim|title=Yakovlev Aircraft since 1924 |year=1997|publisher=Putnam|location=London|isbn=0-85177-872-0}}
*{{cite book|last=Jackson|first=A. J.|title=De Havilland Aircraft since 1909|year=1987|edition=Third |publisher=Putnam|location=London|isbn=0-85177-802-X}} 
*{{cite book |last1=Murphy |first1=Justin D. |last2=McNiece |first2=Matthew A. |date=2009 |title=Military Aircraft, 1919-1945 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PW8kvG9wzTcC |location=Santa Barbara, California |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-85109-498-1}}
*{{cite book |last=Peperell |first=Roger W |author2=Smith, Colin M  |title=Piper Aircraft and their Forerunners |year=1987 |publisher=[[Air-Britain]] |location=Tonbridge, Kent, England |isbn=0-85130-149-5}}
*{{cite book |last= Simpson| first= R.W. |title= Airlife's General Aviation|year= 1991|publisher= Airlife Publishing|location= Shrewsbury, England|isbn=1-85310-194-X}}
*{{cite book |last1=Swanborough |first1=Gordon |last2=Bowers |first2=Peter M. |date=1976 |title=United States Navy Aircraft since 1911 |edition=2nd  |location=Annapolis, Maryland |publisher=Naval Institute Press |isbn=0-87021-968-5}}
*{{cite book|last1=Wegg|first1=John|title=General Dynamics Aircraft and their Predecessors|year=1990|publisher=Putnam|location=London|isbn=0-85177-833-X}}

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