Aircraft by wingspan

1. 🛥️ Spruce Goose97.5 m

   Howard Hughes's wooden giant flew just once, in 1947, for under a minute above Long Beach harbour. Source

2. ✈️ Airbus A38079.8 m

   The A380's wings were kept just under 80 m to fit the 80 m-square gate boxes airports plan for. Source

3. 🛫 Boeing 747-868.4 m

   The 747-8 stretches over 76 m nose to tail, yet its wings are more than 11 m narrower than the A380's. Source

4. 🚀 Concorde25.6 m

   Concorde cruised at twice the speed of sound with a compact delta wing narrower than a 737's wingspan. Source

5. 🛩️ Wright Flyer12.3 m

   The Wright brothers' longest flight in 1903 covered 260 m, more than three A380 wingspans. Source

Wingspan, tip to tip. Boeing 747-8 variant; Concorde and Wright Flyer as built.