Commercial passenger aircraft ranked by maximum cruising speed in km/h. The Concorde and the Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 stand alone as the only supersonic commercial passenger aircraft ever to enter service — both cruising at over twice the spee...
About: Fastest Commercial Aircraft in History
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Commercial passenger aircraft ranked by maximum cruising speed in km/h. The Concorde and the Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 stand alone as the only supersonic commercial passenger aircraft ever to enter service — both cruising at over twice the speed of sound. The Concorde operated transatlantic routes from 1976 to 2003, crossing from London to New York in as little as 2 hours 52 minutes.
Key Findings
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Airbus A350 (Europe) leads with 910 in 2015.
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Average value in 2015: 910 · median: 910.
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1976 recorded the highest combined total across all categories.
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Fastest Commercial Aircraft in History
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Data Points
8
8 categories
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8 years
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Top Value
2,179
Concorde (UK / France)
Max Cruising Speed (km/h) · 1976
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Metrics
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Max Cruising Speed (km/h)
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Period
1958 – 2015
8 years of data
Statistical Summary — 2015
910
Maximum
910
Minimum
910
Average
910
Median
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