How Long Is CH-47 Chinook? 30.1 m (99 ft) Compared

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CH-47 Chinook (30.1 m) drawn to scale beside a city bus (12 m) and the Statue of Liberty (93 m) — Drawn to scale, from left to right: City bus (12 m), CH-47 Chinook (30.1 m) and Statue of Liberty (93 m).

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How big is that, really?

A little longer than a tennis court
About 60% of the length of an Olympic swimming pool
As long as about 3 city buses end to end
About 3 would fit end to end along a football (soccer) pitch
As long as about 5 20-foot shipping containers end to end

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Facts about CH-47 Chinook

The tandem-rotor CH-47 Chinook can carry over 50 troops or heavy vehicles slung beneath its fuselage.

Source: Boeing, CH-47 Chinook specifications

Military Helicopters

Name	Size	Compared with CH-47 Chinook
Westland Sea King	22.1 m (73 ft)	0.74×
Mil Mi-14 Haze	25.3 m (83 ft)	0.84×
Boeing CH-46 Sea Knight	25.4 m (83 ft)	0.84×
Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe	27 m (88 ft)	0.9×
Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion	27 m (88 ft)	0.9×
CH-47 Chinook	30.1 m (99 ft)	this page
CH-53E Super Stallion	30.2 m (99 ft)	same size
Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion	30.2 m (99 ft)	same size
Mil Mi-6 Hook	33.2 m (109 ft)	1.1×
Mil Mi-26	40 m (131 ft)	1.3×

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