en
Download

Military Helicopters

How long is a Mil Mi-8 Hip?

A Mil Mi-8 Hip is about 18.2 m (60 ft) long.

What is measured: Soviet transport helicopter, length with rotors turning

Mil Mi-8 Hip (18.2 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), Mil Mi-8 Hip (18.2 m) and Statue of Liberty (93 m).

Compare

How big is that, really?

  • A little shorter than a tennis court
  • About 1.5× as long as a city bus
  • About 2 would fit end to end along an Olympic swimming pool
  • As long as about 3 20-foot shipping containers end to end
  • About 5 would fit end to end along a football (soccer) pitch

Learn

Facts about Mil Mi-8 Hip

The Mi-8 is one of the most-produced helicopters in history, with over 17,000 built.

Source: Jane's All the World's Aircraft; Russian Helicopters official site

Military Helicopters

NameSizeCompared with Mil Mi-8 Hip
Airbus H225M Caracal16.8 m (55 ft)0.92×
Mil Mi-28 Havoc17 m (56 ft)0.94×
Bell UH-1 Iroquois17.4 m (57 ft)0.96×
Mil Mi-24 Hind17.5 m (57 ft)0.96×
Sikorsky S-9217.6 m (58 ft)0.97×
Bell UH-1Y Venom17.6 m (58 ft)0.97×
Bell AH-1Z Viper17.7 m (58 ft)0.97×
AH-64 Apache17.7 m (58 ft)0.98×
Mil Mi-8 Hip18.2 m (60 ft)this page
Denel AH-2 Rooivalk18.7 m (61 ft)1×

Test your sense of scale

Order from biggest to smallest

0 of 3 placed

Topics

More sizes like this