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Military Helicopters

How long is a UH-60 Black Hawk?

A UH-60 Black Hawk is about 19.8 m (65 ft) long.

What is measured: utility transport helicopter, overall length with rotors turning

UH-60 Black Hawk (19.8 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), UH-60 Black Hawk (19.8 m) and Statue of Liberty (93 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • A little shorter than a tennis court
  • About 1.6× 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

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Facts about UH-60 Black Hawk

The UH-60 Black Hawk has been the US Army's standard utility helicopter since the early 1980s.

Source: Sikorsky, UH-60 specifications

Military Helicopters

NameSizeCompared with UH-60 Black Hawk
Sikorsky S-9217.6 m (58 ft)0.89×
Bell UH-1Y Venom17.6 m (58 ft)0.89×
Bell AH-1Z Viper17.7 m (58 ft)0.89×
AH-64 Apache17.7 m (58 ft)0.9×
Mil Mi-8 Hip18.2 m (60 ft)0.92×
Denel AH-2 Rooivalk18.7 m (61 ft)0.95×
UH-60 Black Hawk19.8 m (65 ft)this page
Mil Mi-3521.5 m (71 ft)1.1×
Westland Sea King22.1 m (73 ft)1.1×
Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King22.1 m (73 ft)1.1×

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