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Military Helicopters

How big are military helicopters? 39 sizes compared

The Mil Mi-26 is about 40 m (131 ft) long with its rotors turning: the largest helicopter on this page, and about four times the length of the MD/AH-6 Little Bird at about 9.7 m (32 ft). Most attack helicopters sit in the middle of the range. The AH-64 Apache is about 17.7 m (58 ft) long and the Mil Mi-24 Hind about 17.5 m (57 ft). Transport and heavy-lift designs run longer, from the UH-60 Black Hawk at about 19.8 m (65 ft) to the CH-47 Chinook at about 30.1 m (99 ft). Helicopter lengths are quoted in two ways, with the rotors turning or for the fuselage alone, and the two numbers can be far apart. The sources for this list use both, so compare like with like.

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Military Helicopters, from MD/AH-6 Little Bird to Mil Mi-26, drawn to scale
Drawn to scale, from left to right: MD/AH-6 Little Bird (9.7 m), Eurocopter Tiger (14.1 m), UH-60 Black Hawk (19.8 m), Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe (27 m) and Mil Mi-26 (40 m).

Sizes in Military Helicopters

All 39 military helicopters on this page, from the smallest to the largest. Each size is in metric units first, with imperial in brackets where it differs.

NameSize
MD/AH-6 Little Birdlength9.7 m (32 ft)
Mil Mi-2length11.4 m (37 ft)
Aérospatiale SA 341 Gazellelength12 m (39 ft)
Kawasaki OH-1 Ninjalength12 m (39 ft)
Westland Wasplength12.3 m (40 ft)
Aérospatiale Alouette IIIlength12.8 m (42 ft)
Bell OH-58 Kiowalength12.8 m (42 ft)
Westland Whirlwindlength13 m (43 ft)
Eurocopter Tigerlength14.1 m (46 ft)
Agusta A129 Mangustalength14.3 m (47 ft)
Westland Lynxlength15.2 m (50 ft)
Kaman K-MAXlength15.8 m (52 ft)
Kamov Ka-52 Alligatorlength16 m (52 ft)
Kamov Ka-50 Black Sharklength16 m (52 ft)
NHIndustries NH90length16.1 m (53 ft)
Bell AH-1 Cobralength16.2 m (53 ft)
Airbus H225M Caracallength16.8 m (55 ft)
Mil Mi-28 Havoclength17 m (56 ft)
Bell UH-1 Iroquoislength17.4 m (57 ft)
Mil Mi-24 Hindlength17.5 m (57 ft)
Sikorsky S-92length17.6 m (58 ft)
Bell UH-1Y Venomlength17.6 m (58 ft)
Bell AH-1Z Viperlength17.7 m (58 ft)
AH-64 Apachelength17.7 m (58 ft)
Mil Mi-8 Hiplength18.2 m (60 ft)
Denel AH-2 Rooivalklength18.7 m (61 ft)
UH-60 Black Hawklength19.8 m (65 ft)
Mil Mi-35length21.5 m (71 ft)
Westland Sea Kinglength22.1 m (73 ft)
Sikorsky SH-3 Sea Kinglength22.1 m (73 ft)
Mil Mi-14 Hazelength25.3 m (83 ft)
Boeing CH-46 Sea Knightlength25.4 m (83 ft)
Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhelength27 m (88 ft)
Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallionlength27 m (88 ft)
CH-47 Chinooklength30.1 m (99 ft)
CH-53E Super Stallionlength30.2 m (99 ft)
Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallionlength30.2 m (99 ft)
Mil Mi-6 Hooklength33.2 m (109 ft)
Mil Mi-26length40 m (131 ft)

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