This is a list of the most-produced rotorcraft. Production runs typically include variants and licensed production. Aircraft still in production are highlighted in blue.

Name Number produced Nation Notes Production period
Mil Mi-817,000 +Soviet Union/RussiaMost-produced helicopter. Still in production.1961–present
Bell UH-1 Iroquois16,000 +United StatesMost-produced Western helicopter; nicknamed "Huey". UH-1Y derivative in production.1959–1976
Bell 206 Jetranger8,460manufactured at Bell plants in United States and CanadaAlso made under licence by Agusta in Italy and Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation in Australia1966–2010
Eurocopter AS3507,000 +[1]France1975–present
Bell 475,600United StatesProduced under license by Agusta in Italy, Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Japan, and Westland Aircraft in the United Kingdom.1946-1974
Mil Mi-25,497Soviet Union, PolandProduced only in Poland.1965–1998
Robinson R446,300 +United States1993–present
Hughes OH-6 Cayuse4,700[2]United StatesIn production as MD-500 series. Also built under licence by Kawasaki, Korean Air Aerospace and Breda Nardi (Agusta).1965–present
Robinson R224,600 +United States1979–present
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk5,000[3] +United StatesS-70 family: UH-60A (1978–1989), UH-60L (1989-2007), UH-60M (2005-), SH-60 Seahawk (1979-), in Japan as Mitsubishi H-60 (1987-).1978–present
Mil Mi-44,000Soviet UnionIn China as Z-5.1951-1979
Hughes TH-55 Osage2,800 +United StatesLater as Schweizer S-300.1961-
Mil Mi-12,594Soviet UnionIn Poland as SM-1.1950-1965
Boeing AH-64 Apache2,500[4]United States1986-present
Sikorsky H-342,464United StatesAlso as Westland Wessex.1954-1970
Bell AH-1 Cobra2,208[5]United StatesAH-1Z model still in production.1967–present
Aérospatiale Alouette III2,000 +FranceBuilt under licence in India as HAL Chetak and in Romania as IAR 316.1961-1985[6]
Mil Mi-242,648 +Soviet Union/RussiaMi-35M version still in limited production.1969–present
Hiller OH-23 Raven1,836 +United States1948-?
Aérospatiale Gazelle1,775France1967-1996
Sikorsky H-191,500+United StatesMade under licence in United Kingdom, France and Japan.1950-?
MBB Bo 1051,500Germany1967-2001
Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King1,300 +United StatesSikorsky S-61 family, also made by Westland, Agusta and Mitsubishi.1959-1970s
Aérospatiale Alouette II1,300France1956-1975
Bell 4071,400+United States1995–
Boeing CH-47 Chinook1,179 +[7]United StatesBuilt under licence by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Elicotteri Meridionali (Agusta).1962–present
Eurocopter EC1351,400 +[8]Germany1994–present

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Airbus delivers the 7,000th Ecureuil helicopter". Airbus. 8 July 2022. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  2. ↑ The MD Helicopters MD-500/530. Retrieved on January 16, 2008.
  3. ↑ Ryan Finnerty (23 January 2023). "Sikorsky delivers 5,000th Black Hawk, with potential for new US orders". Flightglobal.
  4. ↑ "Boeing Delivers 2,500th AH-64 Apache Helicopter". Boeing. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  5. ↑ Last U.S. Army Operational UH-1 Huey Gone.
  6. ↑ "Early history 1920 - 1990". Airbus Helicopters. 2015. Archived from the original on 2018-02-19. 1959: SA3160/ SA316/ SA319 B "Alouette III".
  7. ↑ "CH-47D/F Chinook page". Boeing.
  8. ↑ Eurocopter officially hands over its 1,000th EC135 helicopter to the ADAC Archived 2011-12-15 at the Wayback Machine, 2011-07-21
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