List of most-produced rotorcraft

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]FranceAirbus Helicopters H1301975–present
Robinson R446800+United States[2][3]1993–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
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk5,000[4] +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
Robinson R224,800+[5]United States1979–present
Hughes OH-6 Cayuse4,700[6]United StatesIn production as MD-500 series. Also built under license by Kawasaki, Korean Air Aerospace and Breda Nardi (Agusta).1965–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-242,648 +Soviet Union/RussiaMi-35M version still in limited production.1969–present
Mil Mi-12,594Soviet UnionIn Poland as SM-1.1950-1965
Boeing AH-64 Apache2,500[7]United States1986-present
Sikorsky H-342,464United StatesAlso as Westland Wessex.1954-1970
Bell AH-1 Cobra2,208[8]United StatesAH-1Z model still in production.1967–present
Aérospatiale Alouette III2,000 +FranceLicense built in Switzerland, India (as HAL Chetak), and in Romania as IAR 316.1961-2021[9][10]
Hiller OH-23 Raven1,836 +United States1948-1965
Aérospatiale Gazelle1,775France1967-1996
Sikorsky H-191,728[11]United StatesMade under licence in United Kingdom, France and Japan.1950-1961?
MBB Bo 1051,640[12]GermanyGerman (1,404) plus license produced in Canada, Spain, Philippines, and Indonesia.1967-2001
Eurocopter EC1451,600+[13]Japan-EUIn production as Airbus H145 since 2014.[14] Includes UH-72 Lakota2001-
Bell 4071,600+[15]United States-CanadaDerivative of the Bell 206L LongRanger1995–
Eurocopter EC1351,400 +[16]GermanyAirbus Helicopters H1351994–present
Bell 4121,300+[17]United StatesHuey version license made in Indonesia, Italy, and Japan[18]1979-
Aérospatiale Alouette II1,303Franceincluding: Alouette II, SA-318C (316), Lama (407), and HAL Cheetah (240), and 7 in Brazil[19]1956-1975
Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King1,300 +United StatesSikorsky S-61 family, also made by Westland, Canada, Agusta, and Mitsubishi.1959-1970s
Boeing CH-47 Chinook1,179 +[20]United StatesBuilt under licence by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Elicotteri Meridionali (Agusta).1962–present
Leonardo AW1391,100+[21]ItalyFormerly AgustaWestland AW1392001-
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin1,100+[22]France1975–2022[22]
Robinson R661,000 +[23]United States2007–present

See also

References
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