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 |
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Mil Mi-8 | 17,000 + | Soviet Union/Russia | Most-produced helicopter. Still in production. | 1961–present |
Bell UH-1 Iroquois | 16,000 + | United States | Most-produced Western helicopter; nicknamed "Huey". UH-1Y derivative in production. | 1959–1976 |
Bell 206 Jetranger | 8,460 | manufactured at Bell plants in United States and Canada | Also made under licence by Agusta in Italy and Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation in Australia | 1966–2010 |
Eurocopter AS350 | 7,000 +[1] | France | Airbus Helicopters H130 | 1975–present |
Robinson R44 | 6800+ | United States | [2][3] | 1993–present |
Bell 47 | 5,600 | United States | Produced under license by Agusta in Italy, Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Japan, and Westland Aircraft in the United Kingdom. | 1946-1974 |
Mil Mi-2 | 5,497 | Soviet Union, Poland | Produced only in Poland. | 1965–1998 |
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk | 5,000[4] + | United States | S-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 R22 | 4,800+[5] | United States | 1979–present | |
Hughes OH-6 Cayuse | 4,700[6] | United States | In production as MD-500 series. Also built under license by Kawasaki, Korean Air Aerospace and Breda Nardi (Agusta). | 1965–present |
Mil Mi-4 | 4,000 | Soviet Union | In China as Z-5. | 1951-1979 |
Hughes TH-55 Osage | 2,800 + | United States | Later as Schweizer S-300. | 1961- |
Mil Mi-24 | 2,648 + | Soviet Union/Russia | Mi-35M version still in limited production. | 1969–present |
Mil Mi-1 | 2,594 | Soviet Union | In Poland as SM-1. | 1950-1965 |
Boeing AH-64 Apache | 2,500[7] | United States | 1986-present | |
Sikorsky H-34 | 2,464 | United States | Also as Westland Wessex. | 1954-1970 |
Bell AH-1 Cobra | 2,208[8] | United States | AH-1Z model still in production. | 1967–present |
Aérospatiale Alouette III | 2,000 + | France | License built in Switzerland, India (as HAL Chetak), and in Romania as IAR 316. | 1961-2021[9][10] |
Hiller OH-23 Raven | 1,836 + | United States | 1948-1965 | |
Aérospatiale Gazelle | 1,775 | France | 1967-1996 | |
Sikorsky H-19 | 1,728[11] | United States | Made under licence in United Kingdom, France and Japan. | 1950-1961? |
MBB Bo 105 | 1,640[12] | Germany | German (1,404) plus license produced in Canada, Spain, Philippines, and Indonesia. | 1967-2001 |
Eurocopter EC145 | 1,600+[13] | Japan-EU | In production as Airbus H145 since 2014.[14] Includes UH-72 Lakota | 2001- |
Bell 407 | 1,600+[15] | United States-Canada | Derivative of the Bell 206L LongRanger | 1995– |
Eurocopter EC135 | 1,400 +[16] | Germany | Airbus Helicopters H135 | 1994–present |
Bell 412 | 1,300+[17] | United States | Huey version license made in Indonesia, Italy, and Japan[18] | 1979- |
Aérospatiale Alouette II | 1,303 | France | including: Alouette II, SA-318C (316), Lama (407), and HAL Cheetah (240), and 7 in Brazil[19] | 1956-1975 |
Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King | 1,300 + | United States | Sikorsky S-61 family, also made by Westland, Canada, Agusta, and Mitsubishi. | 1959-1970s |
Boeing CH-47 Chinook | 1,179 +[20] | United States | Built under licence by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Elicotteri Meridionali (Agusta). | 1962–present |
Leonardo AW139 | 1,100+[21] | Italy | Formerly AgustaWestland AW139 | 2001- |
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin | 1,100+[22] | France | 1975–2022[22] | |
Robinson R66 | 1,000 +[23] | United States | 2007–present |
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