List of most-produced rotorcraft

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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 |  | 1975–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
Robinson R44 | 6,300 + | United States |  | 1993–present
Hughes OH-6 Cayuse | 4,700[2] | United States | In production as MD-500 series. Also built under licence by Kawasaki, Korean Air Aerospace and Breda Nardi (Agusta). | 1965–present
Robinson R22 | 4,600 + | United States |  | 1979–present
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk | 5,000[3] + | 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
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-1 | 2,594 | Soviet Union | In Poland as SM-1. | 1950-1965
Boeing AH-64 Apache | 2,500[4] | United States |  | 1986-present
Sikorsky H-34 | 2,464 | United States | Also as Westland Wessex. | 1954-1970
Bell AH-1 Cobra | 2,208[5] | United States | AH-1Z model still in production. | 1967–present
Aérospatiale Alouette III | 2,000 + | France | Built under licence in India as HAL Chetak and in Romania as IAR 316. | 1961-1985[6]
Mil Mi-24 | 2,648 + | Soviet Union/Russia | Mi-35M version still in limited production. | 1969–present
Hiller OH-23 Raven | 1,836 + | United States |  | 1948-?
Aérospatiale Gazelle | 1,775 | France |  | 1967-1996
Sikorsky H-19 | 1,500+ | United States | Made under licence in United Kingdom, France and Japan. | 1950-?
MBB Bo 105 | 1,500 | Germany |  | 1967-2001
Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King | 1,300 + | United States | Sikorsky S-61 family, also made by Westland, Agusta and Mitsubishi. | 1959-1970s
Aérospatiale Alouette II | 1,300 | France |  | 1956-1975
Bell 407 | 1,400+ | United States |  | 1995–
Boeing CH-47 Chinook | 1,179 +[7] | United States | Built under licence by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Elicotteri Meridionali (Agusta). | 1962–present
Eurocopter EC135 | 1,400 +[8] | Germany |  | 1994–present

## See also

* List of most-produced aircraft
* List of rotorcraft

## References

1. ↑ "Airbus delivers the 7,000th Ecureuil helicopter". 8 July 2022. https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2022-07-airbus-delivers-the-7000th-ecureuil-helicopter.
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. https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopters/sikorsky-delivers-5000th-black-hawk-with-potential-for-new-us-orders/151757.article.
4. ↑ "Boeing Delivers 2,500th AH-64 Apache Helicopter". 30 June 2020. http://boeing.mediaroom.com/2020-06-30-Boeing-Delivers-2-500th-AH-64-Apache-Helicopter.
5. ↑ Last U.S. Army Operational UH-1 Huey Gone.
6. ↑ "Early history 1920 - 1990". 2015. https://www.airbushelicopters.com/website/en/ref/Early-history_156.html. "1959: SA3160/ SA316/ SA319 B "Alouette III"."
7. ↑ "CH-47D/F Chinook page". Boeing. http://www.boeing.com/rotorcraft/military/ch47d/index.htm.
8. ↑ Eurocopter officially hands over its 1,000th EC135 helicopter to the ADAC , 2011-07-21

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