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Aircraft by maximum takeoff weight

This list ranks 93 entries by maximum takeoff weight. The heaviest is Antonov An-225 (640,000 kg) and the lightest is AeroVelo Atlas (human-powered) (128 kg), a difference of about 5,000 times. Right in the middle sits Airbus A220-300 (65,000 kg).

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Weights come from Wikipedia's list of airliners by maximum takeoff weight.

#	Name	Maximum takeoff weight
1	Antonov An-225 Aircraft	640,000 kg
2	Stratolaunch Aircraft	589,670 kg
3	Airbus A380-800 Aircraft	575,000 kg
4	Boeing 747-8F Aircraft	447,700 kg
5	Antonov An-124-100M Aircraft	405,060 kg
6	Boeing 747-400 Aircraft	396,900 kg
7	Lockheed C-5 Galaxy Aircraft	381,000 kg
8	Boeing 747-200 Aircraft	377,840 kg
9	Airbus A340-600 Aircraft	368,000 kg
10	Boeing 777-300ER Aircraft	351,800 kg
11	Boeing 747-100 Aircraft	340,200 kg
12	Airbus A350-1000 Aircraft	315,000 kg
13	Boeing 777-200ER Aircraft	297,550 kg
14	McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Aircraft	273,300 kg
15	Airbus A350-900 Aircraft	270,000 kg
16	McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Aircraft	256,280 kg
17	Boeing 787-9 Aircraft	254,000 kg
18	Airbus A330-900 Aircraft	251,000 kg
19	Airbus A330-300 Aircraft	233,000 kg
20	Lockheed L-1011-500 Aircraft	231,300 kg
21	Boeing 787-8 Aircraft	228,000 kg
22	Ilyushin Il-86 Aircraft	208,000 kg
23	Boeing 767-400ER Aircraft	204,000 kg
24	Concorde Aircraft	185,000 kg
25	Airbus A300-600 Aircraft	163,000 kg
26	Boeing 767-300 Aircraft	159,000 kg
27	Vickers VC10 Aircraft	152,000 kg
28	Boeing 707-320B Aircraft	151,000 kg
29	Douglas DC-8-61 Aircraft	147,000 kg
30	Airbus A400M Aircraft	141,000 kg
31	Boeing 757-300 Aircraft	124,000 kg
32	Boeing 757-200 Aircraft	116,000 kg
33	Mil V-12 Helicopter	105,000 kg
34	Boeing 720 Aircraft	104,000 kg
35	Tupolev Tu-154M Aircraft	104,000 kg
36	Convair 880 Aircraft	87,500 kg
37	Boeing 737-900ER Aircraft	85,000 kg
38	Boeing 727-200 Advanced Aircraft	84,000 kg
39	Airbus A321-100 Aircraft	83,000 kg
40	Boeing 737-800 Aircraft	79,000 kg
41	McDonnell Douglas MD-83 Aircraft	73,000 kg
42	Boeing 727-100 Aircraft	72,500 kg
43	de Havilland Comet 4 Aircraft	70,700 kg
44	Boeing 737-700 Aircraft	70,000 kg
45	Airbus A320-100 Aircraft	68,000 kg
46	Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Aircraft	67,000 kg
47	Airbus A220-300 Aircraft	65,000 kg
48	Airbus A319 Aircraft	64,000 kg
49	Boeing 737-500 Aircraft	60,000 kg
50	Airbus A318 Aircraft	59,000 kg
51	Mil Mi-26 Helicopter	56,000 kg
52	Douglas DC-7 Aircraft	55,000 kg
53	Boeing 717-200 Aircraft	55,000 kg
54	de Havilland Comet 1 Aircraft	50,000 kg
55	Douglas DC-6B Aircraft	48,500 kg
56	Embraer 190 Aircraft	48,000 kg
57	Sud Aviation Caravelle III Aircraft	46,000 kg
58	Fokker 100 Aircraft	46,000 kg
59	Avro RJ85 Aircraft	42,000 kg
60	Sikorsky CH-53K Helicopter	39,916 kg
61	Embraer 175 Aircraft	37,500 kg
62	Bombardier CRJ900 Aircraft	36,500 kg
63	Sikorsky CH-53E Helicopter	33,300 kg
64	Douglas DC-4 Aircraft	33,000 kg
65	Vickers Viscount 800 Aircraft	30,400 kg
66	Bombardier Q400 Aircraft	28,000 kg
67	Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey Aircraft	27,445 kg
68	Bombardier CRJ200 Aircraft	23,000 kg
69	ATR 72-600 Aircraft	22,800 kg
70	Boeing CH-47 Chinook Helicopter	22,680 kg
71	Embraer ERJ 145 Aircraft	22,000 kg
72	Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane Helicopter	19,051 kg
73	ATR 42-500 Aircraft	18,600 kg
74	Mil Mi-38 Helicopter	15,600 kg
75	AgustaWestland AW101 Helicopter	14,600 kg
76	Saab 340 Aircraft	13,150 kg
77	Sikorsky S-92 Helicopter	12,020 kg
78	Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia Aircraft	11,500 kg
79	BAe Jetstream 41 Aircraft	10,890 kg
80	NHIndustries NH90 Helicopter	10,600 kg
81	Learjet 75 Aircraft	9,752 kg
82	Eurocopter AS532 Cougar Helicopter	9,000 kg
83	Pilatus PC-24 Aircraft	8,300 kg
84	Embraer Phenom 300 Aircraft	8,150 kg
85	Beechcraft 1900D Aircraft	7,765 kg
86	Bell-Agusta BA609 Aircraft	7,600 kg
87	Airbus Helicopters H160 Helicopter	6,050 kg
88	Bell XV-15 Aircraft	6,009 kg
89	Bell 412EP Helicopter	5,397 kg
90	Embraer Phenom 100 Aircraft	4,800 kg
91	Eurocopter EC145 Helicopter	3,585 kg
92	Eurocopter EC135 Helicopter	2,910 kg
93	AeroVelo Atlas (human-powered) Helicopter	128 kg

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