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 .

NameNumber producedNationNotesProduction 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.1959–1976Bell 206 Jetranger8,460manufactured at Bell plants in United States and CanadaAlso made under licence by Agusta in Italy and Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation in Australia1966–2010Eurocopter AS350 7,000 +France Airbus Helicopters H130 1975–presentRobinson R447700+ United States . 1993–present Bell 475,600United StatesProduced under license by Agusta in Italy, Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Japan, and Westland Aircraft in the United Kingdom.1946-1974Mil Mi-25,497Soviet Union, PolandProduced only in Poland.1965–1998 5,000 +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–presentRobinson R224,800+United States 1979–presentHughes OH-6 Cayuse4,700The MD Helicopters MD-500/530. Retrieved on January 16, 2008. Checked March 15, 2024United StatesIn production as MD-500 series. Also built under license by Kawasaki, Korean Air Aerospace and Breda Nardi (Agusta).1965–presentMil Mi-44,000Soviet UnionIn China as Z-5.1951-1979Hughes 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–presentMil Mi-12,594Soviet UnionIn Poland as SM-1.1950-1965Boeing AH-64 Apache2,500United States1986-presentSikorsky H-342,464United StatesAlso as Westland Wessex.1954-1970Bell AH-1 Cobra2,208United StatesAH-1Z model still in production.1967–presentEurocopter EC145 2000+ Japan-EU In production as Airbus H145 since 2014. Includes UH-72 Lakota 2001-Aérospatiale Alouette III2,000 +FranceLicense built in Switzerland, India (as HAL Chetak), and in Romania as IAR 316.1961-2021Hiller OH-23 Raven1,836 +United States1948-1965Aérospatiale Gazelle1,775France1967-1996Sikorsky H-191,728United StatesMade under licence in United Kingdom, France and Japan.1950-1961?MBB Bo 1051,640Germany German (1,404) plus license produced in Canada, Spain, Philippines, and Indonesia.1967-2001Bell 4071,600+United States-Canada Derivative of the Bell 206L LongRanger 1995–Robinson R661,500 United States 2007–presentEurocopter EC1351,400 +Eurocopter officially hands over its 1,000th EC135 helicopter to the ADAC , 2011-07-21Germany Airbus Helicopters H135 1994–present Bell 412 1,300+ United States Huey version license made in Indonesia, Italy, and Japan 1979-1,303France including: Alouette II, SA-318C (316), Lama (407), and HAL Cheetah (240), and 7 in Brazil1956-1975Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King1,300 +United StatesSikorsky S-61 family, also made by Westland, Canada, Agusta, and Mitsubishi.1959-1970sBoeing CH-47 Chinook1,179 +United States Built under licence by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Elicotteri Meridionali (Agusta).1962–present Leonardo AW139 1,100+Leonardo Helicopters, , Leonardo press release, 11 January 2021 Italy Formerly AgustaWestland AW139 2001- Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin 1,100+ France 1975–2022

See also List of most-produced aircraft List of rotorcraft

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