The flight endurance record is the longest amount of time an aircraft of a particular category spent in flight without landing. It can be a solo event, or multiple people can take turns piloting the aircraft, as long as all pilots remain in the aircraft. The limit initially was the amount of fuel that could be stored for the flight, but

aerial refueling Aerial refueling ( en-us), or aerial refuelling ( en-gb), also referred to as air refueling, in-flight refueling (IFR), air-to-air refueling (AAR), and tanking, is the process of transferring aviation fuel from one aircraft (the tanker) to an ...

extended that parameter. Due to safety concerns, the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) no longer recognizes new records for the duration of crewed airplane or glider flights and has never recognized any duration records for helicopters.

Airplane

Non-refueled, crewed

Refueled, crewed

Airline, scheduled

''Not an FAI category. See Longest Flights''

Airplane, uncrewed

''FAI does not differentiate between non-refueled and solar aircraft. Class U : Experimental''

Helicopter

Crewed, non-refueled

Uncrewed

Free balloon, crewed

Airship

Glider

Space station, crewed

''Duration that a specific person continuously occupies the spacecraft while in orbit.'' ''See Also Timeline of longest spaceflights, List of spaceflight records''

Aerospacecraft, orbital, crewed

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