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, 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 another (the receiver) while both aircraft a ...

extended that parameter. Due to safety concerns, the

Fédération Aéronautique Internationale The (; FAI; en, World Air Sports Federation) is the world governing body for air sports, and also stewards definitions regarding human spaceflight. It was founded on 14 October 1905, and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. It maintain ...

(FAI) no longer recognizes new records for the duration of crewed airplane or glider flights and has never recognized any duration records for helicopters.

Aeroplane

Non-refueled, crewed

Refueled, crewed

Airline, scheduled

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

Aeroplane, uncrewed

''FAI does not differentiate between non-refueled and solar aircraft''

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 Records and firsts in spaceflight are broadly divided into crewed and uncrewed categories. Records involving animal spaceflight have also been noted in earlier experimental flights, typically to establish the feasibility of sending humans to ou ...

Aerospacecraft, orbital, crewed

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