Paper plane records
How far can a paper plane go? In 1985 the record was 58.82 m. By December 2025 it was 98.43 m: longer than 3 basketball courts end to end. Press Fly, and see them go.
The farthest flight
- 98.43 m (322 ft 11 in)
December 2025: Liu Liwen, with a team of five.
- 88.31 m (289 ft 9 in)
December 2022: Dillon Ruble, with Nathaniel Erickson and Garrett Jensen.
- 77.134 m (252 ft 7 in)
April 2022: Kim Kyu Tae, with Shin Moo Joon and Chee Yie Jian. Thrown in Daegu, South Korea.
- 69.14 m (226 ft 10 in)
February 2012: Joe Ayoob, with John M. Collins. The plane was Suzanne, designed by Collins.
- 63.19 m (207 ft 4 in)
2003: Stephen Krieger.
- 58.82 m (193 ft)
May 1985: Tony Felch.
The longest in the air
- 31.2 seconds
February 2026: A team of seven in Kunshan, China.
- 27.9 seconds
April 2009: Takuo Toda. At a competition in Fukuyama, Japan, beating a record of 27.6 seconds set in the United States eleven years before. He later raised it to 29.2 seconds.
As listed by Guinness World Records, November 2026. Records fall: these are the ones up to then.
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