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 highlighted in blue.

Name Number produced Nation Notes Production period
Mil Mi-8 17,000 + Soviet Union/Russia Most-produced helicopter. Still in production. 1961–present
Bell UH-1 Iroquois 16,000 + United States Most-produced Western helicopter; nicknamed "Huey". UH-1Y derivative in production. 1959–1976
Bell 206 Jetranger 8,460 manufactured at Bell plants in United States and Canada Also made under licence by Agusta in Italy and Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation in Australia 1966–2010
Eurocopter AS350 7,000 + France Airbus Helicopters H135 1975–present
Robinson R44 6800+ United States 1993–present
Bell 47 5,600 United States Produced under license by Agusta in Italy, Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Japan, and Westland Aircraft in the United Kingdom. 1946-1974
Mil Mi-2 5,497 Soviet Union, Poland Produced only in Poland. 1965–1998
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk 5,000 + United States S-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–present
Robinson R22 4,800+ United States 1979–present
Hughes OH-6 Cayuse 4,700 United States In production as MD-500 series. Also built under license by Kawasaki, Korean Air Aerospace and Breda Nardi (Agusta). 1965–present
Mil Mi-4 4,000 Soviet Union In China as Z-5. 1951-1979
Hughes TH-55 Osage 2,800 + United States Later as Schweizer S-300. 1961-
Mil Mi-24 2,648 + Soviet Union/Russia Mi-35M version still in limited production. 1969–present
Mil Mi-1 2,594 Soviet Union In Poland as SM-1. 1950-1965
Boeing AH-64 Apache 2,500 United States 1986-present
Sikorsky H-34 2,464 United States Also as Westland Wessex. 1954-1970
Bell AH-1 Cobra 2,208 United States AH-1Z model still in production. 1967–present
Aérospatiale Alouette III 2,000 + France Built under license in Switzerland, India as HAL Chetak, and in Romania as IAR 316. 1961-1985
Hiller OH-23 Raven 1,836 + United States 1948-1965
Aérospatiale Gazelle 1,775 France 1967-1996
Sikorsky H-19 1,728 United States Made under licence in United Kingdom, France and Japan. 1950-1961?
Eurocopter EC145 1,500+ Japan-EU In production as Airbus H145 since 2014. Includes UH-72 Lakota 2001
MBB Bo 105 1,500 Germany 1967-2001
Bell 407 1,400+ United States Derivative of the Bell 206L LongRanger 1995–
Eurocopter EC135 1,400 + Germany 1994–present
Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King 1,300 + United States Sikorsky S-61 family, also made by Westland, Agusta and Mitsubishi. 1959-1970s
Aérospatiale Alouette II 1,303 France including: Alouette II, SA-318C (316), Lama (407), and HAL Cheetah (240), and 7 in Brazil 1956-1975
Boeing CH-47 Chinook 1,179 + United States Built under licence by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Elicotteri Meridionali (Agusta). 1962–present
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin 1,100+ France 1975–2022
Robinson R66 1,000 + United States 2007–present

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