List of vehicle speed records

The following is a list of speed records for various types of vehicles. This list only presents the single greatest speed achieved in each broad record category; for more information on records under variations of test conditions, see the specific article for each record category. As with many world records, there may be some dispute over the criteria for a record-setting event, the authority of the organization certifying the record, and the actual speed achieved.

Land vehicles

ThrustSSC.jpg|ThrustSSC, which has held the land speed record since 1997

VeloX3BM2013.JPG|VeloX3, formerly the world's fastest human-powered vehicle

Lunar Rover Apollo 17.jpg|Apollo 17 LRV, fastest vehicle driven on the Moon

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|+ Land speed records by type of vehicle

! Category

! Speed (km/h)

! Speed (mph)

! Vehicle

! Operator

! class="unsortable" | Date

! Certifier

! class="unsortable" | Refs

style="text-align:left;" | Land speed record{{efn|group=land-type|Average over two subsequent runs in opposite directions over a {{convert|1|mi|km}} course, with flying start{{cite book|title=2016 Appendix D – Regulations For Land Speed Record Attempts|date=17 December 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|page=5|url=http://www.fia.com/regulation/category/123|chapter=D12.3.1 Average Speed}}}}

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|1227.985|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| ThrustSSC

| Andy Green

| 15 Oct 1997

| FIA

| {{cite web | title = FIA Records List Cat. C | publisher = Federation Internationale de L'automobile | url =http://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/basicpage/file/Category%20C_0.pdf | access-date = 2016-12-11 }}

style="text-align:left;" | Wheel-driven{{efn|group=land-type|Average over {{convert|1|mi|km}}, with a flying start}}

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|463.038|mph|order=flip|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| Vesco Turbinator II

| Dave Spangler

| 14 Aug 2018

| SCTA

| {{citation|publisher=Hagerty|title=Team Vesco's Turbinator II runs 463 mph, breaks Speed Week record|author=Brandan Gillogly |date=14 August 2018}}{{citation|title=Speed Week 2018 certified records|publisher=Southern California Timing Association|date=18 August 2018|page=8|url=http://www.scta-bni.org/sw-race-results.html|access-date=25 August 2018|archive-date=26 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826004956/http://www.scta-bni.org/sw-race-results.html|url-status=dead}}

style="text-align:left;" | Piston-engine{{efn|group=land-type|Average over two subsequent runs with four hours to work on the vehicle in impound{{cite book|title=2018 Regulations For Land Speed Record Attempts|date=17 December 2015|publisher=Southern California Timing Association|url=http://www.scta-bni.org/rules-and-regulations.html|access-date=17 August 2018|archive-date=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818214459/http://www.scta-bni.org/rules-and-regulations.html|url-status=dead}}}}

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|722.204|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| Challenger 2

| Danny Thompson

| 12 Aug 2018

| SCTA

| {{cite news |last1=Brownell |first1=Bradley |title=Danny Thompson's Challenger II Set The Piston-Driven Land Speed Record Today, 50 Years After It First Came To Bonneville |url=https://jalopnik.com/danny-thompsons-challenger-ii-set-the-piston-driven-lan-1828282279 |access-date=20 August 2018 |work=Jalopnik |date=12 August 2018}}

style="text-align:left;" | Motorcycle{{efn|group=land-type|Average over {{convert|1|km|mi}}, with a flying start}}

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|605.698|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| Ack Attack

| Rocky Robinson

| 25 Sep 2010

| FIM

| {{cite web|title=Short distance record attempt / Tentative de records de courte distance: Cook Motorsports Private Land Speed Shootout – Bonneville Salt Flats, USA (September 20-25, 2010 )|url=http://www.fim-live.com/en/library/download/20702/no_cache/1/|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|access-date=11 July 2016}}

style="text-align:left;" | Diesel-powered{{efn|name=FIA-km|group=land-type|Average over two subsequent runs in opposite directions over a {{convert|1|km|mi}} course, with flying start}}

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|563.998|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| JCB DieselMax

| Andy Green

| 23 Aug 2006

| FIA

| {{cite web | title = FIA Records List Cat. A | publisher = Federation Internationale de L'automobile | url =http://www.fia.com/file/51532/download?token=KPX0lkyA | format = Download | access-date = 2016-12-11 }}

style="text-align:left;" | Electric-powered{{efn|name=FIA-km}}

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|550.627|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| Venturi Buckeye Bullet 3

| Roger Schroer

| 19 Sep 2016

| FIA

style="text-align:left;" | Steam-powered{{efn|name=FIA-km}}

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|238.679|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| Inspiration

| Don Wales

| 25 Aug 2009

| FIA

style="text-align:left;" | Wind-powered{{efn|group=land-type|Average over {{convert|50|m|ft}}{{cite web |title=International Sailing and Racing Rules I.S.R.R. – Appendixes |url=https://www.fisly.org/rules/isrr_app.pdf |website=FISLY.org |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Sand et Landyachting |access-date=13 April 2023 |page=32 |language=English |date=6 January 2019}}}}

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|225.58|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| Horonuku

| Glenn Ashby

| 24 Feb 2023

| FISLY

| {{cite web | title = FISLY World Record Certificate | url = https://www.fisly.org/competition/FISLY_speed_record_certificate.pdf|date=24 February 2023 | publisher = Federation Internationale de Sand et Land Yachting}}

style="text-align:left;" | Human-powered{{efn|group=land-type|Unpaced on a straight surface -0.6% grade;{{cite web|url=http://www.mapmyride.com/us/battle-mountain-nv/battle-mountain-worlds-fastest-bicycle-c-route-4928106|title=amateur survey|access-date=13 June 2018}} average over {{convert|200|m|ft}}, with flying start (For other cycling records, see cycling records)}}

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|144.17|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| AeroVelo Eta

| Todd Reichert

| 17 Sep 2016

| IHPVA

| {{cite web | title = IHPVA Official Speed Records | url = http://www.ihpva.org/hpvarecl.htm#nom01|publisher=International Human Powered Vehicle Association}}

style="text-align:left;" | Solar-powered{{efn|name=land-type|For vehicles powered directly by solar power, without batteries}}

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|91.332|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| Sky Ace TIGA

| Kenjiro Shinozuka

| 20 Aug 2014

| GWR

| {{cite web|title=Fastest solar-powered vehicle|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-solar-powered-vehicle|publisher=Guinness World Records|access-date=11 July 2016}}

style="text-align:left;" | Tracked vehicle

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|121.9|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| modified M113 APC

| Carl May

| data-sort-value="1 July 1979" | Jul/Aug 1979

| US Army

| {{cite journal |title=WES Establishes Tracked-Vehicle Speed Record|journal=Army Research, Development & Acquisition Magazine |publisher=United States Army Materiel Command |date=July–August 1979 |volume=20 |issue=4 |page=35 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U6MrAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22tracked+vehicle+speed+record%22&pg=RA3-PA35 |access-date=22 December 2022}}

style="text-align:left;" | Radio-controlled car (rocket-powered)

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|338.14|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| Black Knight

| Anthony Lovering

| 4 May 2016

| GWR

| {{Cite web|url=https://liverc.com/news/announcements/12115-Rocket-powered_RC_car_set_new_world_record_%5BVIDEO%5D/|title=Rocket-powered RC car set new world record|last=Waldron|first=Aaron|website=LiveRC.com|access-date=2017-03-21}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/394733-fastest-rocket-powered-remote-controlled-car|title=Fastest rocket-powered remote controlled car|work=Guinness World Records|access-date=2017-03-21}}

style="text-align:left;" | Radio-controlled car (battery-powered)

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|325.12|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| RC Bullet

| Nic Case

| 25 Oct 2014

| GWR

| {{cite news|last1=Vieira|first1=Peter|title=World Record! Nic Case Breaks the 200mph Barrier|url=http://www.rccaraction.com/blog/2014/10/29/world-record-nic-case-breaks-the-200mph-barrier/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206191150/http://www.rccaraction.com/blog/2014/10/29/world-record-nic-case-breaks-the-200mph-barrier/|archive-date=6 December 2016|access-date=8 July 2016|publisher=RC Car Action|date=29 October 2014}}{{cite web|title=Fastest battery-powered remote-controlled model car (RC)|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-battery-powered-remote-controlled-model-car-%28rc%29|website=Guinness World Records|access-date=8 July 2016}}

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|+ Land speed records by surface

! Category

! Speed (km/h)

! Speed (mph)

! Vehicle

! Operator

! class="unsortable" | Date

! Certifier

! class="unsortable" | Refs

style="text-align:left;" | On ice

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|335.7|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| Audi RS 6

| Janne Laitinen

| 9 Mar 2013

| FIA

| {{cite web|title=Audi RS6 sets new ice-speed record|url=http://www.topgear.com/car-news/audi-rs6-sets-new-ice-speed-record|website=Top Gear|publisher=BBC|access-date=25 October 2016|date=15 March 2013}}

style="text-align:left;" | On the Moon

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|18.0|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| Apollo 17 Lunar Roving Vehicle
(LRV{{nbh}}003)

| Eugene Cernan

| 11 Dec 1972

| (unofficial)

| {{cite web|title=Eugene Cernan|url=http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sweethomecookcounty/Pages/EugeneCernan.aspx|publisher=Cook County Clerk's Office|access-date=12 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809204553/http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sweethomecookcounty/Pages/EugeneCernan.aspx|archive-date=9 August 2016|url-status=dead}}

style="text-align:left;" | On Mars

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|0.18|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| Mars Exploration Rovers
Spirit and Opportunity

| Jet Propulsion Laboratory, with semi{{nbh}}autonomous control

| data-sort-value="1 Jul 2004" | Jul 2004

| GWR

| {{cite web|title=NASA Curiosity Rover lands – our top ten Mars-related records|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2012/8/nasa-curiosity-rover-lands-our-top-ten-mars-related-records-44096/|website=Guinness World Records|date=8 August 2012 |access-date=11 July 2016}}

Rail vehicles

Rocket sled track.jpg|Lt. Col. John P. Stapp rides the rocket sled at Edwards Air Force Base

TGV World Speed Record 574 km per hour.jpg|The V150, the world's fastest wheeled train, on its record-breaking run

Bundesarchiv Bild 102-10590, Propeller-Eisenbahn auf der Versuchsstrecke.jpg|Schienenzeppelin propeller-driven rail car

Number 4468 Mallard in York.jpg|Mallard, the world's fastest steam train

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style="text-align:left;" \| Rocket sled \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|10326\|km/h\|mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}}} \| Super Roadrunner \| (uncrewed) / USAF \| 29 Apr 2003 \| \| {{cite web\|title=Test sets world land speed record\|work=U.S. Air Force \|url=https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/139307/test-sets-world-land-speed-record/\|access-date=11 July 2016\|date=30 April 2003}}
style="text-align:left;" \| Maglev rocket sled \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|1019\|km/h\|mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}}} \| (unnamed) \| (uncrewed) / USAF \| 4 Mar 2016 \| \| {{cite web\|last1=Jenson\|first1=Randahl J.\|title=633 mph -- nothing to mach\|url=http://www.holloman.af.mil/ArticleDisplay/tabid/6274/Article/721428/633-mph-nothing-to-mach.aspx\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531114432/http://www.holloman.af.mil/ArticleDisplay/tabid/6274/Article/721428/633-mph-nothing-to-mach.aspx\|archive-date=31 May 2016\|website=Holloman Air Force Base\|publisher=United States Air Force\|access-date=27 April 2016}}
style="text-align:left;" \| Rocket sled (crewed) \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|1017\|km/h\|mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}}} \| Sonic Wind No. 1 \| John Stapp / USAF \| 10 Dec 1954 \| \| {{cite news \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iEIfAAAAIBAJ&pg=4123%2C5598453 \|newspaper=Spartanburg Herald-Journal \|location=South Carolina \|agency=wire reports \|title=Base re-enacts rocket sled test \|date=12 December 2004 \|page=A5}}
style="text-align:left;" \| Maglev train (crewed) \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|603\|km/h\|mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}}} \| SCMaglev L0 Series \| Central Japan Railway Company \| 21 Apr 2015 \| GWR \| {{cite web \|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/21/japans-maglev-train-notches-up-new-world-speed-record-in-test-run\|title= Japan's maglev train breaks world speed record with 600 km/h test run \|date= 21 April 2015\|work= The Guardian\|location= United Kingdom\|access-date= 21 April 2015}}
style="text-align:left;" \| Wheeled \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|574.8\|km/h\|mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}}} \| TGV POS V150 \| Eric Pieczac \| 3 Apr 2007 \| \| {{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/apr/03/france\|first=Kim\|last=Willsher\|title=TGV breaks rail-speed record\|work=The Guardian \| date=2 April 2007\| access-date=26 September 2018}}{{cite web\|title=Fastest train on a national rail system\|work=Guinness World Records \|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-train-on-a-national-rail-system\|access-date=13 July 2016}}
style="text-align:left;" \| Propeller-driven \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|230\|km/h\|mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}}} \| Schienenzeppelin \| Franz Kruckenberg \| 21 Jun 1931 \| \| {{cite web\|last=Traver Adolphus\|first=David\|title=Schiene Zeppelin\|url=http://www.hemmings.com/hmn/stories/2007/12/01/hmn_feature35.html\|work=Hemming Motor News\|access-date=23 March 2011\|date=December 2007}}{{cite web\|last=Orosz\|first=Peter\|title=Is it a plane? Is it a train? No, it's a prop-driven V12 locomotive!\|url=http://jalopnik.com/?_escaped_fragment_=5782545/is-it-a-plane-is-it-a-train-no-its-a-prop+driven-v12-locomotive#!5782545/is-it-a-plane-is-it-a-train-no-its-a-prop+driven-v12-locomotive\|work=Trainlopnik\|publisher=Jalopnik\|access-date=23 March 2011}}
style="text-align:left;" \| Steam-driven \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|202.6\|km/h\|mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}}} \| LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard \| Joseph Duddington and Thomas Bray \| 3 Jul 1938 \| \| {{cite web\|title=Mallard 75: Celebrating Britain's Steam Record\|date=9 April 2014 \|url=http://www.nrm.org.uk/mallard75\|publisher=National Railway Museum\|access-date=13 November 2014}}{{cite web \|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Men-who-served-on-Mallard.4234814.jp\|title=Men who served on Mallard prepare to be reunited with famous locomotive\|work=The Yorkshire Post\|date=30 June 2008\|access-date=8 July 2016\|publisher=Johnston Publishing}}{{cite web\|title=Fastest steam locomotive\|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/62943-fastest-steam-locomotive\|publisher=Guinness World Records\|access-date=18 July 2016}}

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|+ Rail speed records

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! scope="col" width="10%" | Speed (km/h)

! scope="col" width="10%" | Speed (mph)

! scope="col" width="19%" class="unsortable" | Vehicle

! scope="col" width="20%" class="unsortable" | Operator

! scope="col" width="10%" | Date

! scope="col" width="7%" class="unsortable" | Certifier

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style="text-align:left;" | Rocket sled

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|10326|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| Super Roadrunner

| (uncrewed) / USAF

| 29 Apr 2003

| {{cite web|title=Test sets world land speed record|work=U.S. Air Force |url=https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/139307/test-sets-world-land-speed-record/|access-date=11 July 2016|date=30 April 2003}}

style="text-align:left;" | Maglev rocket sled

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|1019|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| (unnamed)

| (uncrewed) / USAF

| 4 Mar 2016

| {{cite web|last1=Jenson|first1=Randahl J.|title=633 mph -- nothing to mach|url=http://www.holloman.af.mil/ArticleDisplay/tabid/6274/Article/721428/633-mph-nothing-to-mach.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531114432/http://www.holloman.af.mil/ArticleDisplay/tabid/6274/Article/721428/633-mph-nothing-to-mach.aspx|archive-date=31 May 2016|website=Holloman Air Force Base|publisher=United States Air Force|access-date=27 April 2016}}

style="text-align:left;" | Rocket sled (crewed)

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|1017|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| Sonic Wind No. 1

| John Stapp / USAF

| 10 Dec 1954

| {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iEIfAAAAIBAJ&pg=4123%2C5598453 |newspaper=Spartanburg Herald-Journal |location=South Carolina |agency=wire reports |title=Base re-enacts rocket sled test |date=12 December 2004 |page=A5}}

style="text-align:left;" | Maglev train (crewed)

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|603|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| SCMaglev L0 Series

| Central Japan Railway Company

| 21 Apr 2015

| GWR

| {{cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/21/japans-maglev-train-notches-up-new-world-speed-record-in-test-run|title= Japan's maglev train breaks world speed record with 600 km/h test run |date= 21 April 2015|work= The Guardian|location= United Kingdom|access-date= 21 April 2015}}

style="text-align:left;" | Wheeled

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|574.8|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| TGV POS V150

| Eric Pieczac

| 3 Apr 2007

| {{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/apr/03/france|first=Kim|last=Willsher|title=TGV breaks rail-speed record|work=The Guardian | date=2 April 2007| access-date=26 September 2018}}{{cite web|title=Fastest train on a national rail system|work=Guinness World Records |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-train-on-a-national-rail-system|access-date=13 July 2016}}

style="text-align:left;" | Propeller-driven

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|230|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| Schienenzeppelin

| Franz Kruckenberg

| 21 Jun 1931

| {{cite web|last=Traver Adolphus|first=David|title=Schiene Zeppelin|url=http://www.hemmings.com/hmn/stories/2007/12/01/hmn_feature35.html|work=Hemming Motor News|access-date=23 March 2011|date=December 2007}}{{cite web|last=Orosz|first=Peter|title=Is it a plane? Is it a train? No, it's a prop-driven V12 locomotive!|url=http://jalopnik.com/?_escaped_fragment_=5782545/is-it-a-plane-is-it-a-train-no-its-a-prop+driven-v12-locomotive#!5782545/is-it-a-plane-is-it-a-train-no-its-a-prop+driven-v12-locomotive|work=Trainlopnik|publisher=Jalopnik|access-date=23 March 2011}}

style="text-align:left;" | Steam-driven

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|202.6|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| LNER Class A4
4468 Mallard

| Joseph Duddington and Thomas Bray

| 3 Jul 1938

| {{cite web|title=Mallard 75: Celebrating Britain's Steam Record|date=9 April 2014 |url=http://www.nrm.org.uk/mallard75|publisher=National Railway Museum|access-date=13 November 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Men-who-served-on-Mallard.4234814.jp|title=Men who served on Mallard prepare to be reunited with famous locomotive|work=The Yorkshire Post|date=30 June 2008|access-date=8 July 2016|publisher=Johnston Publishing}}{{cite web|title=Fastest steam locomotive|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/62943-fastest-steam-locomotive|publisher=Guinness World Records|access-date=18 July 2016}}

Aircraft

Aircraft speed records are based on true airspeed, rather than ground speed.

Speed is Life HTV-2 Reentry New.jpg|HTV-2 (artist rendering), the fastest uncrewed aerial vehicle

X-15 in flight.jpg|North American X-15, the fastest piloted rocket-powered aircraft

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.jpg|SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest piloted air-breathing aircraft

77 F8F-2 Bearcat (N-777L) Rare Bear 2014 Reno Air Races.jpg|Rare Bear, the fastest piston-engined aircraft

Rochelt Musculair II.jpg|Musculair 2, the fastest human-powered aircraft

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width: 100%" \|+ Airspeed records
scope="col" width="18%" \| Category ! scope="col" width="7%" \| Speed (km/h) ! scope="col" width="7%" \| Speed (mph) ! scope="col" width="6%" \| Mach No.{{efn\|group=air\|Mach number depends on ambient temperature, and thus altitude, as well as speed; it is not a direct measure of speed.}} ! scope="col" width="23%" class="unsortable" \| Vehicle ! scope="col" width="17%" class="unsortable" \| Crew ! scope="col" width="10%" \| Date ! scope="col" width="7%" class="unsortable" \| Certifier ! scope="col" width="5%" class="unsortable" \| Refs
style="text-align:left;" \| Uncrewed aerial vehicle \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|21245\|km/h\|mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}\|left=60}} \| data-sort-value="20" \| ~20 \| HTV{{nbh}}2 \| (uncrewed) \| 22 Apr 2010 \| (unofficial) \| {{cite web\|title=Falcon HTV-2\|url=http://www.lockheedmartin.co.uk/us/products/falcon-htv-2.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504120242/http://www.lockheedmartin.co.uk/us/products/falcon-htv-2.html\|archive-date=4 May 2016\|publisher=Lockheed Martin\|access-date=13 November 2014}}
style="text-align:left;" \| Crewed, rocket-powered \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|7270\|km/h\|mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}\|left=60}} \| 6.7 \| North American X{{nbh}}15A{{nbh}}2 \| William J. Knight \| 3 Oct 1967 \| GWR \| {{cite web\|title=Fastest Speed in a Non-Spacecraft Aircraft\|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-speed-in-a-non-spacecraft-aircraft\|website=Guinness World Records\|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206085437/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-speed-in-a-non-spacecraft-aircraft \|access-date=13 November 2014\|archive-date=6 December 2019 }}{{cite web\|title=American X-Vehicles: An Inventory X-1 to X-50\|url=https://history.nasa.gov/monograph31.pdf\|publisher=NASA\|date=June 2003\|access-date=13 November 2014\|page=23\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425225303/https://history.nasa.gov/monograph31.pdf \|archive-date=25 April 2020 }}
style="text-align:left;" \| Crewed, air-breathing \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|3529.56\|km/h\|mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}\|left=60}} \| 3.3 \| Lockheed SR{{nbh}}71A Blackbird #61{{nbh}}7958 \| Eldon W. Joersz \| 28 Jul 1976 \| FAI \| {{cite web\|last1=Swopes\|first1=Bryan\|title=This Day in Aviation: Important Dates in Aviation History\|url=http://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/fai-world-record-for-altitude-in-horizontal-flight/\|website=FAI World Record for Altitude in Horizontal Flight Archives\|publisher=FAI\|access-date=13 November 2014\|date=28 July 2014}}{{cite web \|title=Eldon W. Joersz (USA) \|url=https://www.fai.org/record/8879 \|website=FAI.org \|date=10 October 2017 \|access-date=23 November 2021}}
style="text-align:left;" \| Propeller-driven \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|927.4\|km/h\|mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}\|left=60}} \| ~ 0.85 \| Piaggio P.180 Avanti \| Joseph J. Ritchie, Steve Fossett \| data-sort-value="6 Feb 2003" \| 6 Feb 2003 \| FAI \| {{Cite web \|title=Records {{!}} World Air Sports Federation \|url=https://www.fai.org/records?f%5B0%5D=field_group:177&f%5B1%5D=field_status:146&order=field_performance&sort=desc \|access-date=2024-01-13 \|website=www.fai.org}}{{Cite web \|date=2017-10-10 \|title=Joseph J. Ritchie (USA) (7627) {{!}} World Air Sports Federation \|url=https://www.fai.org/record/7627 \|access-date=2024-01-15 \|website=www.fai.org \|language=en}}
style="text-align:left;" \| Piston-engined \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|850.24\|km/h\|mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}\|left=60}} \| 0.69 \| Grumman F8F Bearcat (modified) Rare Bear \| Lyle Shelton \| 21 Aug 1989 \| FAI \| {{cite news\|last1=Lerner\|first1=Preston\|title=The Bear Is Back: The winning-est Bearcat in air racing steps up once more to the starting gate\|url=http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/the-bear-is-back-136220946/\|access-date=12 July 2016\|work=Air & Space\|agency=Smithsonian\|date=November 2009}}{{cite web \|title=Lyle Shelton (USA) \|url=https://www.fai.org/record/8437 \|website=FAI.org \|date=10 October 2017 \|access-date=23 November 2021}}
style="text-align:left;" \| Electric{{efn\|group=air\|Over a 3-kilometer course}}	555.9	345.4	0.45	Rolls-Royce Accel Spirit of Innovation	Steve Jones	19 Nov 2021	FAI	{{Cite news\|date=2022-01-21\|title=Rolls-Royce all-electric aircraft breaks world records\|language=en-GB\|publisher=BBC News\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-60068786\|access-date=2022-01-27}}
style="text-align:left;" \| Helicopter{{NoteTag\|Unofficial helicopter speed records by the Sikorsky X2 (460 km/h on 15 September 2010) and the Eurocopter X3 (472 km/h on 7 June 2013) would surpass this record if accepted.}} \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|400.87\|km/h\|mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}\|left=60}} \| 0.33 \| Westland Lynx 800 G{{nbh}}LYNX \| John Egginton \| 11 Aug 1986 \| FAI \| {{cite web\|last1=Swopes\|first1=Brian R.\|title=11 August 1986\|url=http://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/westland-ah-1-lynx-g-lynx/\|website=This Day in Aviation\|access-date=12 July 2016}}{{cite web \|title=John Trevor Eggington (GBR) \|url=https://www.fai.org/record/11659 \|website=FAI.org \|date=10 October 2017 \|access-date=23 November 2021}}
style="text-align:left;" \| Glider (sailplane){{efn\|group=air\|Average speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km}} \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|306.8\|km/h\|mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}\|left=60}} \| 0.25 \| Schempp{{nbh}}Hirth Nimbus{{nbh}}4DM \| Klaus Ohlmann (pilot), Matias Garcia Mazzaro \| 22 Dec 2006 \| FAI \| {{cite web \|title=Klauss Ohlmann (GER) \|date=10 October 2017 \|url=https://fai.org/record/klaus-ohlmann-ger-14392 \|publisher=FAI \|access-date=28 June 2018}}
style="text-align:left;" \| Airship{{NoteTag\|Greater speeds reportedly achieved by rigid airships, including {{convert\|140.3\|km/h\|mph}} by the American USS Macon (ZRS-5), are not recognized by the FAI, because these runs did not account for wind speed by flying a set course in both directions.{{cite web \|last1=Michel \|first1=Christian \|title=Steve Fossett breaks airship speed record with Zeppelin NT \|url=https://www.modern-airships.info/en/zeppelin/fossett_record_2004.html \|website=Modern Airships \|access-date=22 May 2019}}}} \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|115.1\|km/h\|mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}\|left=60}} \| 0.09 \| Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik LZ N07{{nbh}}100 (DLZFN) \| Steve Fossett (pilot), Hans{{nbh}}Paul Ströhle \| 27 Oct 2004 \| FAI \| {{cite letter\| first = Anne-Laure\| last = Perret\| recipient = National Aeronautic Association\| subject = World Class Records\| date = 10 January 2006\| type = letter\| url = http://www.fai.org/download/RECS/11695-1.pdf\| access-date = 12 July 2016}}{{Dead link\|date=July 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web \|title=Steve Fossett (USA) \|url=https://www.fai.org/record/11695 \|website=FAI.org \|date=10 October 2017 \|access-date=23 November 2021}}
style="text-align:left;" \| Human-powered \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|44.32\|km/h\|mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}\|left=60}} \| 0.03 \| Musculair 2 \| Holger Rochelt \| 2 Oct 1985 \| FAI \| {{cite web\|title=Fai Record File\|url=http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=389\|publisher=FAI\|access-date=23 December 2014\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140603233445/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=389\|archive-date=3 June 2014}}{{cite web \|title=Holger Rochelt (FRG) \|url=https://www.fai.org/record/389 \|website=FAI.org \|date=10 October 2017 \|access-date=23 November 2021}}
style="text-align:left;" \| Ground effect vehicle \| colspan=8 \| See entry under {{section link	Watercraft}}.
style="text-align:left;" \| Mars aircraft \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|36\|km/h\|mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}\|left=60}} \| - \| Ingenuity \| (uncrewed) \| 12 Oct 2023 \| (unofficial) \| {{cite web\|title=ingenuity mars helicopter\|url=https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/ingenuity-mars-helicopter/#Flight-Log\|publisher=NASA\|access-date=6 May 2025}}

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|+ Airspeed records

scope="col" width="18%" | Category

! scope="col" width="7%" | Speed (km/h)

! scope="col" width="7%" | Speed (mph)

! scope="col" width="6%" | Mach No.{{efn|group=air|Mach number depends on ambient temperature, and thus altitude, as well as speed; it is not a direct measure of speed.}}

! scope="col" width="23%" class="unsortable" | Vehicle

! scope="col" width="17%" class="unsortable" | Crew

! scope="col" width="10%" | Date

! scope="col" width="7%" class="unsortable" | Certifier

! scope="col" width="5%" class="unsortable" | Refs

style="text-align:left;" | Uncrewed aerial vehicle

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|21245|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}|left=60}}

| data-sort-value="20" | ~20

| HTV{{nbh}}2

| (uncrewed)

| 22 Apr 2010

| (unofficial)

| {{cite web|title=Falcon HTV-2|url=http://www.lockheedmartin.co.uk/us/products/falcon-htv-2.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504120242/http://www.lockheedmartin.co.uk/us/products/falcon-htv-2.html|archive-date=4 May 2016|publisher=Lockheed Martin|access-date=13 November 2014}}

style="text-align:left;" | Crewed, rocket-powered

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|7270|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}|left=60}}

| 6.7

| North American X{{nbh}}15A{{nbh}}2

| William J. Knight

| 3 Oct 1967

| GWR

| {{cite web|title=Fastest Speed in a Non-Spacecraft Aircraft|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-speed-in-a-non-spacecraft-aircraft|website=Guinness World Records|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206085437/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-speed-in-a-non-spacecraft-aircraft |access-date=13 November 2014|archive-date=6 December 2019 }}{{cite web|title=American X-Vehicles: An Inventory X-1 to X-50|url=https://history.nasa.gov/monograph31.pdf|publisher=NASA|date=June 2003|access-date=13 November 2014|page=23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425225303/https://history.nasa.gov/monograph31.pdf |archive-date=25 April 2020 }}

style="text-align:left;" | Crewed, air-breathing

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|3529.56|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}|left=60}}

| 3.3

| Lockheed SR{{nbh}}71A Blackbird
#61{{nbh}}7958

| Eldon W. Joersz

| 28 Jul 1976

| FAI

| {{cite web|last1=Swopes|first1=Bryan|title=This Day in Aviation: Important Dates in Aviation History|url=http://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/fai-world-record-for-altitude-in-horizontal-flight/|website=FAI World Record for Altitude in Horizontal Flight Archives|publisher=FAI|access-date=13 November 2014|date=28 July 2014}}{{cite web |title=Eldon W. Joersz (USA) |url=https://www.fai.org/record/8879 |website=FAI.org |date=10 October 2017 |access-date=23 November 2021}}

style="text-align:left;" | Propeller-driven

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|927.4|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}|left=60}}

| ~ 0.85

| Piaggio P.180 Avanti

| Joseph J. Ritchie, Steve Fossett

| data-sort-value="6 Feb 2003" | 6 Feb 2003

| FAI

| {{Cite web |title=Records {{!}} World Air Sports Federation |url=https://www.fai.org/records?f%5B0%5D=field_group:177&f%5B1%5D=field_status:146&order=field_performance&sort=desc |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=www.fai.org}}{{Cite web |date=2017-10-10 |title=Joseph J. Ritchie (USA) (7627) {{!}} World Air Sports Federation |url=https://www.fai.org/record/7627 |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=www.fai.org |language=en}}

style="text-align:left;" | Piston-engined

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|850.24|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}|left=60}}

| 0.69

| Grumman F8F Bearcat (modified)
Rare Bear

| Lyle Shelton

| 21 Aug 1989

| FAI

| {{cite news|last1=Lerner|first1=Preston|title=The Bear Is Back: The winning-est Bearcat in air racing steps up once more to the starting gate|url=http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/the-bear-is-back-136220946/|access-date=12 July 2016|work=Air & Space|agency=Smithsonian|date=November 2009}}{{cite web |title=Lyle Shelton (USA) |url=https://www.fai.org/record/8437 |website=FAI.org |date=10 October 2017 |access-date=23 November 2021}}

style="text-align:left;" | Electric{{efn|group=air|Over a 3-kilometer course}}

555.9

345.4

0.45

Rolls-Royce Accel
Spirit of Innovation

Steve Jones

19 Nov 2021

FAI

{{Cite news|date=2022-01-21|title=Rolls-Royce all-electric aircraft breaks world records|language=en-GB|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-60068786|access-date=2022-01-27}}

style="text-align:left;" | Helicopter{{NoteTag|Unofficial helicopter speed records by the Sikorsky X2 (460 km/h on 15 September 2010) and the Eurocopter X3 (472 km/h on 7 June 2013) would surpass this record if accepted.}}

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|400.87|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}|left=60}}

| 0.33

| Westland Lynx 800
G{{nbh}}LYNX

| John Egginton

| 11 Aug 1986

| FAI

| {{cite web|last1=Swopes|first1=Brian R.|title=11 August 1986|url=http://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/westland-ah-1-lynx-g-lynx/|website=This Day in Aviation|access-date=12 July 2016}}{{cite web |title=John Trevor Eggington (GBR) |url=https://www.fai.org/record/11659 |website=FAI.org |date=10 October 2017 |access-date=23 November 2021}}

style="text-align:left;" | Glider (sailplane){{efn|group=air|Average speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km}}

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|306.8|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}|left=60}}

| 0.25

| Schempp{{nbh}}Hirth Nimbus{{nbh}}4DM

| Klaus Ohlmann (pilot), Matias Garcia Mazzaro

| 22 Dec 2006

| FAI

| {{cite web |title=Klauss Ohlmann (GER) |date=10 October 2017 |url=https://fai.org/record/klaus-ohlmann-ger-14392 |publisher=FAI |access-date=28 June 2018}}

style="text-align:left;" | Airship{{NoteTag|Greater speeds reportedly achieved by rigid airships, including {{convert|140.3|km/h|mph}} by the American USS Macon (ZRS-5), are not recognized by the FAI, because these runs did not account for wind speed by flying a set course in both directions.{{cite web |last1=Michel |first1=Christian |title=Steve Fossett breaks airship speed record with Zeppelin NT |url=https://www.modern-airships.info/en/zeppelin/fossett_record_2004.html |website=Modern Airships |access-date=22 May 2019}}}}

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|115.1|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}|left=60}}

| 0.09

| Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik
LZ N07{{nbh}}100 (DLZFN)

| Steve Fossett (pilot), Hans{{nbh}}Paul Ströhle

| 27 Oct 2004

| FAI

| {{cite letter| first = Anne-Laure| last = Perret| recipient = National Aeronautic Association| subject = World Class Records| date = 10 January 2006| type = letter| url = http://www.fai.org/download/RECS/11695-1.pdf| access-date = 12 July 2016}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |title=Steve Fossett (USA) |url=https://www.fai.org/record/11695 |website=FAI.org |date=10 October 2017 |access-date=23 November 2021}}

style="text-align:left;" | Human-powered

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|44.32|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}|left=60}}

| 0.03

| Musculair 2

| Holger Rochelt

| 2 Oct 1985

| FAI

| {{cite web|title=Fai Record File|url=http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=389|publisher=FAI|access-date=23 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140603233445/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=389|archive-date=3 June 2014}}{{cite web |title=Holger Rochelt (FRG) |url=https://www.fai.org/record/389 |website=FAI.org |date=10 October 2017 |access-date=23 November 2021}}

style="text-align:left;" | Ground effect vehicle

| colspan=8 | See entry under {{section link

Watercraft}}.

style="text-align:left;" | Mars aircraft

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|36|km/h|mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}|left=60}}

| -

| Ingenuity

| (uncrewed)

| 12 Oct 2023

| (unofficial)

| {{cite web|title=ingenuity mars helicopter|url=https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/ingenuity-mars-helicopter/#Flight-Log|publisher=NASA|access-date=6 May 2025}}

=Noted unofficial records=

Watercraft

SpiritOfAustraliaModelBloweringDam.jpg|Model of Spirit of Australia, which holds the water speed record

Vestas Sailrocket 2, sailboat, esquisse.png|Vestas Sailrocket, the fastest wind-powered watercraft

Decavitator, Boston MA.jpg|Decavitator, the fastest human-powered watercraft

Omer5 2007.jpg|Omer 5, the fastest human-powered submarine

Экраноплан КМ.jpg|The "Caspian Sea Monster", the fastest ground-effect vehicle{{efn|group=water|name=gev}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width: 100%" \|+ Water speed records
scope="col" width="20%" \| Category ! scope="col" width="7%" \| Speed (knots) ! scope="col" width="7%" \| Speed (km/h) ! scope="col" width="6%" \| Speed (mph) ! scope="col" width="21%" class="unsortable" \| Vehicle ! scope="col" width="15%" class="unsortable" \| Operator ! scope="col" width="10%" \| Date ! scope="col" width="7%" class="unsortable" \| Certifier ! scope="col" width="5%" class="unsortable" \| Refs
style="text-align:left;" \| Water speed record \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|275.98\|kn\|km/h mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}}} \| Spirit of Australia \| Ken Warby \| 8 Oct 1978 \| UIM \| {{cite web\|title=UIM World Records\|url=http://uim.sportcentric.net/db15/uim_front/records.php?view=uim\|publisher=Union Internationale Motonautique\|access-date=13 July 2016\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810105156/http://uim.sportcentric.net/db15/uim_front/records.php?view=uim\|archive-date=10 August 2016}}{{cite web\|title=Water Speed Record (Fastest Boat)\|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/11000/water-speed-record-(fastest-boat)\|website=Guinness World Records\|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited\|access-date=13 November 2014}}
style="text-align:left;" \| Propeller-driven \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|226.78\|kn\|km/h mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}}} \| Problem Child \| Daryl Ehrlich \| 22 Nov 2009 \| IHBA, GWR \| {{cite web\|title=Fastest propeller-driven boat\|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-propeller-driven-boat/\|website=Guinness World Records\|access-date=8 July 2016}}{{cite news\|title=Top Fuel Drag Boat Problem Child Sets World Record\|url=http://www.redlineoil.com/news_article.aspx?id=47\|access-date=13 July 2016\|publisher=Red Line Oil\|date=15 December 2009}}
style="text-align:left;" \| Wind-powered \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|65.45\|kn\|km/h mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}}} \| Vestas Sailrocket 2 \| Paul Larsen \| 24 Nov 2012 \| WSSRC \| {{cite web\|title=VESTAS Sailrocket 2 Smashes Speed Record\|url=http://www.bwsailing.com/bw/cruising-news/vestas-sailrocket-2-smashes-speed-record/\|website=Blue Water Sailing\|access-date=11 July 2016\|date=30 November 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817105419/http://www.bwsailing.com/bw/cruising-news/vestas-sailrocket-2-smashes-speed-record/\|archive-date=17 August 2016\|url-status=dead}}{{cite web\|title=Vestas Sailrocket Smashes World Speed Sailing Record… Again!\|url=https://www.predictwind.com/vestas-sailrocket-smashes-world-speed-sailing-record-again/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820131508/https://www.predictwind.com/vestas-sailrocket-smashes-world-speed-sailing-record-again/\|archive-date=20 August 2016\|website=PredictWind.com\|access-date=11 July 2016\|date=27 November 2012}}
style="text-align:left;" \| Hovercraft{{efn\|group=water\|Measured over 1 km with a flying start}} \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|74.2\|kn\|km/h mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}}} \| Universal UH19P Jenny II \| Bob Windt \| 1 Jan 1995 \| WHF, GWR \| {{cite web\|title=Fastest Hovercraft\|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-hovercraft\|publisher=Guinness World Records\|access-date=11 July 2016}}
style="text-align:left;" \| Human-powered \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|18.5\|kn\|km/h mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}}} \| Decavitator \| Mark Drela \| 27 Oct 1991 \| IHPVA \| {{cite web\|last1=Wall\|first1=Matthew\|last2=Drela\|first2=Mark\|last3=Finberg\|first3=Steve\|title=Decavitator Human-Powered Hydrofoil\|url=http://lancet.mit.edu/decavitator/\|publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology\|access-date=13 November 2014}}{{cite web\|title=Water\|url=http://www.ihpva.org/water.htm\|publisher=International Human Powered Vehicle Association\|access-date=11 July 2016}}
style="text-align:left;" \| Human-powered submarine \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|8.035\|kn\|km/h mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}}} \| Omer 5 \| Sebastien Brisebois, Joel Brunet \| 28 Jun 2007 \| ISR \| {{cite web\|title=9th International Subraces Conclude with New World Speed Records\|url=http://internationalsubmarineraces.org/9th-isr/\|publisher=International Submarine Races\|access-date=13 November 2014}}
style="text-align:left;" \| Ground effect vehicle{{efn\|group=water\|name=gev\|Ground effect vehicles (a.k.a. "Wing-In-Ground effect vehicles") are classified as maritime vessels, rather than aircraft, by the International Maritime Organization.{{cite web\|url=http://www.imo.org/OurWork/Safety/Regulations/Pages/WIG.aspx\|title=Wing-in-Ground (WIG) craft\|author=Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment (DE)\|date=November 2001\|publisher=International Maritime Organization\|access-date=16 January 2014\|archive-date=16 January 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116131124/http://www.imo.org/OurWork/Safety/Regulations/Pages/WIG.aspx\|url-status=dead}}}} \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|350\|kn\|km/h mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}}} \| Korabl Maket "Caspian Sea Monster" \| Soviet Navy \| data-sort-value="1 Jan 1966" \| ca. 1966–1980 \| (unofficial) \| {{cite report\|publisher=National Research Council\|title=Reducing the Logistics Burden for the Army After Next\|author=Committee to Perform a Technology Assessment Focused on Logistics Support Requirements for Future Army Combat Systems\|page=68\|date=1999}} "This large aircraft has flown at 650 km/h (350 knots) ..."
class="sortbottom" \| style="text-align:left;" \| Underwater vehicle \| colspan=8 align="left" \| There is no officially recognized speed record for underwater craft, due to the secretive nature of military vessels. In 1968, a Soviet {{sclass2\|November\|submarine\|1}} reportedly tracked an American carrier group traveling at {{convert\|31\|kn\|km/h mph}}.{{cite book \| last = Tyler \| first = Patrick \| author-link = Patrick Tyler \| title = Running Critical \| publisher = Harper&Row \| year = 1986 \| location = New York \| pages = 23–26, 34–46}} Uncrewed torpedo speed claims range from {{convert\|60\|kn\|km/h mph}} for the British Spearfish torpedo{{cite news\|last1=Tovey\|first1=Alan\|title=Already faster than a cheetah, the Navy's two-tonne Spearfish torpedoes are getting an upgrade\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/11295486/Already-faster-than-a-cheetah-the-Navys-two-tonne-Spearfish-torpedoes-are-getting-an-upgrade.html\|access-date=12 July 2016\|work=The Daily Telegraph\|location=London\|date=16 December 2014}} to {{convert\|200\|kn\|km/h mph}} for the Russian VA-111 Shkval.{{cite web\|title=VA-111 Shkval torpedo\|url=https://www.militaryperiscope.com/mdb-smpl/weapons/minetorp/torpedo/w0004768.shtml\|website=Military Periscope\|access-date=12 July 2016\|date=1 December 2011\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908081950/https://www.militaryperiscope.com/mdb-smpl/weapons/minetorp/torpedo/w0004768.shtml\|archive-date=8 September 2014\|url-status=dead}}

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|+ Water speed records

scope="col" width="20%" | Category

! scope="col" width="7%" | Speed
(knots)

! scope="col" width="7%" | Speed
(km/h)

! scope="col" width="6%" | Speed
(mph)

! scope="col" width="21%" class="unsortable" | Vehicle

! scope="col" width="15%" class="unsortable" | Operator

! scope="col" width="10%" | Date

! scope="col" width="7%" class="unsortable" | Certifier

! scope="col" width="5%" class="unsortable" | Refs

style="text-align:left;" | Water speed record

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|275.98|kn|km/h mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| Spirit of Australia

| Ken Warby

| 8 Oct 1978

| UIM

| {{cite web|title=UIM World Records|url=http://uim.sportcentric.net/db15/uim_front/records.php?view=uim|publisher=Union Internationale Motonautique|access-date=13 July 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810105156/http://uim.sportcentric.net/db15/uim_front/records.php?view=uim|archive-date=10 August 2016}}{{cite web|title=Water Speed Record (Fastest Boat)|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/11000/water-speed-record-(fastest-boat)|website=Guinness World Records|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|access-date=13 November 2014}}

style="text-align:left;" | Propeller-driven

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|226.78|kn|km/h mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| Problem Child

| Daryl Ehrlich

| 22 Nov 2009

| IHBA, GWR

| {{cite web|title=Fastest propeller-driven boat|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-propeller-driven-boat/|website=Guinness World Records|access-date=8 July 2016}}{{cite news|title=Top Fuel Drag Boat Problem Child Sets World Record|url=http://www.redlineoil.com/news_article.aspx?id=47|access-date=13 July 2016|publisher=Red Line Oil|date=15 December 2009}}

style="text-align:left;" | Wind-powered

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|65.45|kn|km/h mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| Vestas Sailrocket 2

| Paul Larsen

| 24 Nov 2012

| WSSRC

| {{cite web|title=VESTAS Sailrocket 2 Smashes Speed Record|url=http://www.bwsailing.com/bw/cruising-news/vestas-sailrocket-2-smashes-speed-record/|website=Blue Water Sailing|access-date=11 July 2016|date=30 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817105419/http://www.bwsailing.com/bw/cruising-news/vestas-sailrocket-2-smashes-speed-record/|archive-date=17 August 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Vestas Sailrocket Smashes World Speed Sailing Record… Again!|url=https://www.predictwind.com/vestas-sailrocket-smashes-world-speed-sailing-record-again/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820131508/https://www.predictwind.com/vestas-sailrocket-smashes-world-speed-sailing-record-again/|archive-date=20 August 2016|website=PredictWind.com|access-date=11 July 2016|date=27 November 2012}}

style="text-align:left;" | Hovercraft{{efn|group=water|Measured over 1 km with a flying start}}

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|74.2|kn|km/h mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| Universal UH19P
Jenny II

| Bob Windt

| 1 Jan 1995

| WHF, GWR

| {{cite web|title=Fastest Hovercraft|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-hovercraft|publisher=Guinness World Records|access-date=11 July 2016}}

style="text-align:left;" | Human-powered

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|18.5|kn|km/h mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| Decavitator

| Mark Drela

| 27 Oct 1991

| IHPVA

| {{cite web|last1=Wall|first1=Matthew|last2=Drela|first2=Mark|last3=Finberg|first3=Steve|title=Decavitator Human-Powered Hydrofoil|url=http://lancet.mit.edu/decavitator/|publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology|access-date=13 November 2014}}{{cite web|title=Water|url=http://www.ihpva.org/water.htm|publisher=International Human Powered Vehicle Association|access-date=11 July 2016}}

style="text-align:left;" | Human-powered submarine

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|8.035|kn|km/h mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| Omer 5

| Sebastien Brisebois,
Joel Brunet

| 28 Jun 2007

| ISR

| {{cite web|title=9th International Subraces Conclude with New World Speed Records|url=http://internationalsubmarineraces.org/9th-isr/|publisher=International Submarine Races|access-date=13 November 2014}}

style="text-align:left;" | Ground effect vehicle{{efn|group=water|name=gev|Ground effect vehicles (a.k.a. "Wing-In-Ground effect vehicles") are classified as maritime vessels, rather than aircraft, by the International Maritime Organization.{{cite web|url=http://www.imo.org/OurWork/Safety/Regulations/Pages/WIG.aspx|title=Wing-in-Ground (WIG) craft|author=Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment (DE)|date=November 2001|publisher=International Maritime Organization|access-date=16 January 2014|archive-date=16 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116131124/http://www.imo.org/OurWork/Safety/Regulations/Pages/WIG.aspx|url-status=dead}}}}

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|350|kn|km/h mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}}}

| Korabl Maket
"Caspian Sea Monster"

| Soviet Navy

| data-sort-value="1 Jan 1966" | ca. 1966–1980

| (unofficial)

| {{cite report|publisher=National Research Council|title=Reducing the Logistics Burden for the Army After Next|author=Committee to Perform a Technology Assessment Focused on Logistics Support Requirements for Future Army Combat Systems|page=68|date=1999}}

"This large aircraft has flown at 650 km/h (350 knots) ..."

class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:left;" | Underwater vehicle

| colspan=8 align="left" | There is no officially recognized speed record for underwater craft, due to the secretive nature of military vessels. In 1968, a Soviet {{sclass2|November|submarine|1}} reportedly tracked an American carrier group traveling at {{convert|31|kn|km/h mph}}.{{cite book | last = Tyler | first = Patrick | author-link = Patrick Tyler | title = Running Critical | publisher = Harper&Row | year = 1986 | location = New York | pages = 23–26, 34–46}} Uncrewed torpedo speed claims range from {{convert|60|kn|km/h mph}} for the British Spearfish torpedo{{cite news|last1=Tovey|first1=Alan|title=Already faster than a cheetah, the Navy's two-tonne Spearfish torpedoes are getting an upgrade|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/11295486/Already-faster-than-a-cheetah-the-Navys-two-tonne-Spearfish-torpedoes-are-getting-an-upgrade.html|access-date=12 July 2016|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=16 December 2014}} to {{convert|200|kn|km/h mph}} for the Russian VA-111 Shkval.{{cite web|title=VA-111 Shkval torpedo|url=https://www.militaryperiscope.com/mdb-smpl/weapons/minetorp/torpedo/w0004768.shtml|website=Military Periscope|access-date=12 July 2016|date=1 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908081950/https://www.militaryperiscope.com/mdb-smpl/weapons/minetorp/torpedo/w0004768.shtml|archive-date=8 September 2014|url-status=dead}}

Spacecraft

In order to unambiguously express the speed of a spacecraft, a frame of reference must be specified. Typically, this frame is fixed to the body with the greatest gravitational influence on the spacecraft, as this is the most relevant frame for most purposes.{{cite news|last1=McKinnon|first1=Mika|title=Was Juno the fastest spacecraft ever? Only kind of.|url=http://www.astronomy.com/news/2016/07/juno-may-not-have-been-the-fastest-spacecraft-ever|access-date=12 July 2016|work=Astronomy|date=12 July 2016}} Velocities in different frames of reference are not directly comparable; thus the matter of the "fastest spacecraft" depends on the reference frame used.

Because of the influence of gravity, maximum velocities are usually attained when a spacecraft is close to its primary body: either just after launch, at a point of closest approach (periapsis), or during the early stages of atmospheric entry.

Parker Solar Probe.jpg|Parker Solar Probe (artist rendering), fastest spacecraft relative to the Sun

New Horizons spacecraft model 1.png|New Horizons (artist rendering), fastest spacecraft relative to Earth

ApolloX CommandModule London.jpg|Apollo 10 CSM Charlie Brown, fastest crewed vehicle relative to Earth

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width: 100%" \|+ Space speed records
scope="col" width="10%" rowspan=2 \| Frame of reference ! scope="col" width="14%" rowspan=2 class="unsortable" \| Category ! scope="col" width="20%" colspan=3 class="unsortable" \| Speed relative to frame of reference ! scope="col" width="16%" rowspan=2 class="unsortable" \| Vehicle ! scope="col" width="10%" rowspan=2 \| Operator ! scope="col" width="16%" rowspan=2 class="unsortable" \| Crew ! scope="col" width="10%" rowspan=2 \| Date ! scope="col" width="5%" rowspan=2 class="unsortable" \| Refs{{efn\|group=space\|Speed records in this class are generally reported by the spacecraft operator and not independently verified.}}
scope="col" width="6.7%" class="unsortable" \| km/h ! scope="col" width="6.7%" class="unsortable" \| km/s ! scope="col" width="6.7%" class="unsortable" \| mph
Sun \| Periapsis \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|692000\|km/h\|km/s mph\|disp=tablecen}}\|left1=90\|left2=50\|left3=90}} \| Parker Solar Probe \| {{flagicon\|US}} NASA \| (uncrewed) \| 24 Dec 2024 \| {{Cite news \|last=Davis \|first=Nicola \|date=2024-12-27 \|title=Nasa probe successfully completes closest-ever approach to sun \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/dec/27/nasa-probe-safe-parker-solar-spacecraft-closest-approach-sun \|access-date=2025-01-08 \|work=The Guardian \|language=en-GB \|issn=0261-3077}}
rowspan=3 \| Earth \| Escape \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|58536\|km/h\|km/s mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on\|sigfig=4}}\|left1=90\|left2=40\|left3=90}} \| New Horizons \| {{flagicon\|US}} NASA \| (uncrewed) \| 19 Jan 2006 \| {{cite web\|last1=O'Callaghan\|first1=Jonathan\|title=Five amazing facts about the New Horizons probe\|url=http://www.spaceanswers.com/solar-system/five-amazing-facts-about-the-new-horizons-probe/\|website=SpaceAnswers.com\|access-date=11 July 2016\|date=21 May 2013}}
Entry \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|46100\|km/h\|km/s mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}\|left1=90\|left2=40\|left3=90}} \| Stardust \| {{flagicon\|US}} NASA \| (uncrewed) \| 15 Jan 2006 \| {{cite web\|last1=Hoover\|first1=Rachel\|last2=Brown\|first2=Alan\|title=NASA Astronomers to Observe Hayabusa Homecoming\|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2010/10-48AR.html\|publisher=NASA\|access-date=11 July 2016}}
Entry (crewed) \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|39897\|km/h\|km/s mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on\|sigfig=4}}\|left1=90\|left2=40\|left3=90}} \| Apollo 10 CSM Charlie Brown \| {{flagicon\|US}} NASA \| Thomas Stafford, John Young, Eugene Cernan \| 26 May 1969 \| {{cite book\|last1=Furniss\|first1=Tim\|title=A History of Space Exploration: And Its Future\|date=2003\|publisher=Lyons Press\|isbn=1-58574-650-9\|page=67\|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q-jQG5C8wwcC&pg=PA67\|access-date=11 July 2016\|chapter=Chapter 5: Apollo}} {{Dead link\|date=January 2017}}
Mars \| Entry \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|17000\|mph\|km/h km/s\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on\|order=flip}}\|left1=90\|left2=40\|left3=90}} \| Mars Pathfinder \| {{flagicon\|US}} NASA \| (uncrewed) \| 4 Jul 1997 \| {{cite journal \|last1=Edquist \|first1=Karl T. \|last2=Dyakonov \|first2=Artem T. \|last3=Wright \|first3=Michael J. \|last4=Tang \|first4=Chun Y. \|date=25 June 2011 \|title=Aerothermodynamic Design of the Mars Science Laboratory Backshell and Parachute Cone \|url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20090024230/downloads/20090024230.pdf \|journal=American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics \|access-date=7 July 2024 }}
rowspan=2 \| Jupiter \| Orbit insertion \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|209000\|km/h\|km/s mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}\|left1=90\|left2=40\|left3=90}} \| Juno \| {{flagicon\|US}} NASA \| (uncrewed) \| 4 Jul 2016 \| {{cite news\|last1=Kremer\|first1=Ken\|title=Welcome to Jupiter– NASA's Juno Achieves Orbit Around 'King of the Planets'\|url=http://www.universetoday.com/129729/welcome-to-jupiter-juno-achieves-orbit-around-the-king-of-the-planets/\|access-date=12 July 2016\|date=9 July 2016}}
Entry \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|173736\|km/h\|km/s mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on\|sigfig=4}}\|left1=90\|left2=40\|left3=90}} \| Galileo \| {{flagicon\|US}} NASA \| (uncrewed) \| 21 Sep 2003 \| {{cite news\|last1=Bond\|first1=Peter\|title=Galileo spacecraft crashes into Jupiter\|url=http://spaceflightnow.com/galileo/030921galileogone.html\|access-date=8 July 2016\|publisher=Spaceflight Now\|date=21 September 2003}}
Saturn \| Periapsis \| {{decimal-align\|{{convert\|122000\|km/h\|km/s mph\|disp=tablecen\|sortable=on}}\|left1=90\|left2=40\|left3=90}} \| Cassini \| {{flagicon\|US}} NASA \| (uncrewed) \| 27 Apr 2017 \| {{cite news \|last1=R. Thompson \|first1=Jay \|date=27 April 2017 \|title=Cassini's two speeds \|url=https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/2990/cassinis-two-speeds/}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width: 100%"

|+ Space speed records

scope="col" width="10%" rowspan=2 | Frame of reference

! scope="col" width="14%" rowspan=2 class="unsortable" | Category

! scope="col" width="20%" colspan=3 class="unsortable" | Speed relative to frame of reference

! scope="col" width="16%" rowspan=2 class="unsortable" | Vehicle

! scope="col" width="10%" rowspan=2 | Operator

! scope="col" width="16%" rowspan=2 class="unsortable" | Crew

! scope="col" width="10%" rowspan=2 | Date

! scope="col" width="5%" rowspan=2 class="unsortable" | Refs{{efn|group=space|Speed records in this class are generally reported by the spacecraft operator and not independently verified.}}

scope="col" width="6.7%" class="unsortable" | km/h

! scope="col" width="6.7%" class="unsortable" | km/s

! scope="col" width="6.7%" class="unsortable" | mph

Sun

| Periapsis

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|692000|km/h|km/s mph|disp=tablecen}}|left1=90|left2=50|left3=90}}

| Parker Solar Probe

| {{flagicon|US}} NASA

| (uncrewed)

| 24 Dec 2024

| {{Cite news |last=Davis |first=Nicola |date=2024-12-27 |title=Nasa probe successfully completes closest-ever approach to sun |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/dec/27/nasa-probe-safe-parker-solar-spacecraft-closest-approach-sun |access-date=2025-01-08 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

rowspan=3 | Earth

| Escape

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|58536|km/h|km/s mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on|sigfig=4}}|left1=90|left2=40|left3=90}}

| New Horizons

| {{flagicon|US}} NASA

| (uncrewed)

| 19 Jan 2006

| {{cite web|last1=O'Callaghan|first1=Jonathan|title=Five amazing facts about the New Horizons probe|url=http://www.spaceanswers.com/solar-system/five-amazing-facts-about-the-new-horizons-probe/|website=SpaceAnswers.com|access-date=11 July 2016|date=21 May 2013}}

Entry

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|46100|km/h|km/s mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}|left1=90|left2=40|left3=90}}

| Stardust

| {{flagicon|US}} NASA

| (uncrewed)

| 15 Jan 2006

| {{cite web|last1=Hoover|first1=Rachel|last2=Brown|first2=Alan|title=NASA Astronomers to Observe Hayabusa Homecoming|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2010/10-48AR.html|publisher=NASA|access-date=11 July 2016}}

Entry (crewed)

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|39897|km/h|km/s mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on|sigfig=4}}|left1=90|left2=40|left3=90}}

| Apollo 10 CSM Charlie Brown

| {{flagicon|US}} NASA

| Thomas Stafford, John Young,
Eugene Cernan

| 26 May 1969

| {{cite book|last1=Furniss|first1=Tim|title=A History of Space Exploration: And Its Future|date=2003|publisher=Lyons Press|isbn=1-58574-650-9|page=67|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q-jQG5C8wwcC&pg=PA67|access-date=11 July 2016|chapter=Chapter 5: Apollo}} {{Dead link|date=January 2017}}

Mars

| Entry

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|17000|mph|km/h km/s|disp=tablecen|sortable=on|order=flip}}|left1=90|left2=40|left3=90}}

| Mars Pathfinder

| {{flagicon|US}} NASA

| (uncrewed)

| 4 Jul 1997

| {{cite journal |last1=Edquist |first1=Karl T. |last2=Dyakonov |first2=Artem T. |last3=Wright |first3=Michael J. |last4=Tang |first4=Chun Y. |date=25 June 2011 |title=Aerothermodynamic Design of the Mars Science Laboratory Backshell and Parachute Cone

|url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20090024230/downloads/20090024230.pdf |journal=American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |access-date=7 July 2024 }}

rowspan=2 | Jupiter

| Orbit insertion

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|209000|km/h|km/s mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}|left1=90|left2=40|left3=90}}

| Juno

| {{flagicon|US}} NASA

| (uncrewed)

| 4 Jul 2016

| {{cite news|last1=Kremer|first1=Ken|title=Welcome to Jupiter– NASA's Juno Achieves Orbit Around 'King of the Planets'|url=http://www.universetoday.com/129729/welcome-to-jupiter-juno-achieves-orbit-around-the-king-of-the-planets/|access-date=12 July 2016|date=9 July 2016}}

Entry

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|173736|km/h|km/s mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on|sigfig=4}}|left1=90|left2=40|left3=90}}

| Galileo

| {{flagicon|US}} NASA

| (uncrewed)

| 21 Sep 2003

| {{cite news|last1=Bond|first1=Peter|title=Galileo spacecraft crashes into Jupiter|url=http://spaceflightnow.com/galileo/030921galileogone.html|access-date=8 July 2016|publisher=Spaceflight Now|date=21 September 2003}}

Saturn

| Periapsis

| {{decimal-align|{{convert|122000|km/h|km/s mph|disp=tablecen|sortable=on}}|left1=90|left2=40|left3=90}}

| Cassini

| {{flagicon|US}} NASA

| (uncrewed)

| 27 Apr 2017

| {{cite news |last1=R. Thompson |first1=Jay |date=27 April 2017 |title=Cassini's two speeds |url=https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/2990/cassinis-two-speeds/}}

References

Vehicle speed

Category:World records

Category:Vehicles

List of vehicle speed records

Land vehicles

Rail vehicles

Aircraft

=Noted unofficial records=

Watercraft

Spacecraft

See also

References