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#1863· ICAO BA11

BAC One-Eleven

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·first flew 1963· short-range jet airliner

🛫 airliner 2× jet retired
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. BAC 111-479FU One-Eleven, UK - Air Force AN0940866: Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation· GFDL 1.2
  2. 2. BAC One-Eleven 200: Michel Gilliand· GFDL 1.2
  3. 3. BAC One-Eleven 300: Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. 4. British Aerospace BAC One Eleven British Airways G-BBME, DUS Düsseldorf (Duesseldorf International), Germany PP1361872924: Peter Bakema· GFDL 1.2
  5. 5. BAC One-Eleven 500: Michel Gilliand· GFDL 1.2
  6. 6. Line-up of American Airlines BAC 111-401AK One-Eleven at LaGuardia Airport: Steve Williams· CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. Philippine Airlines BAC 111-518FG One-Eleven RP-C1189 (24226271574): Kambui· CC BY 2.0
  8. 8. Ryanair Bucuresti Rombac 1-11-561RC One-Eleven Haafke-1: Udo Haafke· GFDL 1.2
  9. 9. BAC 111-527FK One-Eleven AN0701097: Les Rickman· GFDL 1.2
  10. 10. N650DH BAC 111-401AK One-Eleven (cn 059) Dee Howard. (5644120829): Andrew Thomas from Shrewsbury, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
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BAC One-Eleven, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation· GFDL 1.2

what is it?

The BAC One-Eleven (BAC-111, BAC 1-11) is a retired early jet airliner produced by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). Conceived by Hunting Aircraft as a 30-seat jet before its merger into BAC in 1960, it was launched as an 80-seat airliner with a British United Airways (BUA) order on 9 May 1961. The prototype conducted its maiden flight on 20 August 1963, and it was first delivered to BUA on 22 January 1965.

How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · low wing · retractable tricycle gear

base stats

  • built 244made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

  • First flew 63 years ago, in 1963.

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight
1963-08-20
introduced
1965
retired
2019
status
retired
number built
244
role
short-range jet airliner
origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
makers
British Aircraft Corporation
engines
2× jet
top speed
—
range
—
wings
low wing
landing gear
retractable tricycle gear
ICAO code
BA11

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q6504, Wikipedia: BAC One-Eleven (CC BY-SA 4.0), ICAO code from list of aircraft type designators.Updated 2026-10-24.

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