🛫 airliner retired
what is it?
The Benoist XIV flying boats became famous for their role in flying the first-ever heavier-than-air scheduled airline service anywhere in the world. For more information on the airline's establishment and operation, refer to St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · 13.4 m wingspan
base stats
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 113 years ago, in 1913.
- Wingspan of 13.4 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1913
- introduced
- 1913
- retired
- 1914
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- role
- airliner
- makers
- Benoist Aircraft
- engines
- 1× Roberts straight-6
- passengers
- 1
- length
- 7.9 m
- wingspan
- 13.4 m
- top speed
- 103 km/h
- range
- 200 km
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q202300, Wikipedia: Benoist XIV (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.