How long is it?

Physical lengths and measurements — aircraft, rivers, animals, structures, and more.

Aircraft

Boeing 747

232 ft

About 3.8 school buses end to end

Boeing 737

130 ft

About half the length of a 747

Airbus A380

239 ft

Wingspan wider than a football field is wide

Vehicles

School Bus (Standard)

35.0 ft

About 6 car lengths

City Bus

40.0 ft

An articulated bus is as long as a bowling lane

Aircraft Carrier (Nimitz Class)

1092 ft

Over 3 football fields long

Titanic

883 ft

About 2.5 football fields long

Rivers

Mississippi River

2,317 mi

Takes about 90 days for a drop of water to travel its full length

Nile River

4,120 mi

Longer than the width of the continental United States

Amazon River

4,070 mi

Discharges enough water to fill 83 Olympic pools per second

Animals

Blue Whale

100 ft

About the length of a Boeing 737 fuselage

Great White Shark

20.0 ft

About the length of a large SUV

Anaconda (Green)

29.0 ft

About the length of a school bus minus the engine

Fish Tapeworm

82.0 ft

Longer than 2 school buses end to end

Giant Amazon Leech

1.5 ft

About the length of a man's forearm

Structures

Golden Gate Bridge

1.7 mi

Main span could fit 18 Boeing 747s nose to tail

Great Wall of China

13,670 mi

Longer than the distance from New York to Perth, Australia

Panama Canal

51 mi

Saves ships a 7,800-mile detour around Cape Horn

Sports

Football Field (American)

360 ft

About 1.5 Boeing 747s long

Olympic Swimming Pool

164 ft

About half a football field long

Marathon Course

26 mi

About 422 football fields

Space

International Space Station

357 ft

About the size of a football field

Natural Fibers

Silkworm Cocoon Strand

3000 ft

Nearly 10 football fields of fiber from one cocoon

Physics

Sonic Boom Carpet

50 mi

Concorde's boom carpet stretched from New York to London — 3,500 miles

Nuclear Fireball (1 Megaton)

1.2 mi

The fireball would cover all of Central Park