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World's Largest Aircraft to Be Shown at the Paris Air Show for the First Time

Published: 4 Jun 2025, 12:24 UTC • By: 

Daniel Patrascu 

 Later this month (starting June 16), the Paris-Le Bourget 

Airport in the French capital will host this year's edition of 

the Paris Air Show. As usual, as one of the largest events of

this kind in the world, it is expected to be filled with premieres 

of all shapes and sizes, but none of them seems to be as 

anticipated as that of the WindRunner.

The name was slapped not long ago on a cargo aircraft that's already being described as the world's largest in terms of length and volume. It measures 356 feet (108 meters) from nose to end, more than the legendary Antonov An-225 Mriya, which came in at 276 feet (84 meters), and features a cargo bay with a capacity of 7,700 cubic meters (271,922 cubic feet).

Earlier specs said the capacity would be a tad greater, 8,200 cubic meters (272,000 cubic feet), but even with the revised numbers that's still a lot more than what the Airbus BelugaXL is able to accommodate, which is 2,209 cubic meters (78,000 cubic feet) of cargo.

The plane is in the works over at Radia, a company that was established about nine years ago by people who used to work for MIT and Boeing.

Initially, it was intended solely as a means of transportation for wind turbine blades 344 feet (105 meters) long, but in the meantime the larger aviation industry took note, and the WindRunner is now being eyed for satellite and armored vehicle transport as well, as long as the cargo's total weight does not exceed 72.6 metric tons (72,575 kg/160,000 pounds).