Longest paper plane flight distance

What to remember

An indoor hall in Shanghai, China, on 28 December 2025: Liu Liwen threw a paper airplane that flew 98.43 metres, or 322.9 feet. The plane was no improvisation; it had been developed over more than six months of testing and refinement.

A paper plane is a toy aircraft, usually a glider, made from a single folded sheet of paper or paperboard. Its typical form is a simple nose-heavy triangle, thrown like a dart. It is one of the simplest kinds of origami, easy for a beginner: the most basic version needs only six folding steps.

Far from the six-step basic fold, Liu Liwen's plane was refined for more than six months before that indoor throw.