Longest time aloft for a paper plane

What to remember

On 11 February 2026, in Kunshan, China, a team of seven kept a paper plane in the air for 31.2 seconds. Rao Chongyi, Wang Chenghao, Tang Shuai, Liu Liwen, Yang Shian, Jia Siyi and Pan Zichened share this record for time aloft.

What counts here is not distance but time in the air. A paper plane is a toy aircraft, usually a glider, folded by hand from a single sheet of paper or paperboard. It is one of the simplest kinds of origami, and its typical form is a nose-heavy triangle thrown like a dart.