Longest wingsuit flight distance (FAI distance of flight record)

What to remember

For Sebastián Álvarez Orellana, 22 March 2025 was a busy day. He flew 53.4485 km in a wingsuit, the longest ratified flight distance in the sport, and on the same date set the time-of-fall record too, with 661.29 seconds aloft. The two marks are ratified as separate records.

The suit itself explains the numbers. Fabric wings stretched between arms and torso, and between the legs, add surface area: vertical speed drops, horizontal speed rises, and the jumper glides instead of plummeting. A flight starts from an aircraft or a fixed object and ends when the parachute opens.

The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) recognises wingsuit performance flying as a competition discipline, scored on time, horizontal distance and horizontal speed.