There is no precise answer or (legal) way of knowing, though likely thousands, even more.
The flying aircraft in the world in the Airbus A380.The largest aircraft in the world is the Antonov An-225, which has been decommissioned.
how many commercial airliners are there in the world
A computer programme created to give a real world experience of flying aircraft
The phone number of the World Aircraft Museum Inc is: 706-629-7371.
more than 1
Probably around 3 million aircraft
Answer Yes. If you refer to Janes All the World's Aircraft or other reference and it lists the total aircraft in a countries military, the number would include all branches of service. Is that your Question?
The phone number of the World Wars Aircraft Museum is: 317-335-3310.
there was a total of 1200 pilot planes missing or gone in world war 2
Although the actual number of all aircraft may not be accurate, it might be easier to break it down by type of aircraft. For instance over 12,731 B-17s of all variants were produced from 1937-1945. Total US aircraft losses exceeded 45,000 aircraft. Also, check here: http://www.world-war-2.info/statistics/, specifically the chart fourth to the bottom.
Saturday, the busy weekend before Christmas 2007, there are 5400 aircraft flying over USA. Don't have the numbers for the entire world.
There are about 312000 aircraft's in the world and out of them 17700 are passenger carrier aircrafts