This is a list of electric aircraft, whose primary flight power is electrical.
! Type !! Country !! Class !! Power !! Role !! Date !! Status !! Notes |- | ACS-Itaipu Sora-E || Brazil || Propeller || Battery || Experimental || 2015 || Prototype || |- | AgustaWestland Project Zero || Italy || UAV || Battery || Experimental || 2011 || Prototype || First large-scale all-electric tilt-rotor. |- | Air Energy AE-1 Silent || Germany || Motor glider || Battery || || 1998 || Production || |- | Airbus Aó Vahana || United States || Propeller || Battery || Experimental || 2018 || Prototype || Retired December 2019 to focus on CityAirbus development. |- | Airbus E-Fan || France || Propeller || Battery || Trainer || 2014 || Cancelled || Co-developed with Aero Composite Saintonge. |- | Alisport Silent Club || Italy || Motor glider || Battery || || 1997 || Production || First production electric aircraft. |- | Ampaire Electric EEL || United States || Propeller || Hybrid || || 2019 || Testing || |- | APEV Demoichelle || France || Propeller || Battery || Experimental || 2010 || Prototype || |- | APEV Pouchelec || France || Propeller || Battery || || 2009 || Prototype || Development of the Pouchel Light. |- | AstroFlight Sunrise || United States || UAV || Solar || Experimental || 1975 || Prototype || First solar-powered flight. Sunrise II flew in 1975. |- | AutoGyro eCavalon || Germany || Rotorcraft || Battery || Experimental || 2013 || Prototype || |- | Baykar Cezeri || Turkey || eVTOL || Battery || Transport || 2020 || Project || Flown unmanned. |- | Beta AVA || United States || Propeller || Battery || Transport || 2019 || Prototype || Testing and preparing serial production. |- | Beta ALIA CX300 || United States || Propeller || Battery || || 2024 || Prototype || Testing and preparing serial production. |- | Boeing Fuel Cell Demonstrator (FCD) || United States || Motor glider || Fuel cell || Experimental || 2008 || Prototype || Modified Diamond HK-36 Super Dimona. |- | Bye Aerospace eFlyer 2 || United States || Propeller || Battery || || 2016 || Project || |- | Bye Aerospace eFlyer 4 || United States || Propeller || Battery || || 2018 || Project || |- | Cessna 172 electric || United States || Propeller || Battery || Experimental || 2010 || Demonstrator only || On 19 October 2012 Beyond Aviation announced that it had flown an electric Cessna 172 Skyhawk. |- | Cessna 208 eCaravan || United States || Propeller || Battery || Utility || 2020 || Prototype || Currently undergoing testing prior to certification. |- | CityAirbus || Multinational || eVTOL || Battery || Transport || 2019 || Prototype || |- | DigiSky SkySpark || || || Fuel cell || || || || Converted Alpi Pioneer 300. |- | e-Genius || Germany || || Battery || Experimental || 2011 || Prototype || |- | e-Sling || Switzerland || || Battery || Experimental || 2022 || Prototype || Based on the Sling TSi |- | EADS Green Cri-Cri || || || Battery || Experimental || 2010 || Prototype || Converted Colomban Cri-cri. |- | Electravia BL1E Electra || France || Propeller || Battery || || 2007 || || First registered aircraft in the world powered by electric engine and with batteries. |- | Electravia E-Fenix || France || Motor glider || Battery || Private || 2001 || Prototype || |- | Electravia Electro Trike || France || Motor glider || Battery || || 2008 || || |- | Electravia ElectroLight2 || France || Motor glider || Battery || Private || 2001 || Production || |- | Electric Aircraft Corporation ElectraFlyer Trike || United States || Motor glider || Battery || Private || 2007 || Production || Ultralight. First commercial offering of an electric aircraft. |- | Electric Aircraft Corporation ElectraFlyer-C || United States || Motor glider || Battery || Private || 2008 || Production || Converted Monnett Moni motor glider. |- | ENFICA-FC || || Propeller || Fuel cell || Experimental || || Prototype || Converted Rapid 200FC. |- | eUP Aviation Green1 || Canada || Motor glider || Battery || || 2012 || Production || |- | Eviation Alice || Israel || Propeller || Battery || Transport || 2022 || Testing || 2 pilot + 9 passenger, 444 km/h cruise and 1,367 km range |- | Flightstar e-Spyder || || Propeller || Battery || || 2009 || || Converted Flightstar Sportstar Spyder. Also offered as the Greenwing GW280 and Yuneec eSpyder. |- | Hamilton aEro 1 || Switzerland || Propeller || Battery || Private || 2016 || Prototype || Converted Silence Twister. |- | Icaro 2000 Trike || || Motor glider || Battery || Private || || Production || |- | Joby Aviation S4 || United States || Propeller || Battery || Experimental || 2017 || Prototype || |- | La France || France || Airship || Battery || Experimental || 1884 || Prototype || |- | LAK-17B FES Self-Launch (mini) || Lithuania || Motor glider || Battery || Private || 2020 || Production || |- | Lange Antares 20E || Germany || Motor glider || Battery || Experimental || 2003 || Production || First electric aircraft to obtain a certificate of airworthiness. |- | Lange Antares 23E || Germany || Motor glider || Battery || Experimental || 2012 || Production || |- | Lange LF 20 || Germany || Motor glider || Battery || Experimental || 1999 || Prototype || Modified DG800. |- | Lilium Jet || Germany || Ducted fan || Battery || Private || 2017 || Prototype || two-seater (5 planned from 2025) vertical take-off and landing air taxi prototype |- | Luxembourg Special Aerotechnics MC30E || || || Battery || Experimental || 2012 || Prototype || |- | MacCready Gossamer Penguin || United States || Propeller || Solar || Experimental || 1980 || Prototype || |- | MacCready Solar Challenger || United States || Propeller || Solar || Experimental || 1981 || Prototype || Flew from Paris to England. |- | Matsushita / Tokyo Institute of Technology aircraft || Japan || Propeller || Battery || Experimental || 2006 || Prototype || Powered by 160 AA battery cells. |- | Mauro Solar Riser || || Propeller || Solar || Experimental || 1979 || Prototype || First manned, solar-powered airplane. Based on the UFM Easy Riser. Solar cells charged battery for flight. |- | MC15E Cri-Cri || || Propeller || Battery || || 2010 || || |- | Militky MB-E1 || West Germany || Propeller || Battery || Experimental || 1973 || Prototype || First manned airplane to fly solely on electric power. |- | NASA Centurion || United States || UAV || Solar || Experimental || 1998 || Prototype || |- | NASA Helios || United States || UAV || Battery || Experimental || 1999 || Prototype || |- | NASA Pathfinder || United States || UAV || Solar || Experimental || 1993 || Prototype || Developed by AeroVironment, Inc from the HALSOL prototype. Pathfinder Plus had increased span. |- | NASA Puffin || United States || || Battery || Experimental || 2010 || Project || |- | NASA X-57 Maxwell || United States || Propeller || Battery || Experimental || 2016 || Project || Modified Tecnam P2006T. |- | New Concept Aircraft (Zhuhai) Green Pioneer à|| China || || Solar || Experimental || 2002 || Prototype || |- | Opener BlackFly || United States || Propeller || Battery || Utility || 2011 || Prototype || |- | PC-Aero Elektra One || Germany || Propeller || Solar || || 2011 || Project || |- | Petróczy-Kármán-à ½urovec PKZ-1 || Hungary || Rotorcraft || Cable || Patrol || 1917 || Prototype || Tethered to the ground. |- | Phoenix Air Phoenix || Czech republic || Propeller || Battery || || 2018 || Project || Testing and preparing serial production. |- | Pipistrel Alpha Electro || Slovenia || Propeller || Battery || Experimental || 2011 || Production || Electric version of the Pipistrel Alpha Trainer. |- | Pipistrel Taurus Electro G2 || Slovenia || Motor glider || Battery || Private || 2011 || Production || |- | Pipistrel Taurus G4 || Slovenia || Motor glider || Battery || Experimental || 2011 || Prototype || Twin fuselage. The G4 won the NASA Green Flight Challenge in 2011. |- | Pipistrel Velis Electro || Slovenia || Propeller || Battery || Trainer || 2020 || Production || Type certified. Based on the Pipistrel Virus |- | Pipistrel WATTsUP || Slovenia || || Battery || Experimental || 2014 || Prototype || Led to the Pipistrel Alpha Electro. |- | QinetiQ Zephyr || United Kingdom || UAV || Solar || Patrol || 2008 || Prototype || The 2010 redesign holds the UAV endurance record of over 2 weeks (336 hours). |- | Rolls-Royce ACCEL || United Kingdom || Propeller || Battery || Private || 2021 || Prototype || |- | RX1EâÂÂA || China || Propeller || Battery || LSA || 2017 || Production || |- | RX1EâÂÂS || China || Propeller || Battery || LSA || 2017 || Production || |- | RX4E || China || Propeller || Battery || Experimental|| 2024 || Production || | RX4E, a four-seater electric aircraft developed by the Liaoning General Aviation Academy (LGAA), has secured Type Certification (TC No.: 0095A) issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) on 29 Dec 2024. |- | RX4HE || China || Propeller || Battery || Experimental || 2021 || Prototype || |- | Schempp-Hirth Arcus-E || Germany || Motor glider || Battery || || 2010 || Production || |- | Schempp-Hirth Discus-2c FES || Germany || Motor glider || Battery || || 2015 || Production || |- | Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2cxa FES || Germany || Motor glider || Battery || || 2014 || Production || |- | Siemens-FlyEco Magnus eFusion || Germany-Hungary || Propeller || Hybrid diesel-electric || || 2018 || Under development for production || |- | smartflyer SFX1 || Switzerland || Propeller || Serial Hybrid || Prototype || 2017 || Production || built by smartflyer AG Switzerland |- | Solair 1 || || Propeller || Solar || Experimental || 1983 || || Developed from a Farner canard design. The Solair II flew 1998. |- | Solar Impulse || || Propeller || Solar || Experimental || 2009 || Prototype || |- | Solar Impulse 2 || || Propeller || Solar || Experimental || 2015 || Prototype || First round-the-world flight by an electric aircraft. |- | Solar-Powered Aircraft Developments Solar One || United Kingdom || Propeller || Solar || Experimental || 1979 || Prototype || Solar cells charged battery for flight. |- | SolarStratos || || Propeller || Solar || Experimental || 2017 || Prototype || |- | Solution F/Chretien Helicopter || || Rotorcraft || Battery || Experimental || 2011 || Prototype || First free-flying manned electric helicopter. |- | Sonex Electric Sport Aircraft || || Propeller || Battery || || 2010 || Project || |- | Stuttgart University Icaré II || Germany || || Solar || || 1996 || || |- | Sunseeker I || United States || Propeller || Solar || Experimental || 1990 || Prototype || The Sunseeker II was built in 2002. |- | Sunseeker Duo || United States || Propeller || Solar || Experimental || 2013 || Prototype || |- | Tier1 electric Robinson R44 || United States || Rotorcraft || Battery || Experimental || 2016 || Prototype || |- | Tissandier || France || Airship || Battery || Experimental || 1883 || Prototype || First electric powered aircraft. |- | Ultraflight Lazair Electric || || || Battery || Experimental || 2011 || Prototype || |- | Viking Dragonfly (electric conversion) || Netherlands || Propeller || Battery || Experimental || 2019 || Project || Converted Viking Dragonfly. |- | Volocopter || Germany || Rotorcraft || || || 2008 || || |- | Volta Volare GT4 || || || Hybrid || || 2012 || Project || Diesel-electric hybrid. |- | Yuneec International E430 || China || Propeller || Battery || Private || 2009 || Production || Homebuilt aircraft.