How big is Airbus A380?
Airbus A380: 72.7 m (239 ft). Measured as length — overall length.
Source: Wikipedia — Airbus A380
Where it sits
Among the 14 vehicles & ships on this page Airbus A380 ranks 9th from the top by size. The largest in the group is Emma Maersk at 397 m, which is 5.46× the size of Airbus A380, while the smallest, Tesla Model 3, is 4.69 m.
Stand an adult of 1.7 m beside it and the ratio is 42.8×: you would need 42 people stacked head to foot to match its size.
In everyday distances
It fits inside a football pitch 1.4 times over — a pitch is about 105 m and Airbus A380 is only 72.7 m.
Walking at an easy 1.4 m/s you cover 72.7 m in 52 seconds. A jet at 900 km/h covers it in 291 milliseconds.
Next to its neighbours in size
The nearest thing larger than it in this collection is International Space Station at 73 m (240 ft), 1× the size. Both figures are the same kind of measurement, so the gap is a fair one.
The nearest thing smaller is Falcon 9 at 70 m (230 ft), so Airbus A380 is 1.04× as big as it. They sit in the same group.
Against fixed yardsticks
Against three fixed yardsticks — Eiffel Tower (330 m) is 4.54× the size of Airbus A380; Airbus A380 is 2.43× the size of blue whale (29.9 m); Earth (12,742 km) is 175,268× the size of Airbus A380.
How this figure was taken
Vehicles are listed by overall length. Rockets are the exception and are given as full stack height standing on the pad. Everything is drawn standing upright so one scale holds.
How the sizes are taken. Each figure says what it measures — height, length, diameter or elevation — and for which individual or convention. Everything is drawn standing upright on one baseline so a single scale holds, including things that are long rather than tall. Values come from the linked Wikipedia article for each item.
Read the rest — common questions
How big is the Airbus A380?
72.7 m (239 ft), measured as length: overall length.
Where does the Airbus A380 rank among vehicles & ships?
Number 9 of 14 on this site, from Emma Maersk at 397 m down to Tesla Model 3 at 4.69 m.
What is the next size up?
International Space Station, at 73 m, is 1× the size.
What is the next size down?
Falcon 9, at 70 m, is 1.04× smaller.
How reliable is the figure?
It is taken from the cited Wikipedia article and states its basis (overall length). Values are rounded, and where individuals differ the figure is a representative one, so expect small differences from other sources.