Statue of Liberty vs Boeing 747-8
Statue of Liberty (93 m) is 1.22× the size of Boeing 747-8 (76.3 m).
Boeing 747-8 is 82% of the height of Statue of Liberty. The gap between them is 16.7 m (54.8 ft).
The comparison in numbers
| Thing | Size | In feet | Measured as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statue of Liberty | 93 m | 305 ft | height |
| Boeing 747-8 | 76.3 m | 250 ft | length |
What the scale shows
Statue of Liberty (93 m) is 1.22× the size of Boeing 747-8 (76.3 m). The gap between them is 16.7 m (54.8 ft). One is among the buildings & towers and the other among the vehicles & ships, so the figures are standing in for different kinds of size — read the basis below.
Draw both on one baseline and the smaller one fills 82% of the frame while the larger one runs to the top. The two are close enough that the difference is easy to see side by side.
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What each figure means
The figure for Statue of Liberty is its height (from the ground to the tip of the torch). The figure for Boeing 747-8 is its length (overall length).
Crossing them
Walking pace is 1.4 m/s, so crossing Statue of Liberty's 93 m takes 66 seconds and Boeing 747-8's 76.3 m takes 55 seconds.
In people: Statue of Liberty is 55 adults of 1.7 m tall, Boeing 747-8 is 44.9. By size Statue of Liberty is 21st of the 23 buildings & towers on this site, while Boeing 747-8 is 7th of the 14 vehicles & ships.
How to read these two figures
Before trusting any comparison, check what each number measures. The Statue of Liberty is given as a height, from the ground to the tip of the torch. The Boeing 747-8 is given as a length, overall length. One is a height and the other is a length, so the drawing stands them side by side by convention: everything is stood upright on a single baseline so one scale can hold. That is a fair way to compare overall extent, not a claim that the two are oriented the same way in real life.
Building heights depend on the rule used: architectural height counts spires but not antennas, tip height counts everything. The basis is named with each figure. 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.
Where the pair sits among all the sizes here
Across all 86 things on this site, the Statue of Liberty is number 53 from the top and the Boeing 747-8 is number 54. No other item falls between them, so in this collection they are direct neighbours.
Because the collection spans 13 mm up to 1,392,700 km, a ratio of 107,130,769,231× from smallest to largest, the position of a pair says a lot: the pair sits in the middle of the range rather than at an extreme.
What the length ratio hides
A length ratio of 1.22× is easy to picture, but area and volume grow faster than length. If two objects had exactly the same shape, the Statue of Liberty would have about 1.49× the surface or footprint of the Boeing 747-8, and about 1.81× the volume. These two are not the same shape, so treat the figures as an upper bound for an imaginary scaled copy, not as a measurement of either one.
The drawing above shows length only. The Boeing 747-8 is drawn 82% as tall as the Statue of Liberty, but the equivalent share of footprint would be only 67.3%, which is why the smaller one looks even slighter than the numbers alone suggest.
Time to cross each one
A sprinter holding about 10 m/s covers the Statue of Liberty in 9.3 seconds and the Boeing 747-8 in 7.6 seconds. Sound, at about 343 m/s in air, takes 271 milliseconds for the larger and 222 milliseconds for the smaller. A jet cruising at 900 km/h needs 372 milliseconds and 305 milliseconds.
These times assume a straight line and constant speed, which no real crossing has, but they turn a number in metres into something the body understands. At any fixed speed the travel times keep the same 1.22× ratio as the sizes.
The same figures in other units
The Statue of Liberty measures 93 m, which is 305 ft or 101.7 yards. The Boeing 747-8 measures 76.3 m, which is 250 ft.
The difference between them is 16.7 m (54.8 ft). In metres the smaller one is 76.3 against 93, so the 1.22× ratio holds in every unit; only the numbers on the ruler change.
Questions people ask about this pair
Which is bigger, the Statue of Liberty or the Boeing 747-8?
The Statue of Liberty is bigger. At 93 m it is 1.22× the size of the Boeing 747-8, which is 76.3 m.
How many times does the Boeing 747-8 fit along the Statue of Liberty?
Less than twice: the Boeing 747-8 is 82% of the size of the Statue of Liberty, so one fits with 16.7 m to spare.
Are the two figures measured the same way?
No. The Statue of Liberty is a height (from the ground to the tip of the torch) and the Boeing 747-8 is a length (overall length), so read the comparison as overall extent.
How does the gap look in people?
Taking an adult of 1.7 m, the Statue of Liberty is about 55 people tall and the Boeing 747-8 is about 44.9. The gap of 16.7 m is 9.8 people.
Where do the numbers come from?
Each item has its own page that names the measurement and links to the Wikipedia article it was taken from. Some figures are rounded, and animals vary from one individual to the next, so treat them as representative values rather than records for every case.
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.