World Records for Flying Around the World Corrections, additional information and new record claims for this list are welcome! Please just contact us. FASTEST CIRCUMNAVIGATION BY SCHEDULED FLIGHTS THE RULES (If you want to break a record that is published in a record book or governed by an international authority, there may be other or additional rules. See here for more information.) The time to be recorded is from when the wheels of the first plane leave the ground at the airport of departure to when the wheels touch the runway at the same airport at the end of the trip. Only flights which appear in published timetables may be used.

Brother Michael Bartlett - the "Eccentric Globetrotter" broke several records for flying around the world by scheduled flights.

• Circumnavigation according FAI rules
  Any flight taking off and landing at the same point and crossing all meridians is allowed which is at least as long as the Tropic of Cancer (36787.559 km).
  
• Circumnavigation (reaching exact antipodal points)
  A circumnavigation crossing the equator must be made and the traveller/s must set foot on exact antipodal points (i.e. the co-ordinates north and south will be the same, whilst that east plus that west will equal 180°)
  A car or any other means of transport can be taken to the exact antipodal points from the airport closest to these points. Where a car or other motorised transport is used, all traffic regulations must be strictly enforced. Any traffic infringement for any reason will result in the disqualification of the record attempt..
  The challenger is expected to actually tread on land at the antipodal points – it is not enough merely to drive over them in a car  or to fly over them in an aircraft. Being in a plane which lands at the airport but not having to changes would not be acceptable as well.
  
• Circumnavigation (reaching  approx. antipodal points)
  A circumnavigation crossing the equator must be made. It is not necessary to visit the exact antipodal points, but airports nearest them. For this record an allowance of 5° is permitted, so if the co-ordinates north and south are the same, the east plus that west equals 180°, then that north might be, for example, 45° and that south anything between 40° and 50°. Alternatively that north might be 51° and that south 53°, in which case that west plus that east can equal between 177° and 183°. Being in a plane which lands at the airport but not having to changes would not be acceptable.

THE RECORDS (FAI RULES)

THE RECORDS (EXACT ANTIPODAL)

THE RECORDS (APPROX. ANTIPODAL)

DOUBLE ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT ON SCHEDULED FLIGHTS

THE RECORDS

FASTEST JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD VIA SIX CONTINENTS

THE RULES

This record is for the fastest circumnavigation of the globe by scheduled transport via all the continents except Antarctica

1. The attempt should start and finish at the same place (i.e. airport, railway station etc.).
2. Any form of transport may be used provided it is part of a regular scheduled service according to a published timetable and is available to any member of the general public.
3. Participants need to set foot on each particular continent before flying to the next.
4. Orignal tickets for each leg of the journey should be kept and submitted with the record claim.
5. A log book recording the time of arrival and departure (both local and in the country of departure) at each stop should be kept and countersigned by an official such as the captain or the chief cabin attendant.

THE RECORDS