| CIA NOTABLE FLIGHTS | Part D. Long Duration Flights |
| | AA and AM: Over 50 hours AX: Over 20 hours AS: No |
| Gas Balloon |
| 1994-01-12 | Round the World attempt. Valve in anchor balloon failed. | 11278 h | 0 | min |
| | Larry Newman | Richard Abruzzo and David Melton | 37000 |
| Hot Air Balloon |
| 1972-08-20 | First flight over the Alps in Hot Air Balloon | 5425 h | 0 | min |
| | Donald A. Cameron | Mark Yarry | 17800 |
| Rozičre Balloon |
| 1999-03-21 | First Around-the-World Flight. | 477 h | 47 | min |
| | Bertrand Piccard | Brian Jones | AM01 |
| 1999-03-07 | Around the World attempt. | 425 h | 41 | min |
| | Andrew Charles (Andy) Elson | Colin Kenrick Prescot | AM02 |
| 2002-07-03 | Second Around-the-World Flight. First solo flight Around-the-World | 355 h | 50 | min |
| | Steve Fossett | Solo flight | AM03 |
| 2001-08-17 | First South Pacific crossing. first solo flight over 300 hours | 300 h | 57 | min |
| | Steve Fossett | Solo flight | AM04 |
| 2000-03-03 | Around-the-World attempt | 243 h | 28 | min |
| | Kevin J. Uliassi | Solo flight | AM05 |
| 1998-02-07 | Around the World attempt | 233 h | 55 | min |
| | Bertrand Piccard | Andy Elson | AM06 |
| 1998-08-16 | Around the World attempt. First South Atlantic crossing. first Indian ocean crossing. | 205 h | 59 | min |
| | Steve Fossett | Solo flight | AM07 |
| 1998-12-25 | Around the World attempt. First flight across Asia | 177 h | 57 | min |
| | Per Axel Lindstrand | Richard Branson. Steve Fossett | AM08 |
| 2000-09-05 | Atlantic crossing. AM8-10 duration record | 146 h | 49 | min |
| | Laurent Lajoye | Christophe Houver | AM09 |
| 1997-01-20 | Around the World attempt. First over 3 continents. First to make 2 Atlantic crossings. | 146 h | 44 | min |
| | Steve Fossett | Solo flight | AM10 |
| 1992-09-16 | First Transatlantic Balloon Race. Bangor. Maine Sep 16 | 144 h | 16 | min |
| | Troy Bradley | Richard Abruzzo | AM11 |
| Gas Balloon |
| 1978-08-17 | First successful Atlantic flight by balloon. | 137 h | 6 | min |
| | Maxie Leroy Anderson | Ben Abruzzo. Larry Newman | AA001 |
| 1979-10-01 | Longest flight by female pilot. Pollution research | 133 h | 45 | min |
| | Vera Simons | Rudolph Engleman. Fred Hyde. Randy Birch | AA002 |
| Rozičre Balloon |
| 2000-06-03 | First flight to the North Pole (and back) | 132 h | 22 | min |
| | David Hempleman-Adams | Solo flight | AM12 |
| 1992-02-14 | First successful East-West Atlantic crossing. | 129 h | 10 | min |
| | Thomas Feliu | Jesus Gonzales Green | AM13 |
| 1992-09-16 | First Transatlantic Balloon Race. second place. Bangor. Maine Sep 16 | 124 h | 6 | min |
| | Donald A. Cameron | Rob Bayly | AM14 |
| 1992-09-16 | First Transatlantic Balloon Race. Bangor. Maine Sep 16 | 121 h | 33 | min |
| | Evert Louwman | Gerhard Hoogeslag | AM15 |
| 1992-09-16 | Winner of first Transatlantic Balloon Race. Bangor. Maine Sep 16 | 119 h | 20 | min |
| | Wim Verstraeten | Bertrand Piccard | AM16 |
| 1998-01-05 | Fastest Atlantic crossing. First to make 3 Atlantic crossings. | 108 h | 23 | min |
| | Steve Fossett | Solo flight | AM17 |
| Gas Balloon |
| 1976-10-10 | Atlantic attempt. | 107 h | 37 | min |
| | Edward Yost | Solo flight | AA003 |
| Rozičre Balloon |
| 1995-02-22 | First solo flight across the Pacific. | 102 h | 14 | min |
| | Steve Fossett | AM18 |
| Gas Balloon |
| 1980-05-12 | First North America coast to coast flight. | 99 h | 54 | min |
| | Maxie Leroy Anderson | Kristian Anderson | AA004 |
| Rozičre Balloon |
| 1978-07-30 | Atlantic attempt. | 96 h | 24 | min |
| | Donald A. Cameron | Chris Davey | AM19 |
| Gas Balloon |
| 1958-12-12 | Atlantic attempt. First East-west. | 94 h | 30 | min |
| | Arnold Eiloart | Tim Eiloart. Colin Mudie. Rosmary Mudie | AA005 |
| 1995-09-13 | 39th Gordon Bennett race 1995. 1st place. World record | 92 h | 11 | min |
| | Wilhelm Eimers | Bernd Landsmann | AA006 |
| 1913-12-17 | Distance and Duration record. | 87 h | 0 | min |
| | Hugo Kaulen | Alfred Schmitz | AA007 |
| 1981-11-12 | First Pacific crossing by Balloon. | 84 h | 31 | min |
| | Ben L. Abruzzo | Larry M Newman. Rocky Aoki. Ron Clark | AA008 |
| 1984-09-18 | First solo Atlantic crossing by balloon. | 83 h | 40 | min |
| | Joseph W. Kittinger | Solo flight | AA009 |
| 1950-10-25 | Soviet distance record. | 83 h | 29 | min |
| | Serge A. Sinovjev | S. S. Gaigerov. M. M. Kirpichev | AA010 |
| Rozičre Balloon |
| 2003-09-29 | First transatlantic flight in an open wicker basket | 83 h | 17 | min |
| | David Hempleman-Adams | Solo flight | AM20 |
| 1992-09-16 | First Transatlantic Balloon Race. Bangor. Maine Sep 16 | 82 h | 23 | min |
| | Erich Krafft | Jochen Maas | AM21 |
| Gas Balloon |
| 1989-02-15 | Attempt to cross the Pacific. | 82 h | 0 | min |
| | Fumio Niwa | AA010 |
| 1995-09-13 | 39th Gordon Bennett race 1995. 3rd place | 80 h | 47 | min |
| | Johann Fürstner | Gerald Stürzlinger | AA012 |
| 2001-02-19 | Duration record | 80 h | 18 | min |
| | Richard Abruzzo | AA013 |
| 2001-09-04 | 45th Gordon Bennett race 2001. 1st place | 77 h | 47 | min |
| | Vincent Leys | Jean-Francois Leys | AA014 |
| Rozičre Balloon |
| 1994-08-22 | Atlantic crossing. | 75 h | 18 | min |
| | Steve Fossett | Tim Cole | AM22 |
| Gas Balloon |
| 1980-05-02 | Los Angeles Gordon Bennett race 1980 | 75 h | 10 | min |
| | Ben L. Abruzzo | Larry M Newman | AA015 |
| 2003-02-05 | Distance record. First transcontinental solo flight | 73 h | 20 | min |
| | Richard Abruzzo | Solo fight | AA016 |
| 1908-10-14 | 3rd Gordon Bennett race 1908. 1st place. North Sea crossing | 73 h | 1 | min |
| | Theodor Schaeck | Emil Messner | AA017 |
| 1996-10-01 | 40th Gordon Bennett race 1996. 1st place | 72 h | 1 | min |
| | Wilhelm Eimers | Bernd Landsmann | AA018 |
| 1983-11-18 | World Distance record | 72 h | 0 | min |
| | Joseph W. Kittinger | AA019 |
| 2000-09-12 | 44th Gordon Bennett race 2000. 1st place | 70 h | 4 | min |
| | Wilhelm Eimers | Bernd Landsmann | AA020 |
| 1995-09-13 | 39th Gordon Bennett race 1995. 6th place | 70 h | 0 | min |
| | Heinrich Brachtendorf | Jürgen Schubert | AA021 |
| 2002-09-03 | 46th Gordon Bennett race 2002. 1st place | 69 h | 59 | min |
| | Vincent Leys | Jean-Francois Leys | AA022 |
| 2001-09-03 | 45th Gordon Bennett race 2001. 2nd place | 69 h | 38 | min |
| | Rien Jurg | Ron van Houten | AA023 |
| 2001-09-03 | 45th Gordon Bennett race 2001. 3rd place | 69 h | 28 | min |
| | Philippe de Cock | Ronny van Havere | AA024 |
| 1941-03-16 | Distance and Duration record. | 69 h | 20 | min |
| | Boris A. Neverov | S. S. Gaigerov | AA025 |
| 1995-09-13 | 39th Gordon Bennett race 1995. 2nd place | 69 h | 14 | min |
| | J. Michael Wallace | Kevin Brielmann | AA026 |
| 2002-10-08 | 7th Americas Challenge. 3rd place | 67 h | 15 | min |
| | Mark Sullivan | Cheri White | AA027 |
| 2002-10-08 | 7th Americas Challenge. 4th place | 66 h | 58 | min |
| | Frank Wechter | Thomas Boylan | AA028 |
| 1993-10-07 | 37th Gordon Bennett race 1993. 2nd place | 66 h | 2 | min |
| | Wilhelm Eimers | Bernd Landsmann | AA029 |
| 2002-10-08 | 7th Americas Challenge. 7th place | 66 h | 0 | min |
| | Greg Winker | Wilhelm Eimers. GER | AA030 |
| 2001-09-03 | 45th Gordon Bennett race 2001. 4th place | 65 h | 54 | min |
| | David N. Levin | Mark Sullivan | AA031 |
| 1897-07-11 | First manned arctic flight. first aerial exploration. | 65 h | 35 | min |
| | Salomon August Andrée | Nils Strindberg. Knut Fraenkel | AA032 |
| 1977-09-12 | Atlantic attempt. | 65 h | 30 | min |
| | Maxie Leroy Anderson | Ben Abruzzo | AA033 |
| 1980-09-20 | US coast to coast attempt. | 65 h | 30 | min |
| | John Shoecraft | Ron Ripps | AA033 |
| 1995-09-13 | 39th Gordon Bennett race 1995. 4th place | 65 h | 15 | min |
| | David N. Levin | Mark Sullivan | AA035 |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 2nd place | 65 h | 8 | min |
| | John Kugler | Ralph "Red" Sheesh | AA036 |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 1st place | 64 h | 17 | min |
| | Richard Abruzzo | Carol Rymer-Davis | AA037 |
| 2000-10-13 | 5th America's Challenge 2000. 1st place | 64 h | 4 | min |
| | David N. Levin | Alan S. Levin | AA038 |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 4th place | 63 h | 49 | min |
| | Shane Robinson | Marsha Neal | AA039 |
| 2003-10-06 | 8th Americas challenge. 1st place | 63 h | 14 | min |
| | Richard Abruzzo | Carol Rymer Davis | AA040 |
| 2003-10-06 | 8th Americas Challenge. 2nd place | 63 h | 7 | min |
| | Barbara Fricke | Peter Cuneo | AA041 |
| 2000-10-13 | 5th America's Challenge 2000. 2nd place | 62 h | 59 | min |
| | Richard Abruzzo | Carol Rymer-Davis | AA042 |
| 1995-09-13 | 39th Gordon Bennett race 1995. 5th place | 62 h | 19 | min |
| | Alan Fraenckel | John Stuart-Jervis | AA043 |
| 1995-10-10 | 1st America's Challenge 1995. 2nd place | 62 h | 12 | min |
| | J. Michael Wallace | Kevin Brielmann | AA044 |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 3rd place | 62 h | 10 | min |
| | James Hershend | Jack R. Holland | AA045 |
| 1992-09-24 | 36th Gordon Bennett race 1992. 11th place | 62 h | 9 | min |
| | Stefan Makne | Grzegorz Antkowiak | AA046 |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 5th place | 61 h | 57 | min |
| | Johnny Petrehn | Sam Parks | AA047 |
| 1939-04-06 | Distance record | 61 h | 30 | min |
| | F. Bourlouski | A. I. Aleshin | AA048 |
| Rozičre Balloon |
| 1995-10-01 | Colorado to Pennsylvania | 61 h | 25 | min |
| | Bruce P. Comstock | Helshe | AM23 |
| Gas Balloon |
| 1999-10-06 | 43rd Gordon Bennett race 1999. 3rd place | 61 h | 22 | min |
| | Johann Fürstner | Gerald Stürzlinger | AA049 |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 8th place | 60 h | 35 | min |
| | David N. Levin | Alan S. Levin | AA050 |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 7th place | 60 h | 25 | min |
| | Lesley Pritchard Davies | Tom Davies | AA051 |
| 1995-10-10 | 1st America's Challenge 1995. 1st place | 60 h | 13 | min |
| | Richard Abruzzo | David L. Melton | AA052 |
| 1995-10-10 | 1st America's Challenge 1995. 4th place. World Records | 60 h | 12 | min |
| | Lesley Pritchard Davies | Carol Rymer Davis | AA053 |
| 1998-10-09 | 4th Americas Challenge 1998. 2nd place | 60 h | 6 | min |
| | Mark Sullivan | Crispin Williams. UK | AA054 |
| 1993-10-07 | 37th Gordon Bennett race 1993. 1st place | 59 h | 29 | min |
| | Josef Starkbaum | Rainer Roehsler | AA055 |
| 1999-10-06 | 43rd Gordon Bennett race 1999. 4th place | 59 h | 7 | min |
| | Jurg Rein | Ron van Houten | AA056 |
| 1998-10-09 | 4th America's Challenge 1998. 1st place | 58 h | 55 | min |
| | Troy Bradley | Tami Stevenson-Bradley | AA057 |
| 1999-11-09 | RE/MAX Cup 1999. 6th place | 58 h | 42 | min |
| | Troy Bradley | Bruce Hale | AA058 |
| 2001-10-11 | 6th America's Challenge 2001. 1st place | 58 h | 23 | min |
| | Peter Cuneo | Barbara Fricke | AA059 |
| 1935-09-19 | 23rd Gordon Bennett race 1935. 1st place | 57 h | 54 | min |
| | Zbigniew Burzynski | Wladyslav Wysocki | AA060 |
| 2001-09-03 | 45th Gordon Bennett race 2001. 7th place | 57 h | 50 | min |
| | Josef (Bepperl) Höhl | Stefan Handl | AA061 |
| Rozičre Balloon |
| 1994-06-08 | World altitude Record. Flight across Australia | 56 h | 27 | min |
| | Steven Wayne Griffin | AM24 |
| Gas Balloon |
| 1995-09-13 | 39th Gordon Bennett race 1995. 11th place. | 55 h | 30 | min |
| | Max Imstepf | Kurt Frieden | AA062 |
| 1981-10-11 | First US coast to coast flight. | 55 h | 25 | min |
| | John Shoecraft | Fred Gorrell | AA063 |
| Rozičre Balloon |
| 2000-02-04 | First flight across Tasman Sea | 55 h | 17 | min |
| | Dick Smith | John Wallington | AM25 |
| Gas Balloon |
| 1992-09-24 | 36th Gordon Bennett race 1992. 7th place | 54 h | 28 | min |
| | Thomas Lewetz | Silvia Wagner | AA064 |
| 1996-10-01 | 40th Gordon Bennett race 1996. 2nd place | 54 h | 18 | min |
| | J. Michael Wallace | Kevin Brielmann | AA065 |
| 2000-09-12 | 44th Gordon Bennett. Participant | 53 h | 49 | min |
| | Thomas Hora | Volker Löschhorn | AA066 |
| 2003-09-17 | 47th Gordon Bennett race 2003. 1st place | 53 h | 42 | min |
| | Vincent Le˙s | Jean-Francois Le˙s | AA067 |
| 1993-10-07 | 37th Gordon Bennett race 1993. 4th place | 52 h | 36 | min |
| | Thomas Lewetz | Silvia Wagner | AA068 |
| 2000-10-13 | 5th America's Challenge 2000. 3rd place | 52 h | 25 | min |
| | Troy Bradley | Earl Miller | AA069 |
| 1927-09-12 | 16th Gordon Bennett race 1927. 3rd place | 51 h | 31 | min |
| | Ward Tunte van Orman | Walter W. Morton | AA070 |
| Rozičre Balloon |
| 1986-09-02 | First successful Atlantic crossing by Rozičre balloon. | 51 h | 14 | min |
| | Henk Brink | Evelien Brink. Willem Hageman | AM26 |
| 1996-01-10 | Round-The-World Attempt. | 51 h | 13 | min |
| | Steve Fossett | Solo flight | AM27 |
| Gas Balloon |
| 1933-09-05 | 21th Gordon Bennett race 1933. 2nd place | 51 h | 0 | min |
| | Thomas G. W. "Tex" Settle | Kendall | AA071 |
| Hot Air Balloon |
| 1997-02-03 | First flight over 50 hours in Hot Air Balloon | 50 h | 38 | min |
| | Michio Kanda | Hirosuke Takezawa | AX01 |
| Gas Balloon |
| 1995-10-07 | Long duration flight | 50 h | 22 | min |
| | Franz Josef "Jojo" Maes | Ronald Barkley | AA072 |
| Hot Air Balloon |
| 1991-01-17 | First Pacific crossing by Hot Air Balloon. | 46 h | 15 | min |
| | Per Axel Lindstrand | Richard Branson | AX02 |
| 1995-09-01 | Duration record | 41 h | 29 | min |
| | Masakazu Oiwa | Sabu Ichiyoshi | AX03 |
| 1984-07-07 | Duration record | 40 h | 12 | min |
| | Héléne Dorigny | Michel Arnould | AX04 |
| Superpressure Balloon |
| 1984-11-20 | World Distance record | 33 h | 9 | min |
| | Julian Nott | Spider Anderson | AS01 |
| 1976-07-04 | US duration record | 32 h | 30 | min |
| | Tom F. Heinsheimer | Peter Neushul | AS02 |
| 1976-04-19 | US distance and duration record | 31 h | 44 | min |
| | Tom F. Heinsheimer | Peter Neushul | AS03 |
| Hot Air Balloon |
| 1987-07-03 | First Atlantic crossing by Hot Air Balloon | 31 h | 41 | min |
| | Per Axel Lindstrand | Richard Branson | AX05 |
| 1993-01-25 | Duration record | 29 h | 14 | min |
| | William E. Bussey | AX06 |
| 1981-11-26 | Distance record | 29 h | 6 | min |
| | Michel Arnould | Helene Dorigny | AX07 |
| 1985-01-27 | Distance record | 27 h | 23 | min |
| | Harold Warner | Phillip A. Johnson | AX08 |
| 1984-01-19 | Distance record | 24 h | 12 | min |
| | John R. Petrehn | AX09 |
| 1980-06-18 | Duration record | 24 h | 8 | min |
| | Bruce P. Comstock | David Schaffer | AX10 |
| 2000-12-13 | Duration record | 23 h | 55 | min |
| | John A Cayton | AX11 |
| 2000-02-12 | Duration record | 21 h | 55 | min |
| | Jon P. Kolba | AX12 |
| 2000-01-30 | Duration record | 21 h | 13 | min |
| | William E. Bussey | AX13 |
| Superpressure Balloon |
| 2003-03-08 | Distance. duration and altitude records | 12 h | 28 | min |
| | Coy Foster | Solo | AS04 |
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