Circumnavigation world record progression


This is a list of the fastest non-orbital circumnavigation made by a person or team.
People or teamTotal duration Departure dateArrival dateNotesReference
Sebastian Elcano and crew 10826 September 1522
Francis Drake and crew101813 December 1577
Thomas Cavendish and crew78121 July 15869 September 1588
Crew of the Eendracht 74814 June 16151 July 1617
John Byron and crew6762 July 17649 May 1766
George
Simpson		605March 1841October 1842
This period is incomplete
George Francis Train"80 days" 18701870By ships and trains, from New York City, perhaps inspiring Jules Verne
Nellie Bly7214 November 188925 January 1890Multiple means of transport, inspired by Jules Verne
George Francis Train67 days, 12 hours, 3 minutes18 March 189024 May 1890By ships and trains, from Tacoma, Washington
George Francis Train64 days9 May 189112 July 1891By ships and trains, from Fairhaven, Washington
Andre Jaeger-Schmidt, Henry Frederick, John Henry Mears362 July 19136 August 1913A combination of steamers, yachts, and trains
John Henry Mears23 days 15 hours 21 minutes and 3 seconds19281928
Hugo Eckener21 days, 5 hours and 31 minutesFirst circumnavigation in an airship, aboard LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin
Pilot Wiley Post and navigator Harold Gatty8 days, 15 hours and 51 minutes1 July 1931Lockheed Vega aeroplane, travelled, did not cross equator
Wiley Post7 days, 19 hours, 49 minutes22 July 1933Using an autopilot and radio direction finder, did not cross equator
James Gallagher and crew 94 hours and 1 minute19491949B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II. Four in-air refuelings,, did not cross equator and traveled no further south than the 20-degree parallel.
Col. James Morris and crew 45 hours and 19 minutesJanuary 16, 1957January 18, 1957Operation Power Flite, three B-52 bombers, led by Lucky Lady III, supported by at least 76 KC-76 refueling aircraft,, no equatorial crossing
David Springbett44 hours and 6 minutes8 January 198010 January 1980Retains record for circumnavigation using only scheduled transportation.
Air France32 hours 49 minutes and 3 seconds19921992Concorde
Michel Dupont and Claude Hetru 31 hours 27 minutes and 49 seconds15 August 199516 August 1995Concorde with 98 passengers and crew, no equatorial crossing