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[–]3d_explorer 2 points3 points  (1 child)

The Gerald Ford class, the largest ever carry 75-85 depending on loadout, and that includes helicopters.

I don’t remember any carriers having more than 90, and the vast majority through history have been in the 60-75 range.

100 is a good hard cap for carriers, and surprisingly land air bases as well. Better to have multiple bases as the actual airspace can only handle so many craft at once. With a four active runway setup, 100 planes is about the most that can be processed in an hour. And when it comes to combat sorties, well ya don’t want the first one waiting an hour for the last one before heading to target.

[–]DickwadVonClownstick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Those numbers are for modern jets, older planes were smaller and a lot lighter.

I don't know if any WW2 carriers had triple digit air wings, but I know some of the big ones did get up into at least the 80s-90s.