Airplane & Helicopter Sound Effects

About airplane sound effects

An airplane sounds like a broad, rushing roar that grows as it approaches and fades as it leaves, sliding down in pitch as it passes overhead. Jets combine a deep rumble with a high turbine whine, and on the ground, during taxi and takeoff, the whine is what you notice. Propeller planes are buzzier and more even, an engine drone with the beat of the blades running through it.

Helicopters are their own thing: a pulsing thump from the rotor that speeds up as the blades spin up. People say planes roar, zoom or drone overhead, and that helicopters whir. A glider is the quiet exception, little more than air sliding past the wings.

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Which one to pick

Jets on the runway: Airliner Takeoff Roar builds to a huge crest at liftoff, Airliner Landing is softer and falls away after touchdown, and Jet Taxi Surge is an engine surging on the ground.

Jets in the sky: Jet Flyby, Cargo Plane Rumble, Business Jet Pass and Fighter Jet Rush cross overhead, from slow and heavy to sharp and fast.

Propellers: Propeller Plane Pass and Light Aircraft Hum are small modern planes, while Warbird Propeller is a vintage fighter with a big radial engine, the sound of an air show. Glider Whisper is almost silent.

Helicopters: Helicopter Approach comes from far off to a loud peak, Helicopter Hover Swell hovers and then pulls away, and Heli Rotor Rise spins up on the pad.

Synth Jet Flyby is the only stylized clip, a filtered synth sweep for motion graphics and sci-fi.

Uses

• Travel videosAirliner Takeoff Roar on the departure shot, Airliner Landing on arrival.
• GamesFighter Jet Rush for a flyover, Helicopter Approach before an extraction.
• Motion graphics and title sequencesSynth Jet Flyby as a fast transition.
• Documentaries and history lessonsWarbird Propeller under archive footage of vintage aircraft.

File details

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• MP3 320 kbps stereo