Flying ace

Quality:

Flying ace - distinction given to fighter pilots. Article “Flying ace” in English Wikipedia has 88.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 88 references and 15 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2026 the article “Flying ace” was edited by 6 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 11 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Flying ace”, its content was written by 540 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1943 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 4508 times in English Wikipedia (5757^th place) and cited 13877 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #2264 in March 2004
• Global: #4943 in April 2006

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #1587 in February 2022
• Global: #2864 in February 2022

There are 39 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Flying ace		88.2751
2	Portuguese (pt) Ás da aviação		86.7874
3	Japanese (ja) エース・パイロット		76.1935
4	Hebrew (he) אלוף הפלות		64.7132
5	Estonian (et) Lennuäss		51.726
6	Spanish (es) As de la aviación		47.4887
7	Chinese (zh) 王牌飞行员		44.4303
8	French (fr) Liste d'as de l'aviation		38.0748
9	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Flygaress		35.996
10	Catalan (ca) As de l'aviació		35.6581

The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Flying ace		5 677 833
2	Japanese (ja) エース・パイロット		3 622 619
3	French (fr) Liste d'as de l'aviation		1 094 042
4	Russian (ru) Лётчик-ас		626 831
5	Spanish (es) As de la aviación		508 079
6	German (de) Fliegerass		451 883
7	Polish (pl) As myśliwski		439 943
8	Italian (it) Asso dell'aviazione		379 017
9	Chinese (zh) 王牌飞行员		331 958
10	Persian (fa) خلبان تک‌خال		240 028

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Flying ace		23 512
2	Japanese (ja) エース・パイロット		5 021
3	Russian (ru) Лётчик-ас		1 775
4	French (fr) Liste d'as de l'aviation		1 734
5	Persian (fa) خلبان تک‌خال		1 505
6	Spanish (es) As de la aviación		1 280
7	German (de) Fliegerass		1 172
8	Polish (pl) As myśliwski		1 164
9	Italian (it) Asso dell'aviazione		1 082
10	Chinese (zh) 王牌飞行员		1 063

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Flying ace		540
2	French (fr) Liste d'as de l'aviation		236
3	Japanese (ja) エース・パイロット		147
4	German (de) Fliegerass		107
5	Italian (it) Asso dell'aviazione		107
6	Hebrew (he) אלוף הפלות		102
7	Russian (ru) Лётчик-ас		82
8	Spanish (es) As de la aviación		72
9	Chinese (zh) 王牌飞行员		69
10	Polish (pl) As myśliwski		66

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Flying ace		6
2	Japanese (ja) エース・パイロット		2
3	Spanish (es) As de la aviación		1
4	Polish (pl) As myśliwski		1
5	Turkish (tr) As pilot		1
6	Arabic (ar) طيار بطل		0
7	Catalan (ca) As de l'aviació		0
8	Czech (cs) Letecké eso		0
9	Danish (da) Flyver-es		0
10	German (de) Fliegerass		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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