Wake turbulence

Wake turbulence - turbulence that follows behind aircraft travelling through air. Article “Wake turbulence” in English Wikipedia has 54.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 35 references and 16 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 9.64 points.

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

Since the creation of article “Wake turbulence”, its content was written by 215 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 513 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 135 times in English Wikipedia and cited 615 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #21530 in November 2008
• Global: #22625 in April 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #26000 in June 2022
• Global: #49495 in June 2022

There are 16 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) Wake turbulence		54.6449
2	Portuguese (pt) Esteira de turbulência		46.1171
3	Chinese (zh) 機尾亂流		41.1065
4	German (de) Wirbelschleppe		36.8343
5	Estonian (et) Keerisjälg		33.3023
6	Turkish (tr) Kuyruk türbülansı		31.5001
7	Azerbaijani (az) Quyruq turbulansı		23.9258
8	Spanish (es) Turbulencia de estela		21.53
9	French (fr) Turbulence de sillage		16.6771
10	Slovenian (sl) Turbulenca za letalom		12.525

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Wake turbulence" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Wake turbulence		1 852 782
2	German (de) Wirbelschleppe		520 161
3	Japanese (ja) 後方乱気流		208 382
4	French (fr) Turbulence de sillage		124 792
5	Italian (it) Turbolenza di scia		34 984
6	Dutch (nl) Zogturbulentie		30 631
7	Turkish (tr) Kuyruk türbülansı		26 304
8	Portuguese (pt) Esteira de turbulência		19 533
9	Hebrew (he) מערבולת קצה כנף		18 866
10	Korean (ko) 항적난기류		10 654

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Wake turbulence" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Wake turbulence		4 089
2	German (de) Wirbelschleppe		1 923
3	Japanese (ja) 後方乱気流		649
4	French (fr) Turbulence de sillage		243
5	Chinese (zh) 機尾亂流		145
6	Spanish (es) Turbulencia de estela		101
7	Italian (it) Turbolenza di scia		84
8	Turkish (tr) Kuyruk türbülansı		57
9	Portuguese (pt) Esteira de turbulência		42
10	Korean (ko) 항적난기류		41

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

Language versions of the article "Wake turbulence" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Wake turbulence		215
2	German (de) Wirbelschleppe		119
3	Dutch (nl) Zogturbulentie		31
4	French (fr) Turbulence de sillage		30
5	Japanese (ja) 後方乱気流		29
6	Italian (it) Turbolenza di scia		18
7	Hebrew (he) מערבולת קצה כנף		15
8	Norwegian (no) Vingevirvel		11
9	Turkish (tr) Kuyruk türbülansı		11
10	Portuguese (pt) Esteira de turbulência		9

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

Language versions of the article "Wake turbulence" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Azerbaijani (az) Quyruq turbulansı		0
2	German (de) Wirbelschleppe		0
3	English (en) Wake turbulence		0
4	Spanish (es) Turbulencia de estela		0
5	Estonian (et) Keerisjälg		0
6	French (fr) Turbulence de sillage		0
7	Hebrew (he) מערבולת קצה כנף		0
8	Italian (it) Turbolenza di scia		0
9	Japanese (ja) 後方乱気流		0
10	Korean (ko) 항적난기류		0

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

Language versions of the article "Wake turbulence" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) Turbulence de sillage		176
2	English (en) Wake turbulence		135
3	German (de) Wirbelschleppe		101
4	Japanese (ja) 後方乱気流		92
5	Italian (it) Turbolenza di scia		20
6	Hebrew (he) מערבולת קצה כנף		18
7	Dutch (nl) Zogturbulentie		18
8	Korean (ko) 항적난기류		12
9	Turkish (tr) Kuyruk türbülansı		10
10	Norwegian (no) Vingevirvel		8

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#	Language	Value
az	Azerbaijani Quyruq turbulansı
de	German Wirbelschleppe
en	English Wake turbulence
es	Spanish Turbulencia de estela
et	Estonian Keerisjälg
fr	French Turbulence de sillage
he	Hebrew מערבולת קצה כנף
it	Italian Turbolenza di scia
ja	Japanese 後方乱気流
ko	Korean 항적난기류
nl	Dutch Zogturbulentie
no	Norwegian Vingevirvel
pt	Portuguese Esteira de turbulência
sl	Slovenian Turbulenca za letalom
tr	Turkish Kuyruk türbülansı
zh	Chinese 機尾亂流

Best Rank

English: #26000 06.2022

Global: #49495 06.2022

Best Rank

English: #21530 11.2008

Global: #22625 04.2005

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