We are all aware that the fastest way to go places that are miles away from each other is to travel by aircraft. Planes fly thousands of feet above the ground and move undoubtedly fast. But unknown to all mankind, there are these giant birds that can actually go for not just hundreds but thousands of miles in an hour. Here are some of the fastest aircrafts on Earth.

• Citation X, also considered as the fastest business jet, can go up to 607 mph.

• The fastest operating commercial plane, Boeing 747 has a speed of 605 mph.

• F-15 SMTD flies 1,650 mph

• F-111 Aardvark is known as the fastest US/Australian strategic bomber and with 1,850 mph

• F-15 Eagle can go 1,875 mph. It’s the fastest US jet fighter.

• MiG-31 Foxhound flies as fast as 1,868 mph.

• XB-70 Valkyrie tops the chart of fastest aircrafts as it goes 2,056 mph

• The fastest jet fighter in the world is MiG-25 Foxbat, having a capacity of 2,115 mph

• Another speedy aircraft is SR-71 Blackbird with 2,293 mph making it the fastest jet aircraft in the world.

• X-15 has 4,520 mph world record, and is considered the fastest manned aircraft. Aside from this, it also hold the record as the highest flying aircraft.