More from U.S. News. 1  U.S. News Home News and Opinion, Rankings, See all 2  Â». Cars Best New Cars, Best Used Cars, See all 3  Â». Credit Cards Best Airline Credit Cards, See all 4  Â». Diets Best Diets Overall, Health Tech and Diets Advice, See all 5  Â». Doctors & Hospitals Best Doctors, Best Hospitals, See all Â».
How many people can an airplane carry? Depends on the aircraft. Some planes such as the 787 and 320 can carry up too 250 passengers, While an Embraer 145 can only hold about 25-45.
Source(s): http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/aviat... Between General Aviation (private, corporate and charter aircraft) and Commercial aircraft (passenger airlines and commercial air freight) there are somewhere around 250,000 aircraft registered in the USA. It should be noted though that the vast majority of this number are small privately owned aircraft and are not in daily use. A more realistic number of aircraft flown daily in the USA is probably closer to 10,000. JetDoc Â· 1 decade ago.