Flag superlatives

Last modified: 2005-07-30 by phil nelson
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From time to time the question arises what is the biggest / oldest / longest / etc. flag. This page will record some of the answers to these questions.

Largest flag hung

Mexico has mounted monstrous 164-by-94-feet Mexican flags, hung from gigantic 109-ton flagpoles over three football fields tall, in three locations directly across from the U.S. - El Paso, San Diego, and Laredo TX.
quoted by Roy Stilling, 04 February 1998

For more details on these Mexican flags, see Mexico.

Largest flag

On Saturday, June 12th the largest American and largest flag in the world was on display for one hour at Moffett Field in Mountain View California. This flag is 255 feet by 505 feet. It's by the Ski Demski who had the Stars and Stripes unfolded on the Hoover Dam.
Jarig Bakker, 02 May 1999

The site http://www.fraternet.org/mdh/mdh_drapeau.htm shows a postcard (450 x 654 pixels) with a photography of the largest flag in the world.

According to the legend, it was displayed in Calais on 6 June 1998 and homologated by the Guinness Book. It is shown lying on soil and I doubt it ever flew. Dimensions are 125 x 90 m, therefore 11,250 sq. m. The text translated as:

"My deepest thanks to all of those who contributed to realize the largest flag in the world, the Tibetan flag. May all these merits be dedicated to freedom in Tibet and peace in the world. Signed by the Dalai-Lama, 6 December 1998".

The very large Tibetan flag compares to "Ski" Denski's giant US flag as follows:

As you can see, the total area of the US giant is a bit more, although the Tibetan's 1:1.3 ratio gives it a greater hoist.

Obviously, neither will ever fly from a pole.
William E. Dunning, 18 April 1999

Largest Rainbow Flag

According to the Gay Financial News, Gilbert Baker, creator of the Rainbow flag, put together the longest Rainbow flag for the upcoming Rainbow25 festival. The flag is projected to be 8,000 feet long by 16 feet wide in the original 8 colors. It surpasses a mile long flag used in New York in 1994 for Stonewall 25.
Phillip L. Nelson, 6 April 2003

Most flag-adorned building

- the Town Hall of An