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How big is a wind turbine?
150 m
A wind turbine measures 150 m. That's about 13 school buses lined up end to end.
By the numbers
- That's 150 meters, or about 492 feet.
- It's about 88 times taller than an average adult (1.7 m).
- Roughly 13 school buses could line up across it.
- At a normal walking pace you'd cross it in about 107 seconds.
- Out of all 1,014 things in this collection, it ranks #183 by size.
Size comparison
How wind turbine stacks up against things of a similar size. Tap any bar to explore it.
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150 m
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Bars use a logarithmic scale so everything fits — real differences are even more extreme!
Fun fact
Standing beside it, an average person (1.7 m tall) would reach only about 1.13% of its height.
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