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Airframe — Audiobook

12.7est. listening hrs
3.7★83 ratings
Thrillergenre
Free with trial

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 12.7 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Airframe at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

What our data says

  • At 12.7 hours (estimated), it sits right at the median length for thriller.

Computed from thriller audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset; listening time estimated from page count.

Who is this for?

Best for thriller listeners — a solid week of commutes at 12.7 hours (estimated).

About the book

Three passengers are dead. Fifty-six are injured. The interior cabin virtually destroyed. But the pilot manages to land the plane. . . . At a moment when the issue of safety and death in the skies is paramount in the public mind, a lethal midair disaster aboard a commercial twin-jet airliner bound from Hong Kong to Denver triggers a pressured and frantic investigation. AIRFRAME is nonstop reading: the extraordinary mixture of super suspense and authentic information on a subject of compelling interest that has been a Crichton landmark since The Andromeda Strain.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Airframe audiobook?

Airframe runs about 12.7 hours — our estimate from its 431 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.

Can I listen to Airframe free?

Yes — with the audiobooks.com free trial. Start the trial, get Airframe included, and cancel anytime; the trial stays free.

Is Airframe worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours — saving 4.2 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Airframe first published?

Airframe by Michael Crichton was first published in 1996.