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Landmarks · Chicago, USA · antennas included

How tall is Willis Tower?

Willis Tower is 527 meters tall to its highest antenna tip. This antenna-inclusive comparison is 84.9 meters taller than its 442.1-meter architectural height.

Willis Tower, Chicago, USA · antennas included. Full tip height, including broadcast antennas: 527 meters.
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527 m

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Measurement
Full tip height, including broadcast antennas
Subject or version
Chicago, USA · antennas included
In feet, rounded
1,729 ft (1 ft = 0.3048 m)
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A little more perspective

The Skyscraper Center separates tip height from architectural height for the Chicago tower. This record includes the two broadcast masts shown in the artwork, making 527 meters the matching endpoint.

Beside Taipei 101, Willis Tower’s highest tip stands 19 meters higher at these stated values. That does not establish an architectural-height ranking: Taipei’s spire counts in that category while Willis Tower’s broadcast antennas do not.

Quick facts

Willis Tower reaches 527 meters to its highest antenna tip. Its 442.1-meter architectural height excludes those antennas and is a different measurement.

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