11-inch iPad Air and 13-inch iPad Air Technical Specifications
11-inch and 13-inch iPad Air
- 178.5 mm
- (7.02 inches)
- 247.6 mm
- (9.74 inches)
- 6.1 mm
- (0.24 inches)
iPad Air 11‑inch
Wi‑Fi models:
462 grams (1.02 pounds)
Wi‑Fi + Cellular models:
462 grams (1.02 pounds)
- 214.9 mm
- (8.46 inches)
- 280.6 mm
- (11.04 inches)
- 6.1 mm
- (0.24 inches)
iPad Air 13‑inch
Wi‑Fi models:
617 grams (1.36 pounds)
Wi‑Fi + Cellular models:
618 grams (1.36 pounds)
- iPad Air
- USB‑C Charge Cable (1 metre)
- Liquid Retina display
- LED backlit Multi‑Touch display with IPS technology
- 2360x1640-pixel resolution at 264 ppi
- Wide colour (P3)
- True Tone
- Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
- Fully laminated
- Anti-reflective coating
- 500 nits brightness
- Supports Apple Pencil Pro
- Supports Apple Pencil (USB‑C)
- Apple Pencil hover
The 11‑inch iPad Air display has rounded corners that follow a beautiful curved design, and these corners are within a standard rectangle. When measured diagonally as a rectangle, the 11-inch iPad Air is 10.86 inches. Actual viewable area is less.
- Liquid Retina display
- LED backlit Multi‑Touch display with IPS technology
- 2732x2048-pixel resolution at 264 ppi
- Wide colour (P3)
- True Tone
- Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
- Fully laminated
- Anti-reflective coating
- 600 nits brightness
- Supports Apple Pencil Pro
- Supports Apple Pencil (USB‑C)
- Apple Pencil hover
The 13-inch iPad Air display has rounded corners that follow a beautiful curved design, and these corners are within a standard rectangle. When measured diagonally as a rectangle, the 13-inch iPad Air is 12.9 inches. Actual viewable area is less.
Apple M2 chip
- 8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores
- 9-Core GPU
- 16-core Neural Engine
- 8GB RAM
Media Engine
- Hardware-accelerated H.264 and HEVC
- Video decode engine
- Video encode engine
- 12MP Wide camera, ƒ/1.8 aperture
- Digital zoom up to 5x
- Five-element lens
- Autofocus with Focus Pixels
- Panorama (up to 63MP)
- Smart HDR 4
- Wide colour capture for photos and Live Photos
- Photo geotagging
- Auto image stabilisation
- Burst mode
- Image formats captured: HEIF and JPEG
- 4K video recording at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps
- 1080p HD video recording at 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps
- 720p HD video recording at 30 fps
- Slo‑mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps
- Time-lapse video with stabilisation
- Extended dynamic range for video up to 30 fps
- Cinematic video stabilisation (4K, 1080p and 720p)
- Continuous autofocus video
- Playback zoom
- Video formats captured: HEVC and H.264
- Landscape 12MP Ultra Wide front camera
- ƒ/2.0 aperture
- Smart HDR 4
- 1080p HD video recording at 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps
- Time-lapse video with stabilisation
- Extended dynamic range for video up to 30 fps
- Cinematic video stabilisation (1080p and 720p)
- Lens correction
- Retina Flash with True Tone
- Auto image stabilisation
- Burst mode
- FaceTime video
- Centre Stage
- iPad to any FaceTime‑enabled device over Wi‑Fi or a mobile network
- Share experiences like movies, TV, music and other apps in a FaceTime call with SharePlay
- Screen sharing
- Portrait mode in FaceTime video
- Spatial Audio
- Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes
- FaceTime audio
- iPad to any FaceTime‑enabled device over Wi‑Fi or a mobile network
Landscape stereo speakers
Dual microphones for calls, video recording and audio recording
All models
- Wi‑Fi 6E (802.11ax) with 2x2 MIMO4
- Simultaneous dual band
- Bluetooth 5.3
Wi‑Fi + Cellular models
- 5G (sub-6 GHz) with 4x4 MIMO
- Gigabit LTE with 4x4 MIMO
- Model A2899 and A2903:
- 5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n14, n20, n25, n26, n28, n29, n30, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n70, n71, n75, n76, n77, n78, n79)4
- FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71)
- TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48)
- UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC‑HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- Data only5
- Wi‑Fi calling4
- eSIM6
- eSIM6
- iPad Air uses eSIM technology and is not compatible with physical SIM cards.
All models
- Digital compass
- Wi‑Fi
- iBeacon micro-location
Wi‑Fi + Cellular models
- GPS/GNSS
- Mobile data
- Touch ID
- Three‐axis gyro
- Accelerometer
- Barometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Unlock iPad
- Secure personal data within apps
- Make purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store and Apple Books
- Pay with your iPad using Touch ID within apps and on the web
- Use your voice to send messages, set reminders and more
- Get proactive suggestions
- Use hands-free
- Listen to and identify songs
- USB‑C port with support for:
- Charging
- DisplayPort
- USB 3 (up to 10Gb/s)
Supports full native resolution on the built-in display at millions of colours
- Supports one external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz
Digital video output
- Native DisplayPort output over USB‑C
- VGA, HDMI and DVI output supported using adapters (sold separately)
Video mirroring
- Up to 4K AirPlay for mirroring, photos and video out to Apple TV (2nd generation or later) or AirPlay‑enabled smart TV
- Video mirroring and video out support through USB‑C Digital AV Multiport Adapter and USB‑C VGA Multiport Adapter (adapters sold separately)
iPad Air 11‑inch
- Built‐in 28.93‐watt‐hour rechargeable lithium‑polymer battery
iPad Air 13‑inch
- Built‐in 36.59‐watt‐hour rechargeable lithium‑polymer battery
All models
- Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi‐Fi or watching video
- Charging via power adapter or USB‑C to computer system
Wi‑Fi + Cellular models
Up to 9 hours of surfing the web using a mobile data networkBuilt-in accessibility features supporting vision, mobility, hearing and cognitive disabilities help you get the most out of your iPad.
Features include:
- VoiceOver
- Zoom
- Magnifier
- Spoken Content
- Switch Control
- AssistiveTouch
- Siri and Dictation
- Type to Siri
- Real-Time Text
- Audio Descriptions
- Subtitles and Closed Captioning
Pages, Numbers, Keynote, iMovie, GarageBand, Clips and Apple Store app are pre‑installed on iPad.
Requirements
- Apple Account (required for some features)
- Internet access9
Syncing to a Mac or PC requires:
- macOS Catalina 10.15 or later using the Finder
- macOS High Sierra 10.13 to macOS Mojave 10.14.6 using iTunes 12.9 or later
- Windows 10 or later using iTunes 12.12.10 or later (free download from apple.com/ie/itunes/download)
Language support
Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional – Hong Kong), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia, India, UK, US), Finnish, French (Canada, France), German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish (Latin America, Spain, US), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
QuickType keyboard support
Ainu, Akan, Albanian, Amharic, Apache (Western), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Armenian, Assamese, Assyrian, Azerbaijani, Bangla (Standard, Transliteration), Belarusian, Bodo, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese – Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Phonetic, Stroke, Sucheng), Catalan, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Chinese – Simplified (Handwriting, Pinyin – QWERTY, Pinyin – 10-Key, Shuangpin, Stroke), Chinese – Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Pinyin – QWERTY, Pinyin – 10-Key, Shuangpin, Stroke, Sucheng, Zhuyin), Choctaw, Chuvash, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dhivehi, Dogri, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Dzongkha, Emoji, English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, Flemish, French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), Fula (Adlam), Georgian, German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Greek, Gujarati (Standard, Transliteration), Hausa, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin, Transliteration), Hmong (Pahawh), Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Ingush, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Japanese (Handwriting, Kana, Romaji), Kabyle, Kannada (Standard, Transliteration), Kashmiri (Arabic, Devanagari), Kazakh, Khmer, Konkani (Devanagari), Korean (2-Set, 10-Key), Kurdish (Arabic, Latin), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Liangshan Yi, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maithili, Malay (Arabic, Latin), Malayalam (Standard, Transliteration), Maltese, Mandaic, Manipuri (Bengali, Meetei Mayek), Māori, Marathi (Devanagari, Transliteration), Mi’kmaw, Mongolian, Navajo, Nepali, N’Ko, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Odia, Osage, Pashto, Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi (Gurmukhi – QWERTY, Gurmukhi – Standard, Transliteration), Rejang, Rohingya, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Sanskrit, Santali (Devanagari, Ol Chiki), Serbian (Cyrillic, Latin), Sindhi (Arabic, Devanagari), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamazight (Standard Moroccan), Tamil (Anjal, Tamil 99, Transliteration), Telugu (Standard, Transliteration), Thai, Tibetan, Tongan, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu (Standard, Transliteration), Uyghur, Uzbek (Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin), Vietnamese (Telex, VIQR, VNI), Wancho, Welsh, Wolastoqey, Yiddish, Yoruba
QuickType keyboard support with auto-correction
Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bangla, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Chinese – Simplified (Pinyin – QWERTY), Chinese – Traditional (Pinyin – QWERTY, Zhuyin), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin, Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Japanese (Kana, Romaji), Korean (2-Set, 10-Key), Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Marathi, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic, Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swedish, Tamil (Anjal, Tamil 99), Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese (Telex)
QuickType keyboard support with predictive typing
Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Cantonese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
QuickType keyboard support with multilingual typing
Chinese (Simplified – Pinyin, Traditional – Pinyin), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Hebrew, Hindi (Latin), Italian, Japanese (Romaji), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Turkish, Vietnamese
QuickType keyboard support with contextual suggestions
Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Chinese (Simplified), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Hindi (Devanagari, Latin), Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese
QuickPath keyboard support
Arabic, Chinese (Simplified – Pinyin – QWERTY, Traditional – Pinyin – QWERTY), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swedish, Vietnamese
Siri languages
Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Finnish (Finland), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Hebrew (Israel), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese (Japan), Korean (Republic of Korea), Malay (Malaysia), Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), Norwegian (Norway), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian (Russia), Spanish (Chile, Mexico, Spain, US), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Türkiye)
Dictation languages
Arabic (Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong), Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, UK, US), Finnish, French (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Shanghainese (China mainland), Slovak, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain, US), Swedish, Turkish, Thai, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Monolingual dictionary support
Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional – Hong Kong), Danish, Dutch, English (UK, US), French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
Idiom dictionary support
Cantonese–English, Chinese (Simplified)–English, Chinese (Traditional)–English
Bilingual dictionary support
Arabic–English, Bangla–English, Chinese (Simplified)–English, Chinese (Traditional)–English, Chinese (Simplified)–Japanese, Czech–English, Dutch–English, Finnish–English, French–English, French–German, German–English, Greek–English, Gujarati–English, Hindi–English, Hungarian–English, Indonesian–English, Italian–English, Japanese–English, Korean–English, Malay–English, Polish–English, Portuguese–English, Russian–English, Spanish–English, Swedish–English, Tamil–English, Telugu–English, Thai–English, Urdu–English, Vietnamese–English
Thesaurus
Chinese (Simplified), English (UK, US)
Spellcheck
Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Greek, Finnish, Hindi (Devanagari), Hungarian, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swedish, Telugu, Turkish, Vietnamese
Apple Pay–supported regions
Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China mainland,10 Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Guernsey, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, US, Vatican City, Vietnam
- Supported formats include HEVC, H.264, AV1 and ProRes
- Supports Dolby Vision and HDR10 content
- Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Atmos
- Spatial Audio playback
- User-configurable maximum volume limit
Viewable document types
.jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel); .zip; .ics; .usdz; .pkpass (Wallet)
- Ambient operating temperature: 0° to 35° C (32° to 95° F)
- Non-operating temperature: −20° to 45° C (−4° to 113° F)
- Relative humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing
- Operating altitude: tested up to 3,000 metres (10,000 feet)
iPad Air and the Environment
iPad Air is designed to reduce environmental impact:11
See the iPad Air Product Environmental Report (PDF)Progress towards Apple 2030
Materials
- 100% recycled aluminium in the enclosure
- 100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets, representing 99% of the rare earth elements in the device
- 100% recycled tin in the solder of multiple printed circuit boards
- 100% recycled gold in the plating of multiple printed circuit boards
- 100% recycled copper foil in multiple printed circuit boards
- 35% or more recycled plastic in multiple components
Energy
Packaging
- 100% fibre-based packaging16
- 40% recycled content in fibre packaging
Waste
No established final assembly sites generate waste sent to landfill as part of Apple’s Zero Waste Programme
Smarter chemistry17
- Arsenic-free display glass
- Mercury-, BFR- and PVC-free