11-inch iPad Air and 13-inch iPad Air Technical Specifications

Models
iPad Air 11‑inch
iPad Air 13‑inch

11 and 13 inch iPad Air

Finish
Blue
Purple
Starlight
Space Gray
Capacity1

iPad Air 11‑inch

  • 128GB
  • 256GB
  • 512GB
  • 1TB

iPad Air 13‑inch

  • 128GB
  • 256GB
  • 512GB
  • 1TB
Size and Weight2

iPad Air 11‑inch

Wi-Fi models:

462g

Wi-Fi Cellular models:

462g

iPad Air 13‑inch

Wi-Fi models:

617g

Wi-Fi Cellular models:

618g

Buttons and Connectors
Smart 
Connector
Speaker
Speaker
Volume
buttons
Camera
Microphone
Microphone
Microphone
Camera
Magnetic 
connector
USB‑C connector
Top button / 
Touch ID sensor
Speaker
Speaker
Microphone
Top button / 
Touch ID sensor
Smart 
Connector
Volume
buttons
Camera
Microphone
Microphone
Camera
Magnetic 
connector
USB‑C connector
In the Box
  • iPad Air
  • USB‑C Charge Cable (1 meter)
  • 20W USB‑C Power Adapter
Display
11 inches
  • Liquid Retina display
  • LED backlit Multi‑Touch display with IPS technology
  • 2360-by-1640-pixel resolution at 264 ppi
  • Wide color (P3)
  • True Tone
  • Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
  • Fully laminated
  • Antireflective 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.

13 inches
  • Liquid Retina display
  • LED backlit Multi‑Touch display with IPS technology
  • 2732-by-2048-pixel resolution at 264 ppi
  • Wide color (P3)
  • True Tone
  • Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
  • Fully laminated
  • Antireflective 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.

Chip

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
Camera
  • 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 color capture for photos and Live Photos
  • Photo geotagging
  • Auto image stabilization
  • Burst mode
  • Image formats captured: HEIF and JPEG
Video Recording
  • 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 stabilization
  • Extended dynamic range for video up to 30 fps
  • Cinematic video stabilization (4K, 1080p, and 720p)
  • Continuous autofocus video
  • Playback zoom
  • Video formats captured: HEVC and H.264
Front Camera
  • 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 stabilization
  • Extended dynamic range for video up to 30 fps
  • Cinematic video stabilization (1080p and 720p)
  • Lens correction
  • Retina Flash with True Tone
  • Auto image stabilization
  • Burst mode
Video Calling4
  • FaceTime video
  • Center Stage
  • iPad to any FaceTime‑enabled device over Wi-Fi or cellular
  • 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
Audio Calling4
  • FaceTime audio
  • iPad to any FaceTime‑enabled device over Wi-Fi or cellular
Speakers

Landscape stereo speakers

Micro­phones

Dual microphones for calls, video recording, and audio recording

Apple
Intelligence3

Built into your iPad, Apple Intelligence is the personal intelligence system that helps you write, express yourself, and get things done effortlessly. With groundbreaking privacy protections, it gives you peace of mind that no one else can access your data — not even Apple.

Learn more about Apple Intelligence

Cellular and Wireless

All models

  • Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) with 2x2 MIMO5
  • 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)5
  • 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 only6
  • Wi-Fi calling5
  • eSIM7

Learn more about cellular

SIM Card
  • eSIM7
  • iPad Air uses eSIM technology and is not compatible with physical SIM cards.

Learn more about eSIM

Learn more about traveling with eSIM

Location

All models

  • Digital compass
  • Wi‑Fi
  • iBeacon microlocation

Wi-Fi Cellular models

  • GPS/GNSS
  • Cellular
Sensors
  • Touch ID
  • Three‐axis gyro
  • Accelerometer
  • Barometer
  • Ambient light sensor
Touch ID
  • Unlock iPad
  • Secure personal data within apps
  • Make purchases from the iTunes Store and App Store
Charging and Expansion
  • USB-C port with support for:
  • Charging
  • DisplayPort
  • USB 3 (up to 10 Gbps)
Display Support

Supports full native resolution on the built-in display at millions of colors

  • 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)
Power and Battery8

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 cellular data network
Operating System

iPadOS 18

iPadOS comes with powerful features and built-in apps designed to take advantage of the unique capabilities of iPad.

Learn more about iPadOS 18

Accessi­bility

Built-in accessibility features supporting vision, mobility, hearing, and cognitive disabilities help you get the most out of your iPad. Learn more

Features include:

  • VoiceOver
  • Zoom
  • Magnifier
  • Spoken Content
  • Switch Control
  • AssistiveTouch
  • Dictation
  • Audio Descriptions
  • Subtitles and Closed Captioning
Built-in Apps

Free Apps from Apple

Pages, Numbers, Keynote, iMovie, GarageBand, Clips, and Apple Store app are preinstalled on iPad.

System

Require­ments
  • Apple ID (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 through 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/ph/itunes/download)
Languages

Language support

Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional — Hong Kong), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia, India, UK, U.S.), 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, U.S.), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support

Ainu, Akan, Albanian, Amharic, Apache (Western), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Armenian, Assamese, Assyrian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali (Standard, Transliteration), 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, U.S.), 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), Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Chinese — Simplified (Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese — Traditional (Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese — Traditional (Zhuyin), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, U.S.), Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland), German (Austria), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin, Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Japanese (Kana), Japanese (Romaji), Korean (2-Set, 10 Key), Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Marathi, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Tamil (Anjal), Tamil (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, U.S.), 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), Chinese — Traditional (Pinyin), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, U.S.), 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, U.S.), 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), Chinese — Traditional (Pinyin QWERTY), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, U.S.), 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, U.S.), Finnish (Finland), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Hebrew (Israel), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese (Japan), Korean (South Korea), Malay (Malaysia), Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), Norwegian (Norway), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian (Russia), Spanish (Chile, Mexico, Spain, U.S.), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Türkiye)

Dictation languages

Arabic (Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong), 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, U.S.), Finnish, French (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Malay, Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Shanghainese (China mainland), Slovak, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain, U.S.), Swedish, Turkish, Thai, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Monolingual dictionary support

Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional — Hong Kong), Danish, Dutch, English (UK, U.S.), 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, Bengali–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, U.S.)

Spellcheck

Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, U.S.), 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, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City, Vietnam

Video Playback
  • Supported formats include HEVC, H.264, and ProRes
  • Supports Dolby Vision and HDR10 content
Audio Playback
  • Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby Atmos
  • Spatial Audio playback
  • User-configurable maximum volume limit
Mail Attachment Support

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)

Environ­mental Require­ments
  • Operating ambient temperature: 0° to 35° C
  • Nonoperating temperature: −20° to 45° C
  • Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
  • Operating altitude: tested up to 3,000 meters

iPad Air and the Environment

iPad Air is designed to reduce environmental impact:11

See the iPad Air Product Environmental Report (PDF)

Progress toward Apple 2030

  • More than 20% recycled or renewable content12
  • Over 30% of manufacturing electricity sourced from clean electricity13
  • 40% emissions reduction against baseline14

See Apple’s commitment

Materials

  • 100% recycled aluminum 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

  • Over 30% of manufacturing electricity sourced from clean electricity13
  • ENERGY STAR® certified15

Packaging

  • 100% fiber-based packaging16
  • 40% recycled content in fiber packaging

Waste

No established final assembly sites generate waste sent to landfill as part of Apple’s Zero Waste Program

Smarter chemistry17

  • Arsenic-free display glass
  • Mercury-, BFR-, and PVC-free