I wasn't planning that far ahead I'll file my patent later. But a quick Google shows: A320 900 sq m for wings and top of fuselage and elevators. https://aviati

I wasn't planning that far ahead I'll file my patent later. But a quick Google shows: A320 900 sq m for wings and top of fuselage and elevators. https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/54511/what-is-the-total-wing-surface-area-of-the-a320 https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/54511/what-is-t... A320 needs 150 G Joule / hour https://www.quora.com/How-many-joules-of-energy-does-it-take-to-fly-a-plane https://www.quora.com/How-many-joules-of-energy-does-it-take... edit: make it 1.5GJ not 150 To make it easy assume 1,000 sq m and 1.5GJ spread over that area 1.5MJ per sq m/hour. As for power transfer efficiency it may require a few thousand satellites per aircraft if this is any indication. https://www.esa.int/Applications/Technology_Transfer/More_efficient_solar_power_with_space_technology https://www.esa.int/Applications/Technology_Transfer/More_ef...