An experimental study of fail model and failure load was carried out on open-hole samples and standard samples under tension load for ductile material 2024-T42 and 7050-T6, which are widely used in civil aircraft. A finite-element modeling with material stress-strain curve was established and its results were verified, and the static strength criterion for the open-hole under local high stress was proposed. The experimental results show that the decisive factor affecting the pore reduction coefficient is the difference between the yield stress and ultimate stress of the material. The larger the difference is, the smaller the pore reduction coefficient is. On this basis, the influence of the mesh quality (coarse mesh and fine mesh) and countersunk hole on the strength results were studied. The analysis results show that the mesh quality of the hole edge(coarse mesh and fine mesh) and the countersunk have a small impact on the hole reduction coefficient. The established static strength criterion based on tests for the ductile aluminum alloys is reasonable and useful in the engineering application. The safety margins calculated using the local high stress static strength criterion for 2024-T42 and 7050-T6 ductile materials are 0. 1 and 0. 04, respectively.