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Aero AT -3

🇵🇱 Poland ·first flew 1997· utility aircraft

🛩️ light / GA piston ✓ still flying
Aero AT-3, photo 1 of 5
1/5 Gerard van der Schaaf· CC BY 2.0

what is it?

The Aero AT-3 is a two-seat, low wing, utility aircraft manufactured in Poland by Aero AT in ready-to-fly certificated form and as a kitplane. The aircraft is of conventional configuration and features fixed tricycle undercarriage. The structure is largely of all-metal construction.

How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 7.6 m wingspan

base stats

  • speed 215 km/htop speed
  • range 904 kmwithout refuelling
  • seats 1passengers
  • size 582 kgmax take-off weight

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

  • First flew 29 years ago, in 1997.
  • Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight
1997
introduced
2002
status
in production
number built
—
role
utility aircraft
origin
🇵🇱 Poland
makers
Aero AT
engines
1× Rotax 912S
crew
1
passengers
1
length
5.9 m
wingspan
7.6 m
height
2.2 m
max take-off weight
582 kg
top speed
215 km/h
cruise speed
200 km/h
range
904 km
ceiling
3,800 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q2825597, Wikipedia: Aero AT-3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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