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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NYPD helicopter N319PD: Refueled Dot Net· Public domain
- 2. AgustaWestland AW119 - Victory Day Formation Flying 2021 - Bangladesh Air Force - VGHS: Md Shaifuzzaman Ayon· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. AgustaWestland AW119 Koala Ke (ZK-ISR) at the Wagga Wagga Airport heli-pad (3): Bidgee· CC BY-SA 3.0 au
- 4. Agusta A-119 Koala, Schenk Air AN0221121: Elisabeth Klimesch· GFDL
- 5. Agusta A119 Koala, HeliDuero JP6382390: Aldo Bidini· GFDL 1.2
- 6. Agusta A119 Koala: Dmitry A. Mottl· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. AMS Agusta AW119 MKII ZS-RRA (16475214255): Bob Adams from Amanzimtoti, South Africa· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. AMS Agusta AW119 MKII ZS-RRN (15162632684): Bob Adams from Amanzimtoti, South Africa· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. AMS Agusta AW119 MKII ZS-RRN (9956241434): Bob Adams from George, South Africa· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. AMS Agusta AW119MKII ZS-RRN (14268102679): Bob Adams from George, South Africa· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The AgustaWestland AW119 Koala, produced by Leonardo since 2016, is an eight-seat utility helicopter powered by a single turboshaft engine produced for the civil market. Introduced as the Agusta A119 Koala prior to the Agusta-Westland merger, it is targeted at operators favoring lower running costs of a single-engine aircraft over the redundancy of a twin.
How to recognise it: 1 turboshaft engine · 10.8 m main rotor
base stats
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 31 years ago, in 1995.
- Rotor of 10.8 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
turboshaft: A turbine that turns a shaft, usually a helicopter rotor.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1995-02
- introduced
- 2000
- status
- in production
- number built
- 300
- role
- utility helicopter
- makers
- AgustaWestland, Leonardo
- engines
- 1× Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6B-37A
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 7
- length
- 12.9 m
- rotor diameter
- 10.8 m
- height
- 3.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,850 kg
- top speed
- —
- cruise speed
- 244 km/h
- range
- 954 km
- ceiling
- 4,572 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q398951, Wikipedia: AgustaWestland AW119 Koala (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.