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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Antonov An-22 2: Dmitry A. Mottl· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. An-22. Bottom view: Ministry of Defense of Russia· CC BY 4.0
- 3. An-22. Front view: Ministry of Defense of Russia· CC BY 4.0
- 4. An-22 RA-09341 (8711049498): Aleksandr Markin· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Antonov An-22A Antei, Russia - Air Force AN2203462: Toshi Aoki - JP Spotters· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Lifting.AN-22 RA-09341 (8704268263): Aleksandr Markin· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Russian Air Force Antonov An-22 Petrov: Dmitry Petrov· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Antonov An-22 "Antei" (Russian: Ан-22 Антей, romanized: An-22 Antey; lit. 'Antaeus'; NATO reporting name: "Cock") is a retired heavy turboprop military transport aircraft developed by the Antonov Design Bureau and produced by the Tashkent State Aircraft Factory in the Soviet Union. It was the first wide-body transport aircraft and has continued to possess the largest cargo deck for any turboprop-powered aircraft in the world into the twenty-first century. The An-22 was designed during the early 1960s; despite its large size, it had a relatively conventional configuration, possessing a high-mounted wing and being powered by four Kuznetsov NK-12MA turboprop engines that each drove a pair of contra-rotating propellers.
How to recognise it: 4 turboprops · shoulder wing · retractable tricycle gear · 64.4 m wingspan
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 61 years ago, in 1965.
- Top speed is 5.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 64.4 m: about 14 cars parked nose to tail.
- Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 42 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Range of 5,000 km: 28× Amsterdam to Brussels.
- Can fly 1.0× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1965-02-27
- introduced
- 1969
- retired
- 2024
- status
- retired
- number built
- 68
- role
- strategic airlifter
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
- makers
- Antonov, Tashkent Mechanical Plant
- engines
- 4× Kuznetsov NK-12MA / Kuznetsov NK-12MV
- crew
- 5
- passengers
- 29
- length
- 57.9 m
- wingspan
- 64.4 m
- height
- 12.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 250 t
- top speed
- 740 km/h
- range
- 5,000 km
- ceiling
- 9,100 m
- wings
- shoulder wing
- landing gear
- retractable tricycle gear
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q607444, Wikipedia: Antonov An-22 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.