#1780· ICAO AN24
Antonov An-24
🇷🇺 Soviet Union ·first flew 1959· regional airliner / military transport
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9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Mordovia Airlines Antonov An-24: Dmitriy Pichugin· GFDL 1.2
- 2. Xian Y-7: Alastair Bor· GFDL 1.2
- 3. An-24V: Rob Schleiffert from Holland· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Antonov An-24: Dmitry A. Mottl· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Antonov An-24RV, Sakhalinskie Aviatrassy (SAT) JP6454795: Anton Bannikov· GFDL
- 6. Antonow an-24: Elke Wetzig ( Elya )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. PLAAF An-24RV: Ronidong· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Polet Antonov An-24 Misko-1: Gennady Misko· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Volga-Avia Antonov An-24: Dmitriy Pichugin· GFDL 1.2
what is it?
The Antonov An-24 (Russian/Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-24; NATO reporting name: Coke) is a 50-seat twin turboprop regional airliner designed in 1957 in the Soviet Union by the Antonov Design Bureau. Later variants saw other uses, such as military transport and aerial cartography. The aircraft was manufactured by the Kyiv, Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude Aviation Factories.
How to recognise it: 2 turboprops · shoulder wing · retractable tricycle gear · 29.2 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 67 years ago, in 1959.
- Top speed is 3.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 29.2 m: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Range of 2,400 km: 13× Amsterdam to Brussels.
turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1959-12-20
- introduced
- 1962
- status
- still flying
- number built
- 1,367
- role
- regional airliner / military transport
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
- makers
- Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant, Antonov, Irkutsk Aviation Plant, Antonov Serial Production Plant
- engines
- 2× Ivchenko AI-24A / AI-24
- crew
- 3
- passengers
- 50
- length
- 23.5 m
- wingspan
- 29.2 m
- height
- 8.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 21 t
- top speed
- 485 km/h
- cruise speed
- 450 km/h
- range
- 2,400 km
- ceiling
- 8,400 m
- wings
- shoulder wing
- landing gear
- retractable tricycle gear
- ICAO code
- AN24
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q337467, Wikipedia: Antonov An-24 (CC BY-SA 4.0), ICAO code from list of aircraft type designators.Updated 2026-10-24.