#2074· ICAO AN30
Antonov An-30
🇷🇺 Soviet Union ·first flew 1974· aerial cartography, reconnaissance and transport
.jpg)
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. An-30 - RA-26226: Gartenfreuden (Wolfgang)· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Antonov AN-30 Clank 5D3 4806 (52255513182): Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
- 3. Antonov An-30: Dtom· CC BY 3.0
- 4. Antonov An-30 at the Ukrainian State Aviation Museum: Photographer: Mosbatho· CC BY 4.0
- 5. Lukaviatrans Antonov An-30: Dmitry Avdeev· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Antonov An-30 (NATO reporting name: Clank, nicknamed Nastia in the USSR), is a variant of the An-24 designed for aerial cartography developed in the Soviet Union. It is the second member of the Antonov An-24 family, succeeding the An-24, while preceding the An-26, An-32 and cancelled An-132.
How to recognise it: 3 turboprops · 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 52 years ago, in 1974.
- Top speed is 4.2× 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 2,630 km: 15× Amsterdam to Brussels.
turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1974
- introduced
- 1975
- status
- still flying
- number built
- 123
- role
- aerial cartography, reconnaissance and transport
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
- makers
- Antonov
- engines
- 3× Ivchenko AI-24TVT / Sojuz (Tumanskij) RU-19A-300 / AI-24
- crew
- 7
- length
- 24.3 m
- wingspan
- 29.2 m
- height
- 8.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 23 t
- top speed
- 540 km/h
- cruise speed
- 430 km/h
- range
- 2,630 km
- ceiling
- 8,300 m
- ICAO code
- AN30
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q607609, Wikipedia: Antonov An-30 (CC BY-SA 4.0), ICAO code from list of aircraft type designators.Updated 2026-10-24.