#2131· ICAO AN32

Antonov An-32

🇷🇺 Soviet Union ·first flew 1976· military transport aircraft

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. Antonov An-32 9Q-CAC: Guido Potters· GFDL
2. AN-32 cargo plane of the Afghan Air Force: Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson· Public domain
3. AirMark Antonov An-32 Spijkers-2: Paul Spijkers· GFDL
4. An-32 (12549136855): Rob Schleiffert· CC BY-SA 2.0
5. An Antonov An-32 of the Indian Air Force: Naman Vishwajeet· CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Croatian AN-32B Ruzyne: Petr Kadlec· CC BY-SA 3.0
7. MNS An-32: Oleg Belyakov· CC BY-SA 3.0
8. Mexican Navy Antonov An-32B 2009 Belyakov: Oleg Belyakov· CC BY-SA 3.0
9. S3-ACB Bangladesh Air Force An-32 (24081506344) (cropped): Shadman Samee from Dhaka, Bangladesh· CC BY-SA 2.0
10. Sri Lankan Air Force Antonov An-32B SDS: Sean D'Silva· GFDL 1.2

what is it?

The Antonov An-32 (NATO reporting name: Cline) is a turboprop twin-engined military transport aircraft. Its first flight was in July 1976 and was displayed at the 1977 Paris Air Show. A variant of the An-24, it was given upgraded equipment and more powerful Ivchenko AI-20 engines, and is oriented towards flying in adverse weather conditions.

How to recognise it: 2 turboprops · 29.2 m wingspan

base stats

speed 530 km/htop speed
range 2,500 kmwithout refuelling
size 27 tmax take-off weight
built 361made in total

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 50 years ago, in 1976.
Top speed is 4.1× 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 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
Range of 2,500 km: 14× Amsterdam to Brussels.
Can fly 1.1× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.

spec sheet

first flight: 1976-07-09
introduced: 1984
status: still flying
number built: 361
role: military transport aircraft
origin: 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
makers: Antonov, Antonov Serial Production Plant
engines: 2× ZMKB Progress AI-20DM / Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150A / AI-24
crew: 4
length: 23.8 m
wingspan: 29.2 m
height: 8.8 m
max take-off weight: 27 t
top speed: 530 km/h
cruise speed: 470 km/h
range: 2,500 km
ceiling: 9,500 m
ICAO code: AN32

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

Sources: Wikidata Q579939, Wikipedia: Antonov An-32 (CC BY-SA 4.0), ICAO code from list of aircraft type designators.Updated 2026-10-24.