what is it?
The Arado Ar 80 was a pre-World War II fighter aircraft, designed by Arado Flugzeugwerke to compete for the Luftwaffe's first major fighter contract. The Ar 80 was uninspiring in terms of performance and also suffered a number of failures. The contest was eventually won by the Messerschmitt Bf 109, and the Ar 80 prototypes ended their days as test aircraft.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.9 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 91 years ago, in 1935.
- Top speed is 3.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 10.9 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1935
- number built
- 5
- role
- fighter
- origin
- German Reich
- makers
- Arado Flugzeugwerke
- engines
- 1× Junkers Jumo 210C
- crew
- 1
- length
- 10.3 m
- wingspan
- 10.9 m
- height
- 2.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,125 kg
- top speed
- 415 km/h
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q624851, Wikipedia: Arado Ar 80 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.