what is it?
The Beriev Be-30 (NATO reporting name "Cuff") is a Russian regional airliner and utility transport aircraft designed by the Beriev Design Bureau. It was developed specifically for Aeroflot local service routes using short, grass airstrips. It was also designed to be used in the light transport, aerial survey and air ambulance roles.
How to recognise it: 2 turboprops · 17 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 59 years ago, in 1967.
- Top speed is 3.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 17 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,300 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.
turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1967-03-03
- introduced
- 1968
- retired
- 1976
- status
- retired
- number built
- 8
- role
- airliner
- makers
- Beriev
- engines
- 2× Glushenkov TVD-10 / Gluschenko TVD-10 / Shvetsov ASh-21 / PT6
- crew
- 2
- passengers
- 16
- length
- 15.7 m
- wingspan
- 17 m
- height
- 5.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 5,860 kg
- top speed
- 480 km/h
- cruise speed
- 460 km/h
- range
- 1,300 km
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q677960, Wikipedia: Beriev Be-30 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.