what is it?
The Caproni Ca.313 was an Italian twin-engine reconnaissance bomber of the late-1930s. It was a development of the Ca.310. Its variants were exported to several other countries.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 16.7 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 87 years ago, in 1939.
- Top speed is 3.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 16.7 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,200 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1939-12-22
- introduced
- 1939
- retired
- 1945
- status
- retired
- number built
- 62
- role
- reconnaissance aircraft and light bomber
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- makers
- Caproni
- engines
- 2× Isotta Fraschini Delta R.C.35 I-DS
- length
- 11.8 m
- wingspan
- 16.7 m
- height
- 3.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 5,900 kg
- top speed
- 436 km/h
- cruise speed
- 350 km/h
- range
- 1,200 km
- ceiling
- 7,300 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1035010, Wikipedia: Caproni Ca.313 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.