Dornier 228

what is it?

The Dornier 228 is a twin-turboprop STOL utility aircraft, designed and first manufactured by Dornier GmbH (later DASA Dornier, Fairchild-Dornier) from 1981 until 1998. About 245 such aircraft were built in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. In 1983, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) bought a production licence and manufactured 125 aircraft in Kanpur, India.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 turboprops · shoulder wing · retractable tricycle gear · 17 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 413 km/htop speed
• range 396 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 19passengers
• size 6,575 kgmax take-off weight
• built 270made 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 45 years ago, in 1981.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 17 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1981-03-28

introduced

1982

status

still flying

number built

270

role

utility aircraft

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

makers

Dornier, RUAG Holding

engines

2× Honeywell TPE331-10 / TPE331-5

crew

2

passengers

19

length

16.6 m

wingspan

17 m

height

4.9 m

max take-off weight

6,575 kg

top speed

413 km/h

cruise speed

413 km/h

range

396 km

ceiling

7,620 m

wings

shoulder wing

landing gear

retractable tricycle gear

ICAO code

D228

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