what is it?
The Fokker D.III (Fokker designation M.19) was a German single-seat fighter aircraft of World War I. It saw limited frontline service before being withdrawn from combat in December 1916.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.1 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 110 years ago, in 1916.
- Wingspan of 9.1 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
- 1916
- number built
- 159
- role
- fighter
- origin
- German Reich
- makers
- Fokker
- engines
- 1× Oberursel U.III / Oberursel U III
- length
- 6.3 m
- wingspan
- 9.1 m
- height
- 2.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 710 kg
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- range
- 220 km
- ceiling
- 4,700 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3747028, Wikipedia: Fokker D.III (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.