what is it?
The Fokker F.III was a single-engined high-winged monoplane aircraft produced in the 1920s by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. It could carry five passengers. The aircraft was also built under licence in Germany as the Fokker-Grulich F.III. The design was quite popular when it was shown at the 1921 Paris Air Show, and it proved to be a successful early airliner.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 17.7 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 105 years ago, in 1921.
- Wingspan of 17.7 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,000 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1921-04
- number built
- 66
- role
- passenger transport
- makers
- Fokker
- engines
- 1× Siddeley Puma
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 5
- length
- 11.1 m
- wingspan
- 17.7 m
- height
- 3.2 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,905 kg
- top speed
- 169 km/h
- cruise speed
- 135 km/h
- range
- 1,000 km
- ceiling
- 3,200 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1435254, Wikipedia: Fokker F.III (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.