what is it?
The Fokker F.VIII (or F.8) was a large twin-engined airliner designed and produced by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker in the 1920s. It was similar overall to the Fokker F.VII which was generally a trimotor, but with a larger body with no nose engine. The F.VIII seated twelve in what was for the period a luxury seating setup.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 23 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 99 years ago, in 1927.
- Wingspan of 23 m: about 5 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
- 1927-03-12
- status
- retired
- number built
- 11
- role
- airliner
- makers
- Fokker
- engines
- 2× Bristol Jupiter IV
- crew
- 2
- passengers
- 15
- length
- 16.8 m
- wingspan
- 23 m
- height
- 4.2 m
- max take-off weight
- 5,800 kg
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- cruise speed
- 117 km/h
- range
- 700 km
- ceiling
- 5,500 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q382886, Wikipedia: Fokker F.VIII (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.