Fokker F.XXIV

what is it?

The Fokker F.XXIV was a 1939 passenger airliner design by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. It was Fokker's first all-metal airliner design.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 28.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 330 km/hcruise speed
• range 1,200 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 24passengers
• size 13.3 tmax take-off weight

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

• 🚗Wingspan of 28.5 m: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍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

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number built

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role

airliner

makers

Fokker

engines

2× Wright Cyclone

crew

3

passengers

24

length

20.7 m

wingspan

28.5 m

height

5.2 m

max take-off weight

13.3 t

top speed

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cruise speed

330 km/h

range

1,200 km

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