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- 1. Basant by HAL 7871: Rameshng· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Hindustan Aeronautics HA-31 Basant (lit. 'Spring') is a 1970s Indian agricultural monoplane built by Hindustan Aeronautics. Hindustan Aeronautics started to design an agricultural aircraft in 1968 designated the HAL-31 Mk 1 with a cockpit directly over the wing leading edge. It was re-designed as the HA-31 Mk II Basant and first flew on 30 March 1972.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · 12 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 54 years ago, in 1972.
- Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 12 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1972
- number built
- 39
- role
- agricultural/utility aircraft
- makers
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
- engines
- 1× Avco Lycoming IO-720-C1B flat-eight piston engine
- length
- 9 m
- wingspan
- 12 m
- height
- 2.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,270 kg
- top speed
- 225 km/h
- cruise speed
- 185 km/h
- range
- 645 km
- ceiling
- 3,800 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5628916, Wikipedia: HAL HA-31 Basant (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.