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Antonov An-2
🇷🇺 Soviet Union ·first flew 1947· land-based transport biplane with 1 tractor-piston-propeller engine
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Antonov An-2 OK-HFL amk (cropped): AngMoKio· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Antonov An-3: Sergey Ryabtsev· GFDL 1.2
- 3. Shijiazhuang Y-5: Xu Zheng· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. An-2E: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY 2.5
- 5. An-2 GJT: Avitya· Public domain
- 6. An-2 OK-HFL EDST 02: Julian Herzog ( Website )· CC BY 4.0
- 7. An-2 SP-MAX2: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. An-2 converted into WIG (Rybachy, Kaliningrad Oblast - 2006 08 15): No machine-readable author provided. Jno~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY 2.5
- 9. An-2 on skis: Dmitry A. Mottl· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. An2TP-Rusalka: Roeme· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The Antonov An-2 (USAF/DoD reporting name Type 22, NATO reporting name Colt) is a Soviet mass-produced single-engine biplane utility/agricultural aircraft designed and manufactured by the Antonov Design Bureau beginning in 1947. Its durability, lifting power, and ability to take off and land from poor runways have given it a long service life. The An-2 was produced up to 2001 and remains in service with military and civilian operators around the world.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · fixed tailwheel (taildragger) · 18.2 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 79 years ago, in 1947.
- Top speed is 2.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 18.2 m: about 4 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
- 1947-08-31
- introduced
- 1947
- status
- still flying
- number built
- 18,000
- role
- land-based transport biplane with 1 tractor-piston-propeller engine
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
- makers
- Hongdu
- engines
- 1× Shvetsov ASh-62IR
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 12
- length
- 12.4 m
- wingspan
- 18.2 m
- height
- 4.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 5,440 kg
- top speed
- 258 km/h
- cruise speed
- 190 km/h
- range
- 845 km
- ceiling
- 4,500 m
- wings
- biplane
- landing gear
- fixed conventional landing gear
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q207700, Wikipedia: Antonov An-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.