what is it?
The IAR 37 was a 1930s Romanian reconnaissance or light bomber aircraft built by Industria Aeronautică Română.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · 13.1 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 89 years ago, in 1937.
- Top speed is 2.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 13.1 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,050 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1937
- introduced
- 1938
- number built
- 380
- role
- reconnaissance and light bomber
- makers
- Industria Aeronautică Română
- engines
- 1× IAR K.14-IV C32 radial piston
- crew
- 3
- length
- 9.6 m
- wingspan
- 13.1 m
- height
- 4 m
- max take-off weight
- 3,085 kg
- top speed
- 336 km/h
- range
- 1,050 km
- ceiling
- 8,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q785044, Wikipedia: IAR 37 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.