3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. R 42: L'Aéronautique magazine· Public domain
- 2. G 24 00081549: SDASM Archives· No restrictions
- 3. Junkers G.24 fuselage structure L'Aéronautique December,1928: L'Aéronautique magazine· Public domain
what is it?
The Junkers G 24 was a German three-engine, all-metal low-wing monoplane passenger aircraft manufactured by Junkers from 1925. Junkers F 24 was the designation for single-engine versions of the same aircraft.
How to recognise it: 3 piston engines with propellers · low wing · 29.4 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 102 years ago, in 1924.
- Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 29.4 m: about 7 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
- 1924-10-13
- introduced
- 1925
- retired
- 1941
- status
- retired
- number built
- 115
- role
- airliner-transport
- makers
- AB Flygindustri, Junkers Motorenbau und Junkers Flugzeugwerk
- engines
- 3× Junkers L5 / L 2
- crew
- 2
- passengers
- 14
- length
- 15.8 m
- wingspan
- 29.4 m
- height
- 5.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 7,200 kg
- top speed
- 210 km/h
- cruise speed
- 170 km/h
- range
- 660 km
- ceiling
- 4,000 m
- wings
- low wing
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q367809, Wikipedia: Junkers G 24 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.