Junkers K 16

what is it?

The Junkers K 16 was a small airliner produced in Germany in the early 1920s. It was a conventional, high-wing cantilever monoplane of all-metal construction, equipped with fixed, tailwheel undercarriage. The pilot sat in an open cockpit, while the two passengers were provided with an enclosed cabin within the fuselage.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · shoulder wing · 11 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 145 km/htop speed
• range 600 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 2passengers
• size 850 kgmax take-off weight
• built 17made in total

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 105 years ago, in 1921.
• 🚗Wingspan of 11 m: about 2 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

1921-03-03

number built

17

role

airliner

origin

German Reich

makers

Junkers Motorenbau und Junkers Flugzeugwerk

engines

1× Siemens-Halske Sh 4 / Sh 12 / Siemens-Halske Sh 5 / Walter NZ 120

passengers

2

length

8 m

wingspan

11 m

height

2.8 m

max take-off weight

850 kg

top speed

145 km/h

range

600 km

wings

shoulder wing

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