Sukhoi Su-30MKK

what is it?

The Sukhoi Su-30MKK (NATO reporting name: Flanker-G) is a Russian multirole fighter derived from the Sukhoi Su-30MK. It was developed in 1998 to Chinese requirements for a Sukhoi Su-27 with strike capabilities. The type was further developed in the early-2000s into the Sukhoi Su-30MK2 with anti-ship capabilities. China was the first operator of the Su-30MKK and Su-30MK2.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 14.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 2,120 km/htop speed
• range 3,000 kmwithout refuelling
• size 34.5 tmax take-off weight

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

• 🏎️Top speed is 16.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 💥Faster than sound: up to Mach 1.7 (sea-level speed of sound ≈ 1,235 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 14.7 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 3,000 km: 17× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 2.0× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

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introduced

2000

status

still flying

number built

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role

multirole strike fighter

origin

🇷🇺 Russia

makers

Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association

engines

2× Lyulka AL-31F

crew

2

length

21.9 m

wingspan

14.7 m

height

6.4 m

max take-off weight

34.5 t

top speed

2,120 km/h

range

3,000 km

ceiling

17,300 m

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

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