AgustaWestland AW169

what is it?

The AgustaWestland AW169 is a twin-engine, 10-seat, 4.8t helicopter developed and manufactured by the helicopter division of Leonardo (formerly AgustaWestland, merged into Finmeccanica since 2016). It was designed to share similarities with the larger AgustaWestland AW139 and AgustaWestland AW189.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 turboshaft engines · 12.1 m main rotor

base stats

• speed 306 km/htop speed
• range 820 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 12passengers
• size 4,800 kgmax take-off weight
• built 170made 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 14 years ago, in 2012.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Rotor of 12.1 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

turboshaft: A turbine that turns a shaft, usually a helicopter rotor.

spec sheet

first flight

2012-05-10

introduced

2015

status

still flying

number built

170

role

helicopter

origin

🇮🇹 Italy

makers

Leonardo

engines

2× Pratt & Whitney PW210A

crew

1

passengers

12

length

14.7 m

rotor diameter

12.1 m

height

4.5 m

max take-off weight

4,800 kg

top speed

306 km/h

range

820 km

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