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AgustaWestland AW189

🇮🇹 Italy ·first flew 2011· super-medium-lift helicopter

🚁 helicopter ✓ still flying
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. AW-189 (52369339105): Airwolfhound from Hertfordshire, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  2. 2. AW-189: Saggittarius A· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. AW189 - Lydd Airport (centered): Airwolfhound· CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. 4. AgustaWestland AW189 I-PTFF PAS 2013 01: Julian Herzog ( Website )· CC BY 4.0
  5. 5. I-EASO-AW189-FAR-3545: MilborneOne· CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. 6. MIAS 260915 Gulf Helicopters AW189 03: Oren Rozen· CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. 2018, AW-189, Coast Guard, Fairford, G-MCGW - 7991 (54063250491): Jim van de Burgt from Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands· CC0
  8. 8. BRISTOW HELICOPTERS HM COASTGUARD RESCUE LEONARDO AW189 G-MCGX (52239285247): simon butler from halesowen, uk· CC BY 2.0
  9. 9. EGLF - AgustaWestland AW189 - I-AWCU (29121373357): Steve Lynes from Sandshurst, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
  10. 10. Leonardo AW189 (G-MCGX) (51517775807): Nick / from United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
AgustaWestland AW189, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Airwolfhound from Hertfordshire, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0

what is it?

The AgustaWestland AW189 is a twin-engined, super-medium-lift helicopter manufactured by Leonardo S.p.A. It is derived from the AW149, and shares similarities with the AW139 and AW169.

How to recognise it: 2 engines · 14.6 m main rotor

base stats

  • speed 313 km/htop speed
  • range 370 kmwithout refuelling
  • seats 19passengers
  • size 8,300 kgmax take-off weight
  • built 70made 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 15 years ago, in 2011.
  • Top speed is 2.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • Rotor of 14.6 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

spec sheet

first flight
2011-12-21
introduced
2014
status
still flying
number built
70
role
super-medium-lift helicopter
origin
🇮🇹 Italy
makers
Leonardo
engines
2× General Electric CT7-2E1 turboshaft engine
crew
1
passengers
19
length
17.6 m
rotor diameter
14.6 m
height
5.1 m
max take-off weight
8,300 kg
top speed
313 km/h
cruise speed
267 km/h
range
370 km
ceiling
3,048 m

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

family

↑ AgustaWestland AW149parent

Sources: Wikidata Q3606932, Wikipedia: AgustaWestland AW189 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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