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what is it?
The Let L-610 is a prototype aircraft for the Czech civil aircraft manufacturer Let Kunovice made in 1988–1997.
How to recognise it: 2 turboprops · 25.6 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 38 years ago, in 1988.
- Top speed is 3.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 25.6 m: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Range of 2,420 km: 13× Amsterdam to Brussels.
- Can fly 1.2× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1988-12-28
- introduced
- 1991
- status
- retired
- number built
- 8
- role
- airliner, transport aircraft
- makers
- LET Aircraft Industries
- engines
- 2× General Electric CT7-9D
- crew
- 2
- passengers
- 40
- length
- 21.7 m
- wingspan
- 25.6 m
- height
- 7.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 14.5 t
- top speed
- 490 km/h
- cruise speed
- 438 km/h
- range
- 2,420 km
- ceiling
- 10,250 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1756301, Wikipedia: Let L-610 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.