what is it?
The Mitsubishi MH 2000 is a 7/12 seat light utility helicopter. The MH2000 was Japan's first indigenous helicopter, and was primarily developed and produced by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), which held sole responsibility for developing and manufacturing both the fuselage and engines. The program was launched in 1995 to fulfill a variety of missions, include passenger and business transport, law enforcement, search and rescue and emergency medical services.
How to recognise it: 2 turboshaft engines · 12.2 m main rotor
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 30 years ago, in 1996.
- Rotor of 12.2 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
turboshaft: A turbine that turns a shaft, usually a helicopter rotor.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1996
- introduced
- 2000
- number built
- 5
- role
- utility helicopter
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- makers
- Mitsubishi
- engines
- 2× Mitsubishi MG5-110
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 12
- length
- 12.2 m
- rotor diameter
- 12.2 m
- height
- 4.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 4,500 kg
- top speed
- —
- cruise speed
- 250 km/h
- range
- 777 km
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q584321, Wikipedia: Mitsubishi MH2000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.