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what is it?
The Nakajima A4N was a carrier-based fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Navy, and the last biplane designed by Nakajima. The first prototype was completed in 1934, but, due to engine trouble, the aircraft did not see service until 1936. Given the Nakajima internal designation Nakajima YM, but the Japanese Navy designation was Navy Type 95 Carrier Fighter.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10 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 91 years ago, in 1935.
- Top speed is 2.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 10 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1935
- introduced
- 1936
- number built
- 221
- role
- fighter aircraft
- origin
- Empire of Japan
- makers
- Nakajima
- engines
- 1× Nakajima Hikari 1
- crew
- 1
- length
- 6.6 m
- wingspan
- 10 m
- height
- 3.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,760 kg
- top speed
- 352 km/h
- cruise speed
- 233 km/h
- range
- 846 km
- ceiling
- 7,740 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q682493, Wikipedia: Nakajima A4N (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.