2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Ki-59 transporter 2: Imperial Japanese Army· Public domain
- 2. Kokusai, Ki-59: San Diego Air & Space Museum· No restrictions
what is it?
The Kokusai Ki-59 (一式輸送機, Isshiki-yusōki) was an early 1940s light transport monoplane built by Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K for the Imperial Japanese Army as a development of the Teradako-ken TK-3, which had first flown in 1938.
How to recognise it: 2 engines · shoulder wing · 17 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 85 years ago, in 1941.
- Wingspan of 17 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1941
- introduced
- 1941
- number built
- 59
- role
- light transport monoplane
- makers
- Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo
- engines
- 2× Hitachi Ha-13a radial engine
- crew
- 3
- length
- 12.5 m
- wingspan
- 17 m
- height
- 3.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 4,120 kg
- top speed
- —
- cruise speed
- 300 km/h
- range
- 800 km
- wings
- shoulder wing
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q543015, Wikipedia: Kokusai Ki-59 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.