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Antonov An-38
🇷🇺 Soviet Union ·first flew 1994· turboprop regional airliner
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Antonov An-38-120, Vostok Airlines AN1285381: Gleb Osokin - Russian AviaPhoto Team· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Vostok Antonov An-38 Galkin: Vladimir Galkin· GFDL 1.2
what is it?
The Antonov An-38 is a stretched and upgraded version of Antonov's earlier An-28. It is a twin-engined turboprop transport aircraft, designed by the Antonov Design Bureau in Kyiv, Ukraine. Production is in Novosibirsk, Russia, but some crucial parts are also made in Ukraine and Belarus.
How to recognise it: 2 turboprops · shoulder wing · retractable tricycle gear · 22.1 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 32 years ago, in 1994.
- Top speed is 3.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 22.1 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,650 km: 9× Amsterdam to Brussels.
turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1994-06-23
- introduced
- 1997
- status
- still flying
- number built
- 11
- role
- turboprop regional airliner
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
- makers
- Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association
- engines
- 2× Honeywell TPE331-14GR-801E
- crew
- 2
- passengers
- 27
- length
- 15.7 m
- wingspan
- 22.1 m
- height
- 4.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 8,800 kg
- top speed
- 405 km/h
- cruise speed
- 380 km/h
- range
- 1,650 km
- wings
- shoulder wing
- landing gear
- retractable tricycle gear
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q607658, Wikipedia: Antonov An-38 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.