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Shaanxi Y-8
🇨🇳 People's Republic of China ·first flew 1974· military transport aircraft / maritime patrol aircraft
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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 MRD: M Radzi Desa· GFDL 1.2
- 2. Shaanxi Y-9: Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation· CC BY 4.0
- 3. Shaanxi Y-8: Alert5· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Shaanxi Y-8 (6161610759): kevinmcgill from Den Bosch, Netherlands· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Shaanxi Y-8F-200W de la Fuerza aérea Venezolana: Carlos E. Perez S.L· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Venezuelan Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 (14401420609): Carlos Díaz from Venezuela· CC BY 2.0
- 7. Venezuelan Air Force Shaanxi Y-8F-200 on finals at Natal: Chris Lofting· GFDL 1.2
what is it?
The Shaanxi Y-8 or Yunshuji Y-8 (Chinese: 运-8; pinyin: Yùn Bā) aircraft is a medium-size, four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft produced by Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation in China, based on the Soviet Antonov An-12. It has become one of China's most popular military and civilian transport/cargo aircraft, with many variants produced and exported. Although the Soviet Union ended production of the An-12 in 1973, the Chinese Y-8 continues to be upgraded and produced.
How to recognise it: 4 turboprops · 38 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 52 years ago, in 1974.
- Top speed is 5.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 38 m: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
- Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Range of 5,615 km: 31× 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
- 1974-12
- status
- in production
- number built
- 169
- role
- military transport aircraft / maritime patrol aircraft
- origin
- 🇨🇳 People's Republic of China
- engines
- 4× Zhuzhou WoJiang-6 (WJ-6)
- crew
- 5
- passengers
- 90
- length
- 34 m
- wingspan
- 38 m
- height
- 11.2 m
- max take-off weight
- 61 t
- top speed
- 660 km/h
- cruise speed
- 550 km/h
- range
- 5,615 km
- ceiling
- 10,400 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q1156944, Wikipedia: Shaanxi Y-8 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.