what is it?
The Shenyang J-35 (Chinese: 歼-35; pinyin: jiān-sānwǔ), also known as the Cloud Dragon, is a series of Chinese single-seater, twin-engine, all-weather, stealth multirole combat aircraft manufactured by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC), designed for air superiority and surface strike missions. The aircraft has two variants, a land-based variant designed for the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), and a carrier-based variant optimized for catapult-assisted takeoff (CATOBAR) for the People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force (PLANAF). The aircraft is also promoted for export.
How to recognise it: 4 jet engines · 11.5 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 3 years ago, in 2023.
- Wingspan of 11.5 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Can fly 1.8× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 2023-09-26
- introduced
- 2025
- status
- still flying
- number built
- 57
- role
- military aircraft
- origin
- 🇨🇳 People's Republic of China
- makers
- Shenyang Aircraft Corporation
- engines
- 4× Guizhou WS-21 (J-35) / Guizhou WS-19 / Guizhou WS-13
- crew
- 1
- length
- 17.3 m
- wingspan
- 11.5 m
- height
- 4.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 28 t
- top speed
- —
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 16,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q762551, Wikipedia: Shenyang J-35 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.