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Fuji KM-2
🇯🇵 Japan ·first flew 1962· primary trainer
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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Fuji Heavy Industries KM-2, in Kota Town: Lombroso· Public domain
- 2. Fuji T-5: Rob Schleiffert from Holland· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Fuji KM-2 ‘6288’ (32876963337): Alan Wilson from Peterborough, Cambs, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Fuji KM-2 ‘6288’ (33922577738): Alan Wilson from Peterborough, Cambs, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Fuji KM-2 ‘6288’ (46904443705): Alan Wilson from Peterborough, Cambs, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Fuji, KM-2 01 00080620: San Diego Air & Space Museum· No restrictions
what is it?
The Fuji KM-2 is a Japanese propeller-driven light aircraft, which was developed by Fuji Heavy Industries from the Beechcraft T-34 Mentor which Fuji built under licence. Various versions have been used as primary trainers by the Japan Self-Defense Forces.
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 64 years ago, in 1962.
- Top speed is 2.9× 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
- 1962
- introduced
- 1962
- retired
- 1998
- status
- retired
- number built
- 64
- role
- primary trainer
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- makers
- Subaru Corporation
- engines
- 1× Lycoming IGSO-480-A1A6 / IGSO-480-A1F6
- crew
- 2
- passengers
- 3
- length
- 7.9 m
- wingspan
- 10 m
- height
- 2.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,750 kg
- top speed
- 378 km/h
- cruise speed
- 304 km/h
- range
- 975 km
- ceiling
- 8,170 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q1473106, Wikipedia: Fuji KM-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.