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8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. VFW-614 Air Alsace Basle - 15 Oct 1977: Eduard Marmet· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Cimber Air VFW-614: Groningen Airport Eelde Collection· GFDL
- 3. VFW-Fokker VFW-614, Germany - Air Force AN0678240: Pedro Aragão· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. VFW614-1: -- Markutsch 23:28, 1. Mär. 2008 (CET). The original uploader was Markutsch at German Wikipedia . ( Der Urheber ist: Markus Kutscher, Frankfurt, Germany )· Attribution
- 5. VFW 614 ATTAS in test flight: DLR Picture· CC BY 3.0 de
- 6. Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke VFW-Fokker VFW-614 (3154388194): Aleksandr Markin· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. VFW 614 ATTAS bei 100 Jahre Hamburg Airport 24 09 2011: Cornu1907· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. VFW 614 ATTAS special equipment: DLR Picture· CC BY 3.0 de
what is it?
The VFW-Fokker 614 (also VFW 614) was a twin-engined jetliner designed and constructed by joint Dutch and West German aviation company VFW-Fokker. It is the first jet-powered passenger liner to be developed and produced in West Germany (the East German Baade 152 being the first German jet airliner), as well as the first German-built civil aircraft to have been manufactured for a decade. The VFW 614 was originally proposed during the early 1960s as the E.614, which was a concept for a 36–40 seat aircraft by a consortium of West German aircraft companies, who were soon re-organised into Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke (VFW).
How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 21.5 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 55 years ago, in 1971.
- Top speed is 5.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 21.5 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Range of 1,195 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.
jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1971-07-14
- introduced
- 1975
- retired
- 2012
- status
- retired
- number built
- 19
- role
- regional airliner
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- makers
- Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke
- engines
- 2× Rolls-Royce/SNECMA M45H Mk. 501
- crew
- 2
- passengers
- 44
- length
- 20.6 m
- wingspan
- 21.5 m
- height
- 7.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 20 t
- top speed
- 704 km/h
- range
- 1,195 km
- ceiling
- 7,620 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q563301, Wikipedia: VFW-Fokker 614 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.