what is it?
The Yakovlev AIR-6 was a Soviet light utility aircraft of the 1930s. It was a single-engined high-wing monoplane designed by Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, with 128 being built.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12.1 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 94 years ago, in 1932.
- Wingspan of 12.1 m: about 3 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
- 1932-05
- introduced
- 1934
- number built
- 128
- role
- light utility aircraft
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
- makers
- Yakovlev, Moscow Aviation Plant № 39
- engines
- 1× Shvetsov M-11
- length
- 7.8 m
- wingspan
- 12.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 961 kg
- top speed
- 169 km/h
- cruise speed
- 130 km/h
- range
- 715 km
- ceiling
- 4,600 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q8047177, Wikipedia: Yakovlev AIR-6 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.