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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Yakovlev Yak-12 (SP-ABA) in fly: Krzysztof Dobrzanski· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Yak-12A: Leo Medvedev/Лев Леонидович Медведев· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. YAK-12 on floats FSO N512BA: TimothyMN ( talk )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Yakovlev Yak-12M - 6: No machine-readable author provided. WitekTHC assumed (based on copyright claims).· Public domain
- 5. Yakovlev Yak-12M Dvurekov-1: Igor Dvurekov· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Yakovlev Yak-12 (Russian: Яковлев Як-12, also transcribed as Jak-12, NATO reporting name: "Creek") is a light multirole STOL aircraft used by the Soviet Air Forces, Soviet civilian aviation and other countries from 1947 onwards.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · shoulder wing · fixed tailwheel (taildragger)
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 80 years ago, in 1946.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1946
- introduced
- 1948
- status
- still flying
- number built
- 4,992
- role
- utility aircraft
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
- makers
- Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, Yakovlev, PZL
- engines
- 1× Ivchenko AI-14R / AI-14
- length
- 9 m
- height
- 3.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,450 kg
- top speed
- 182 km/h
- cruise speed
- 127 km/h
- range
- 765 km
- ceiling
- 4,160 m
- wings
- shoulder wing
- landing gear
- fixed conventional landing gear
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q630744, Wikipedia: Yakovlev Yak-12 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.