Antonov An-24

Antonov An-24
An Antonov An-24 on the tarmac at the airport in Uzhhorod, Ukraine.
Type	Transport aircraft
Manufacturer	Antonov
Maiden flight	April 1960
Introduced	1963
Status	Active service
Primary user	Aeroflot
Produced	1963-1978
Number built	1,100
Variants	Antonov An-26 Antonov An-30 Xian Y-7

The Antonov An-24 is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport manufactured in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine) by the Antonov Design Bureau. It was first flown in 1960. Over 1,000 examples were built and in 880 are still in service worldwide, mostly in the CIS and Africa. In August 2006 a total of 448 Antonov An-24 aircraft remain in airline service.^[1]

It was designed to replace veteran piston Il-14 transport on short to medium haul trips. The design of the airctaft was optimised for operating from rough strips and unprepared airports in remote locations. The high-wing layout protects engines and blades from debris, and the power-to-weight ratio is higher then that of many comparable airctaft. The machine is rugged and does not require sophisticated ground equipment for maintenance.

China's Xian Aircraft Manufacturing Company makes copies of the An-24 as the Yunshuji Y-7. Production continues in China, though production in Ukraine was shut down in 1978.

2006

• On January 19, 2006, a Slovak An-24 military transport with 43 persons on board (of which 28 were soldiers) crashed in Hungary, only 3 km from the Slovak border. Only one person survived, and 42 were reported dead. The plane was carrying Slovak KFOR forces that had been serving in Kosovo for half a year.^[2]

Variants and design stages

• An-24: : Original design.
• An-24B: freighter
• An-24T: freighter
• An-24P: : firebomber
• An-24V : 50-seat version.
• Xian Y-7 : Chinese-built version.

Operators

Military Operators

• Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Congo, Cuba, Czech Republic (before 2005), East Germany, Egypt, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lithuania, Mali, Mongolia, North Korea, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

Civil Operators

Major operators of some of the 448 Antonov An-24 aircraft still in airline service at August 2006 include: China Southern Airlines (11), Air Urga (10), ARP 410 Airlines (10), Scat Air (20), Turkmenistan Airlines (22), Ukraine National Airlines (12), Novosibirsk Air (9), Belavia (9), UT Air (17), Uzbekistan Airways (11), Yakutia Airlines (17) and Cubana de Aviación (14). Some 112 other airlines also operate smaller numbers of the type.^[1]

Civil operators have included:Aeroflot, Aerosvit, Air Astana, Air Guinee, Air Mali, Ariana Afghan Airlines, Balkan Bulgarian, CAAC, Cubana, Egyptair, Interflug, Iraqi Airways, Lebanese Air Transport, Lina Congo, Lot Polish Airlines, Misrair (Egyptair), Pan African Air Service, Altyn Air, President Airlines, PMTair, Royal Khmer Airlines, Uzbekistan Airways

cockpit

Specifications (An-24)

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Data from Airliners.net^[3]

General characteristics<h3>

• Crew: 3-4: 2 pilots, 1 flight engineer, (optional) 1 radio operator
• Capacity: 52 passengers
• Payload: 5,500 kg (12,000 lb)
• Length: 23.53 m (77 ft 3 in)
• Wingspan: 29.20 m (95 ft 10 in)
• Height: 8.32 m (27 ft 4 in)
• Wing area: 75.0 m² (807 ft²)
• Empty weight: 13,300 kg (29,300 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 21,000 kg (46,000 lb)
• Powerplant: 2× Ivchenko AI-24A turboprops, 2,820 ehp (2,100 kW) each

<h3>Performance<h3>

• Maximum speed: 500 km/h (270 knots, 310 mph)
• Cruise speed: 450 km/h (240 knots, 280 mph)
• Range:
  
  • With maximum payload: 550 km (300 nm, 340 mi)
  • With maximum fuel: 2,400 km (1,300 nm, 1,500 mi)
• Service ceiling: m (ft)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
2. ^ Nærland, Mina Hauge. "Slovakisk militærfly styrtet", Dagbladet.no, DB Medialab, 2006-01-19. Retrieved on 2006-06-30. (in Norwegian)
3. ^ Lundgren, Johan (1996-2006). The Antonov An-24/26/30/32 & Xian Y-7. Airliners.net. AirNav Systems LLC. URL accessed on 2006-06-30.

• (English) Aviation.ru
• (English) Airliners.net
• (Norwegian) VG.no

External links

• Aviation Museum
• The Antonov An-24/26/30/32 & Xian Y-7 at Airliners.net
• An-24 photos

Related content

Related development<h3>

• Antonov An-26
• Antonov An-30

• Xian Y-7

• An-12 - An-14 - An-22 - An-24 - An-26 - An-28 - An-30

<h3>See also<h3>

• List of airliners
• List of civil aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS

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