Antonov An-22

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Soviet aircraft military transport aircraft strategic airlifter turboprop aircraft

The Antonov An-22 is a Soviet-era, four-engine turboprop strategic airlifter that was once the world’s largest aircraft, designed to carry heavy and oversized military and cargo loads over long distances.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Antonov An-22 canonical 2
An-22 heavy transport 1
An-22A 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet aircraft ⓘ
military transport aircraft ⓘ
strategic airlifter ⓘ
turboprop aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration four-engine turboprop ⓘ
airframeMaterial metal monocoque ⓘ
cargoHoldType pressurized cargo hold ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
crew 5 ⓘ
6 ⓘ
cruiseSpeed about 600–650 km/h ⓘ
designedBy Oleg Antonov ⓘ
designedFor heavy and oversized cargo ⓘ
long-range operations ⓘ
military transport missions ⓘ
engineModel Kuznetsov NK-12 ⓘ
engineType turboprop ⓘ
enteredServiceWith Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Military Transport Aviation
firstFlight 1965-02-27 ⓘ
hasCargoLoading rear loading ramp ⓘ
hasVariant Antonov An-22 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Antonov An-22A
height approximately 12.5 m ⓘ
introduced 1969 ⓘ
landingGearType multi-bogey retractable landing gear ⓘ
length approximately 57.9 m ⓘ
manufacturer Antonov Design Bureau ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 740 km/h ⓘ
maximumTakeoffWeight ~250000 kg ⓘ
NATOreportingName Cock ⓘ
notableFeature largest turboprop-powered aircraft ever built ⓘ
world’s largest aircraft at time of introduction ⓘ
numberBuilt about 68 ⓘ
numberOfEngines 4 ⓘ
payloadCapacity over 80000 kg ⓘ
primaryUser Russian Air Force ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
Ukrainian Air Force ⓘ
productionPeriod 1960s–1970s ⓘ
propellerConfiguration contra-rotating propellers ⓘ
range over 5000 km with maximum payload ⓘ
role heavy cargo transport ⓘ
strategic airlift ⓘ
serviceCeiling about 8000–9000 m ⓘ
status in limited service ⓘ
tailConfiguration T-tail ⓘ
usedFor airlifting military equipment ⓘ
oversized cargo transport ⓘ
transporting humanitarian aid ⓘ
wingConfiguration high-wing ⓘ
wingspan approximately 64.4 m ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Military Transport Aviation → aircraftOperated → Antonov An-22 ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet → usedInAircraft → Antonov An-22 ⓘ
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Olympus
this entity surface form: Antonov An-22 (testbed)
Kuznetsov NK-12 → usedInAircraft → Antonov An-22 ⓘ
Kuznetsov NK-12 → usedOn → Antonov An-22 ⓘ
this entity surface form: An-22A
Kuznetsov NK-12 → aircraftAssociation → Antonov An-22 ⓘ
this entity surface form: An-22 heavy transport
Antonov An-22 → hasVariant → Antonov An-22 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antonov An-22A