Antonov An-218

Antonov An-218
General information
Type	Widebody airliner
Manufacturer	Antonov
Status	Project abandoned
Number built	0

The Antonov An-218 was a proposal by the Antonov Design Bureau for a widebody commercial airliner. A twin-engined design, it was intended to carry approximately 350 passengers.

The first flight was initially scheduled for 1994. Due to severe economic conditions the project was abandoned. Only a full-scale wooden replica of the An-218 was built, but eventually it was disassembled.^[citation needed]

Specifications (An-218-100, as designed)

General characteristics

• Crew: two (flight deck)
• Capacity: 300/350/400 passengers
• Length: 59.79 m (196 ft 2 in)
• Wingspan: 50 m (164 ft 1 in)
• Height: 15.7 m (51 ft 6 in)
• Wing area: 270 m^2 (2,900 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 90,000 kg (198,416 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 170,000 kg (374,786 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Progress D-18T1 high bypass turbofan, 250 kN (57,000 lbf) thrust each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 870 km/h (540 mph, 470 kn)
• Range: 11,500 km (7,100 mi, 6,200 nmi)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Airbus A330
• Boeing 767
• Ilyushin Il-96
• Tupolev Tu-304

References

External links

• Aircraft facts (translated) (original page)
• An-218 airliner by Antonov ANTK Archived 2020-01-18 at the Wayback Machine