Sukhoi Su-30
Specifications (Su-27PU/Su-30)

General characteristics Crew: 2 Length: 21.935 m (73 ft) Wingspan: 14.7 m (48 ft 3 in) Height: 6.36 m (20 ft 10 in) Wing area: 62 m² (667 ft²) Empty weight: 17,700 kg (39,021 lb) Loaded weight: 24,900 kg (54,900 lb) with 56% fuel Max. takeoff weight: 34,500 kg (76,060 lb) Fuel capacity: 9,400 kg (20,724 lb) internally Powerplant: 2 × Saturn AL-31FL turbofans Dry thrust: 74.5 kN (16,750 lbf) each Thrust with afterburner: 122.58 kN (27,560 lbf) each Performance Maximum speed: Mach 2.0 (2,120 km/h; 1,320 mph) at altitude Range: 3,000 km (1,860 mi; 1,620 nmi) at altitude Service ceiling: 17,300 m (56,800 ft) Rate of climb: 230 m/s (45,275 ft/min) Wing loading: With 56% fuel: 401 kg/m² (82.3 lb/ft²) With full internal fuel: 468.3 kg/m² () Thrust/weight: With full fuel: 0.86 With 56% fuel: 1 Maximum g-load: +9 g Armament Guns: 1 × 30 mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-301 autocannon with 150 rounds Hardpoints: 12 hardpoints with a capacity of up to 8,000 kg (18,000 lb) and provisions to carry combinations of: Rockets: S-8KOM/BM/OM S-13T/OF S-25OFM-PU Missiles: Air-to-air missiles: R-27R/ER/T/ET/P R-73E RVV-AE Air-to-surface missiles: Kh-29T/L Kh-59M/ME Anti-ship missiles: Kh-31A Anti-radiation missiles: Kh-31P Bombs: KAB-500KR general-purpose bomb KAB-500OD bomb KAB-1500KR GP bomb KAB-1500L laser-guided bomb FAB-500T GP bomb BETAB-500SHP bomb ODAB-500PM bomb OFAB-250-270 bomb OFAB-100-120 bomb P-50T bomb RBK-500 cluster bombs SPBE-D bomb Avionics Bars planar array radar OEPS-27 electro-optical targeting system Aviation safety 12 June 1999: Paris Air Show, Le Bourget, France, Su-30MK crashed – both pilots ejected safely and no one was hurt on the ground. 17 September 2015: a Venezuelan Air Force Su-30MK2 crashed in Southern Venezuela, near the town of Elorza while intercepting a small drug-smuggling aircraft. Both pilots died.

Last Updated: October 27, 2017