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