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Measured figures
L-59E · Length
Single source12.20 m (40 ft 0 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Aero L-59 Super Albatros | Pilatus PC-24 |
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| Type | Military trainer aircraft COIN[source] | Light business jet[source] |
| Manufacturer | Aero Vodochody[source] | Pilatus Aircraft[source] |
| Status | Out of production, in service[source] | In production[source] |
| Primary users | Czech Air Force Egyptian Air Force Tunisian Air Force[source] |
16.85 m (55 ft 3 in)[source]
L-59E · at 7,000 m (23,000 ft) (with maximum internal and external fuel)
Single source2,000 km (1,200 mi, 1,100 nmi) at 7,000 m (23,000 ft) (with maximum internal and external fuel)[source]
Maximum payload
Single source1,406 kg (3,100 lb)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Qatar Emiri Air Force PlaneSense Royal Flying Doctor Service[source] |
| Number built | 80[source] | 212 (Q1 2024)[source] |
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| Manufactured | 1986–1996[source] | 2015–present[source] |
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| First flight | 30 September 1986[source] | 11 May 2015[source] |
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| Developed from | Aero L-39 Albatros[source] | — |
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| Variant | Aero L-159 ALCA[source] | — |
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| Fuel capacity | 1,537 L (406 US gal; 338 imp gal) including tip tanks[source] | 2,705 kg (5,964 lb), 888.5 US gal (3,363 L)[source] |
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| Stall speed | 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn) (flaps down)[source] | 154 km/h (96 mph, 83 kn)[source] |
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| Guns | one GSh-23L cannon in under-fuselage pod[source] | — |
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| Hardpoints | four underwing hardpoints with a capacity of inner hardpoints 500 kg (1,100 lb)capacity, outer hardpoints 250 kg (550 lb)[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | Czechoslovakia[source]Inventory Origin column; table 1, row 26, cell 2; revision 1374778711; retrieved 2026-10-01 | — |
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| National origin | — | Switzerland[source] |
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| Introduction date | — | 1 April 2018[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 10 passengers[source] |
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| Aspect ratio | — | 9.35[source] |
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| Cabin | — | 7.01 m × 1.69 m × 1.55 m long × wide × high ( 23 ft 0 in × 5 ft 7 in × 5 ft 1 in)[source] |
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| Cabin altitude | — | 2,438 m at 13,716 m (8,000 ft at 45,000 ft), 8.78 psi (0.605 bar)[source] |
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| Time to altitude | — | 45,000 ft (14,000 m) 27.1 mins[source] |
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| Wing loading | — | 259 kg/m 2 (53 lb/sq ft)[source] |
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| Fuel consumption | — | 0.58 kg/km (2.1 lb/mi) Mach 0.72/416 kn (770 km/h) cruise, 15,375 lb (6,974 kg) weight, FL 450, ISA+3C[source] |
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| Thrust/weight | — | 0.36[source] |
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| Take-off | — | 942 m; 3,091 ft (MTOW, ISA, sea level, dry paved runway)[source] |
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| Landing | — | 734 m; 2,408 ft (Over 50 ft obstacle, MLW, ISA, sea level, dry paved runway)[source] |
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Maximum take-off; Max takeoff weight
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