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STOL transport, patrol and maritime reconnaissance aircraft
PZL M28 Skytruck is a sTOL transport, patrol and maritime reconnaissance aircraft. It was built by PZL Mielec. Reported operators include Polish Air Force Polish Navy Venezuelan Army United States Air Force.
PolandPZL M28 Skytruck
Grzegorz Jereczek from Gdańsk, Poland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source ↗ · ModifiedSTOL transport, patrol and maritime reconnaissance aircraft
PZL Mielec
Antonov / PZL Mielec
In active service
Polish Air Force Polish Navy Venezuelan Army United States Air Force
200+ (including PZL An-28)
1984-1993 (PZL An-28) 1993- (PZL M28 Skytruck)
22 July 1984 (PZL An-28) 24 July 1993 (PZL M28 Skytruck)
Antonov An-28
2
19 passengers (17 paratroopers) or 2,300 kg (5,071 lb)
13.1 m (43 ft 0 in)
22.06 m (72 ft 5 in)
4.9 m (16 ft 1 in)
39.72 m 2 (427.5 sq ft)
4,354 kg (9,599 lb)
7,500 kg (16,535 lb)
1,766 kg (3,893 lb) / 2,278 L (602 US gal; 501 imp gal)
2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65B turboprop engines, 820 kW (1,100 hp) each
355 km/h (221 mph, 192 kn)
244 km/h (152 mph, 132 kn)
1,592 km (989 mi, 860 nmi) at 3,000 m (9,800 ft)) with 45 min. reserve
3,100 km (1,900 mi, 1,700 nmi) with ferry tanks in the cabin
6.2 h (3,000 m (10,000 ft), 45 min reserve)
7,620 m (25,000 ft)
12.29 m/s (2,400 ft/min)
5.26 m (17 ft)
1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
13.73 m 2 (148 sq ft)
12.25
TsAGI R-II-14 (14%)
Hartzell HC-B5MP-3D10876ASK
120 km/h (75 mph, 65 kn)
153 km/h (95 mph, 83 kn) (V MCA )
+3/-1
3,000 m (9,800 ft) in 6 minutes with air bleed off (9 min with air bleed on)
494 m (1,620 ft)
250 m (820 ft)
268 kg/h (591 lb/h)
M28 Skytruck
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Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 13.1 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 13.1 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 13.1 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 13.1 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
PZL M28 Skytruck equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
EcuadorArmy exact named equipment holdings of M-28 Skytruck. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIRCRAFT / Light. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
EstoniaAir Force exact named equipment holdings of M-28 Skytruck. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIRCRAFT / Light. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
GermanyReported count for PZL M28 Skytruck · (with underbelly luggage pod). Service scope: Aircraft of the German Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): in service: 3. Origin: Poland Ukraine. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
JordanAir Force exact named equipment holdings of M-28 Skytruck. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIRCRAFT / Light. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
KenyaAir Force exact named equipment holdings of M-28 Skytruck (C-145A). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIRCRAFT / Light. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The source marks the whole equipment section with a dagger: serviceability in doubt. Holdings are not readiness. Source parentheses retain employment, lease, reporting designation, alternate model, or included-subset scopes exactly. Own fetched primary and alternate/model identity declarations are retained. Numbers inside an included subset are part of the printed count and are never added again; no sibling or parent specification is copied.
NepalAir Wing exact named equipment holdings of M-28 Skytruck. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIRCRAFT / Light. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The source declares a separate Air Wing subsection within Army. The source marks the whole equipment section with a dagger: serviceability in doubt. Holdings are not readiness.
PolandReported count for PZL M28 Skytruck. Service scope: Polish Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 24. Origin: Poland. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2024), not the article revision. 2024 cited publication year. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
VenezuelaNational Guard (Fuerzas Armadas de Cooperacion) holdings of exact named m-28 skytruck, equipment units; active, operational reserve and training equipment, excluding equipment in store. Service-only November2025 IISS observation, not a national total or combat-readiness figure. No heading aggregate or parent/sibling variant quantity inherited.
Polish Air Force Polish Navy Venezuelan Army United States Air Force
Equipment reference ↗Reported count for M28 Skytruck · —. Service scope: Nepalese Army Air Service; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 5. Origin: Poland. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Army holdings of the exact named M-28 Skytruck component, counted as equipment units: active, operational reserve and training equipment, excluding equipment in store. Service-scoped IISS observation, not a national total or combat-readiness figure. No parent, sibling, mounted-weapon or heading aggregate quantity inherited.