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Strategic airlifter
Xi'an Y-20 is a strategic airlifter originating in China. It was built by Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation.
ChinaTrue 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| 28 Sept 2026 | 47 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Strategic airlifter
China
Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation
Tang Changhong
In service, in production
People's Liberation Army Air Force
100 as of 2026
2013–present
6 July 2016
26 January 2013
3
66,000 kg (145,505 lb)
47 m (154 ft 2 in)
50 m (164 ft 1 in)
15 m (49 ft 3 in)
100,000 kg (220,462 lb)
220,000 kg (485,017 lb)
4 × Shenyang WS-20 turbofan engines, 140 kN (31,000 lbf) thrust each
926 km/h (575 mph, 500 kn)
630 km/h (390 mph, 340 kn)
7,800 km (4,800 mi, 4,200 nmi) with 2 Type 15 tanks
10,000 km (6,200 mi, 5,400 nmi) with 16.5 tons of freight
13,000 m (43,000 ft)
China
710 kg/m 2 (150 lb/sq ft)
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Xi'an Y-20 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
ChinaReported count for Xian Y-20 · YY-20A/B / Xian Y-20. Service scope: People's Liberation Army Air Force; does not replace a national total. 2 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 40 / in service: 55. Origin: China. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2026), not the article revision. 2026 cited publication year. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Reported count for Xian Y-20 · YY-20A/B / Xian Y-20. Service scope: People's Liberation Army Air Force; does not replace a national total. 2 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: 40 / in service: 55. Origin: China. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2026), not the article revision. 2026 cited publication year. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Air Force exact named equipment holdings: Y-20. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / Heavy. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.