List of STOL aircraft
This is a list of aircraft which are classified as having Short Takeoff and Landing, or STOL, characteristics.

A typical purpose-designed light STOL aircraft, the Zenith STOL CH 701
The STOL class excludes vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) types, rotorcraft, aerostats and most light aircraft.
List of aircraft
Type | Country | Date | Role | Status | Take-off to 50 ft (15 m) | Landing from 50 ft (15 m) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AAC Angel | US | 1984 | Utility | Production | 1,404 ft (428 m) | 1,046 ft (319 m) | [1] |
Antonov An-14 | Soviet Union | 1958 | Transport | Production | 656 ft (200 m) | 985 ft (300 m) | [2] |
Antonov An-72 | Soviet Union | 1977 | Transport | Production | 1,312 ft (400 m) | 1,148 ft (350 m) | [3] |
Auster AOP.9 | UK | 1954 | Artillery observer | Production | 675 ft (206 m) | 150 ft (46 m) | [4] |
Australian Aircraft Kits Hornet STOL | Australia | 2004 | Ultralight | Production | 656 ft (200 m) | 623 ft (190 m) | [5] |
Bounsall Super Prospector | US | 1990 | Homebuilt | Production | 300 ft (91 m) | 250 ft (76 m) | [6] |
Boeing YC-14 | US | 1976 | Transport | Prototype (Cancelled) | |||
Britten-Norman Defender | UK | 1970 | Transport | Production | 1,050 ft (320 m) | 995 ft (303 m) | [7] |
Boeing/NASA C-8A AWJSRA | US | 1972 | Jet flap STOL research | Production | Augmented Wing Jet-flap STOL Research Aircraft | ||
Britten-Norman Islander | UK | 1965 | Airliner | Production | 1,100 ft (335 m) | 960 ft (293 m) | [8] |
CASA C-212 Aviocar | Spain | 1974 | Transport | Production | 2,001 ft (610 m) | 1,516 ft (462 m) | Airliner, cargo and ground attack variants[9] |
Conroy Stolifter | US | 1968 | Prototype | 450 ft (137 m) | 400 ft (122 m) | Converted Cessna Skymaster.[10] | |
De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk 1 | Canada | 1947 | Transport | Production | 1,015 ft (309 m) | 1,000 ft (305 m) | [11] |
De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk III | Canada | 1947 | Transport | Production | 920 ft (280 m) | 870 ft (265 m) | [11] |
De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter | Canada | 1951 | Transport | Production | 1,155 ft (352 m) | 880 ft (268 m) | [12] |
De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou | Canada | 1959 | Transport | Production | 1,040 ft (317 m) | 590 ft (180 m) | [13] |
De Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo | Canada | 1965 | Utility | Production | 2,100 ft (640 m) | 2,100 ft (640 m) | [14] |
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter | Canada | 1966 | Utility | Production | 1,200 ft (366 m) | 1,050 ft (320 m) | [15] |
De Havilland Canada Dash 7 | Canada | 1975 | Airliner | Production | 1,200 ft (366 m) | 1,050 ft (320 m) | [16] |
Dornier Do 27 | Germany | 1955 | Utility | Production | 558 ft (170 m) | 525 ft (160 m) | [17] |
Dornier Do 28 | Germany | 1959 | Utility | Production | 1,020 ft (311 m) | 1,000 ft (305 m) | [15] |
Dornier Do 29 | Germany | 1958 | Utility | Prototype / research | |||
Dornier P.360 | Germany | Military transport aircraft | Prototype / research | Similar to Armstrong Whitworth AW.681[18] | |||
Evangel 4500 | US | 1964 | Transport | Production | 1,125 ft (343 m) | 1,140 ft (347 m) | [19] |
Fieseler Fi 156 Storch | Germany | 1936 | Utility | Production | 350 ft (107 m) | 310 ft (94 m) | |
Helio Courier H-295 | US | 1955 | Utility | Production | 610 ft (186 m) | 520 ft (158 m) | [20] "Helioplane #1" demonstrator first flew 1949[21] |
IAI Arava | Israel | 1972 | Transport | Production | 984 ft (300 m) | 902 ft (275 m) | [22] |
Javelin V6 STOL | US | 1949 | Homebuilt | Production | 150 ft (46 m) | 300 ft (91 m) | Piper PA-20 Pacer conversion.[6] |
Just Superstol | US | 2012 | Homebuilt | Production | 550 ft (168 m) | 450 ft (137 m) | [23] |
Maule M-5 | US | 1974 | Utility | Production | 550 ft (168 m) | 600 ft (183 m) | [24][25] |
McDonnell Douglas YC-15 | US | 1975 | Transport | Prototype (Cancelled) | |||
NASA Quiet Short-Haul Research Aircraft | US | 1974 | Research | Prototype | |||
PAC P-750 XSTOL | New Zealand | 2001 | Utility | Production | 1,196 ft (365 m) | 950 ft (290 m) | [26] |
Peterson 260SE/Wren 460 | US | 1988 | Utility | Production | 1,000 ft (305 m) | 1,000 ft (305 m) | Conversion of Cessna 182.[27] |
Pilatus PC-6 Porter | Switzerland | 1959 | Utility | Production | 600 ft (183 m) | 550 ft (168 m) | [28] |
Piper J-3 Cub | US | 1938 | Utility | Production | 755 ft (230 m) | 885 ft (270 m) | [29] |
PZL-104 Wilga | Poland | 1962 | Utility | Production | 625 ft (191 m) | 780 ft (238 m) | [30] |
PZL-105M | Poland | 1989 | Utility | Prototype | 1,109 ft (338 m) | 1,070 ft (326 m) | [31] |
Quest Kodiak | US | 2005 | Transport | Production | 760 ft (232 m) | 915 ft (279 m) | [32] |
Scottish Aviation Pioneer | UK | 1947 | Transport | Production | 555 ft (169 m) | 660 ft (201 m) | [33][34] |
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer | UK | 1955 | Transport | Production | 1,071 ft (326 m) | 870 ft (265 m) | [35] |
ShinMaywa US-2 | Japan | 2007 | Air-Sea Rescue | Production | 920 ft (280 m) | 1,080 ft (329 m) | [36] |
Short SC.7 Skyvan | UK | 1963 | Transport | Production | 1,050 ft (320 m) | 1,485 ft (453 m) | [37] |
SIAI-Marchetti FN.333 Riviera | Italy | 1952 | Amphibian | Production | 1,400 ft (427 m) | 1,100 ft (335 m) | [38] |
SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019 | Italy | 1969 | Utility | Production | 1,185 ft (361 m) | 922 ft (281 m) | [39] |
Slepcev Storch | Serbia | 1994 | Ultralight | Production | 126 ft (38 m) | 110 ft (34 m) | Scale replica of Fieseler Fi 156 Storch.[40] |
Spectrum SA-550 | US | 1983 | Transport | Production | 675 ft (206 m) | 675 ft (206 m) | Converted Cessna Skymaster.[41] |
Sukhoi Su-80 | Russian Federation | 2001 | Transport | Production | 2,686 ft (819 m) | 1,715 ft (523 m) | [42] |
Westland Lysander I | UK | 1936 | Army cooperation | Production | 690 ft (210 m) | 990 ft (300 m) | [43][44] |
Zenith STOL CH 701 | US | 1986 | Trainer | Production | 1,257 ft (383 m) | 1,257 ft (383 m) | [45] |
Zenith STOL CH 801 | US | 2011 | Homebuilt | Production | 400 ft (122 m) | 300 ft (91 m) | [46] |
See also
Notes
- Angel Aircraft Corporation. "Angel Aircraft Corporation" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- Taylor 1976, p.405.
- Taylor 1976, p.409.
- Bridgeman 1959, p 14.
- Australian Aircraft Kits (n.d.). "Hornet STOL Performance Data" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 127. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
- Taylor 1976, p.175.
- Plane & Pilot, p 90.
- Military Analysis Network AVIOCAR C-212 (CASA)
- Flight International (November 1968). "Conroy Flies the Stolifter". Retrieved 2009-12-14.
- Plane & Pilot, p 36.
- Plane & Pilot, p 37.
- Pike, John (April 2005). "C-7 / CV-2 Caribou". Retrieved 2009-12-12.
- de Havilland Canada: DHC-5A Buffalo STOL Tactical Transport, page 6. de Havilland Canada, May 1971
- Plane & Pilot, p 97.
- Federal Aviation Administration (January 2006). "TYPE CERTIFICATE DATA SHEET NO. A20EA" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-12-15.
- Bridgeman 1959, p 154.
- https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1967/1967%20-%200918.PDF
- Evangel Aircraft Corp. "Evangel 4500". Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- Plane & Pilot, p 46.
- "Simplicity and Safety, Features of the Helioplane, a Promising American Light Aircraft Prototype". Flight International. United Kingdom: Flightglobal. October 20, 1949. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
- Taylor 1971, p 112
- Just Aircraft. "Superstol Technical Specifications". Retrieved 2020-03-23.
- Plane and Pilot p.50
- "Maule M-5 Lunar Rocket". Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- Pacific Aerospace. "P750 XSTOL Technical Specifications". Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- Plane & Pilot, p 78.
- Plane & Pilot, p 39.
- Fillingham 1975, p 152.
- Plane & Pilot, p 65.
- Lambert 1993, p.242.
- Quest Aircraft llc. "Quest Aircraft LLC". Retrieved 2010-05-20.
- "Prestwick Pioneer" (pdf). Flight. 1956.
The take-off run, fully loaded, is ... 180 yd to clear a 50ft obstacle
- Bridgeman 1948, p.90.
- "Twin Pioneer in the Air" (pdf). Flight. 25 November 1955. p. 808.
- "Performance of the State-of-the-Art US-2: US-2 Specifications". ShinMaywa. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- Taylor 1976, p.196.
- Plane & Pilot, p 70.
- Taylor 1977, p.118.
- "Slepcev Storch specs". Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- ""Flying pick-up truck" takes off". Flight International. 12 March 1983. p. 646. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- Sukhoi Company (JSC). "Su-80". Archived from the original on 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
- "The Westland Family" (pdf). Flight. 1955.
With full load...clear a 50ft obstacle in 230 yards
- "For Army Co-operation" (pdf). Flight. 9 June 1938. p. 576.
approach distance over a 50ft. obstacle to rest 330 yards
- Czech Aircraft Works (January 2003). "ZENAIR CH 701 SP Flight Manual" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- Jackson, 2004 p 806
References
- Bridgeman, Leonard Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1948. MacMillan, 1948.
- Bridgeman, Leonard Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1959–60. Sampson, Low, Marston and Company, 1959.
- Fillingham, Paul Basic Guide to Flying. New York: Hawthorn, 1975. ISBN 0-801-50525-9
- Jackson, Paul Janes All the Worlds Aircraft 2004–05, Janes Publishing Company, 2004. ISBN 0-7106-2614-2.
- Lambert, Mark. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1993–94. Coulsdon, UK:Jane's Data Division, 1993. ISBN 0-7106-1066-1.
- Taylor, John W.R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1971–72. London: Jane's Yearbooks, 1971. ISBN 978-0-934636-02-5.
- Taylor, John W.R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1976–77. London: Jane's Yearbooks, 1976. ISBN 0-354-00538-3.
- Plane & Pilot: 1978 Aircraft Directory, Werner & Werner Corp, Santa Monica CA, 1977. ISBN 0-918312-00-0
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