List of Antonov An-2 operators
This is a list of current and former operators of the Antonov An-2:
Military operators
Afghanistan received more than a dozen An-2 aircraft, with service beginning in 1957. A few remain available.
Albania received 13 aircraft including some of Chinese manufacture (Y-5). Albanian An-2s were operated from 1963. Up to four may remain active, with the remainder in storage.
- People's Air and Air Defence Force of Angola
- Azerbaijan Air Force
- People's Liberation Army Air Force
- People's Liberation Army Navy Air Force
- 27 Eskadrila Transportnih Zrakoplova
Croatian air force operated 7 An-2DT aircraft until 2004 when the last 4 were handed over to aeroclubs.
- Cuban Air Force
- 15. Regimiento de Transporte
- 25. Regimiento de Transporte
- 35. Regimiento de Transporte
All An-2 aircraft of the FAR (Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria) are retired.
One example is displayed at the Museo del Aire (Cuba)[1]
- Czechoslovakian Air Force
Phased out from military service before dissolution of state.
East German An-2s were passed on to Germany upon unification.
Transnistrian airforce
- Latvian Air Force
- Latvian National Guard (Zemessardze)
- 1. Transporta Posms
- 2. Transporta Posms
- 3. Transporta Posms
- Transporto Eskadrile - currently operating 5 An-2 aircraft used for paratroop training only.
- Macedonian Air Force
- 501 Padobranski Diverzantski Odred
Current there is one An-2 used for paratroop training.
- Air Force of Mali
Only two are used by Moldovan Air Force all eight are in civilian service
- Mongolian People's Air Force
- North Yemen Air Force
North Korea is believed to have grounded its fleet of about 300 planes due to the high price of fuel, but this was proven false August 30, 2017 when MSN News reported that they are in full use with cited pictures showing paratroopers jumping from airplanes.[2][3]
Polish An-2s were in service between 1951 and 2012.[4]
- Polish Air Force
- Polish Navy (Withdrawn)
Republic of Korea Air Force operates 20 L-2 variants purchased from China and Poland for drill purpose against North Korean invasion, paratrooper operation, and flight trainers. Their presence was considered classified but released into public after a few accidents. Although it is not common to assign HL code to military crafts, these L-2 are one of a few exceptions. However, the HL codes assigned to L-2 shows different plane, such as Cessna 172, from database search.[5]
- Romanian Air Force (retired)
- Romanian Airclub - 5, as of 2020.[6]
- DOSAAF
- Russian Air Force (retired)
- Russian Naval Aviation (retired)
- Russian Airborne Troops - Used for low altitude parachute training.
- Somali Air Corps (Withdrawn)
The Soviet military's An-2 fleet was dispersed amongst the successor states upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
- DOSAAF
- Soviet Air Force
- Soviet Naval Aviation
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Civil operators
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- VH-CCE - Melbourne, Victoria www.an2.com.au
- VH-YNT - MKT Airfield, Northern Territory
- Deutsche Lufthansa (East Germany)
- Interflug
- Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik (paramilitary sports organization)
One An-2R was delivered by the Soviet Union in February 1983 for agricultural purposes and was abandoned at Pearl's Airport after the US-led invasion of Grenada in October 1983.
Hanseflug [7] from spring to fall twice daily offered scheduled flights between the North-Sea islands of Sylt and Föhr. Service currently suspended or Classic Wings Dussseldorf AOC operation as well with the D-Fonl, mainly operation in the Netherlands www.classicwings.nl
- Boni Air
- 2nd Arkhangelsk United Aviation Division — 7 (March 2016)
- 2nd Sverdlovsk Air Enterprise (Ceased 2011)
- Agat — 1 + 2 An-3 (March 2016)
- AGRO-AVIA — 6 (March 2016)
- Agrolet — 4 (March 2016)
- Agrofirma Novobatajskaja — 1 (March 2016)
- Alaas-Avia — 5 + 1 An-3 (March 2016)
- ALROSA — 2 (March 2016)
- AMEGA — 1 (March 2016)
- Amur aviation base — 5 + 1 An-3 (March 2016)
- Angara Airlines — 4 (March 2016)
- Annushka — 4 (March 2016)
- Airclub Kuban — 1 (March 2016)
- Aeroservice — 2 (March 2016)
- AEROSERVICE Ltd. aircompany — 2 (March 2016)
- Barkol Airlines — 3 (March 2016)
- BRIG-T-SAMARA aircompany — 3 (March 2016)
- AVIATION INDUSTRIAL COMPANY VECTOR, LLC — 1 (March 2016)
- Vzlet — 1 (March 2016)
- VLADIMIRSKAYA BASA — 3 (March 2016)
- Vologda Aviation Enterprise — 2 (March 2016)
- Voronezh Aircraft Production Association— 1 (March 2016)
- AAS airline (Восток-Авиа) — 6 (March 2016)
- Vyatkaavia — 3 (March 2016)
- HORIZONT LLC — 2 (March 2016)
- DALNERECHENSK AIR, LLC — 4 (March 2016)
- DALTRANSAERO — 1 (March 2016)
- Dalnevistochnaja aviabase — 1 (March 2016)
- DELTA AIRCOMPANY Ltd — 1 (March 2016)
- Demetra — 2 (March 2016)
- Kostroma airenterprise — 1 (March 2016)
- KUBAN-AVIATRANS — 1 (March 2016)
- LIGHT AIR, CJSC A/L — 7 (March 2016)
- LEMAX — 5 (March 2016)
- Lukiaviatrans — 2 (March 2016)
- MAG+S — 3 (March 2016)
- Orenair (up to 2010)
- Orenburzhye — 9 (March 2016)
- NARYANMAR JOINT AVIATION DETACHMENT — 7 (March 2016)
- NSK-Avia — 1 (March 2016)
- OREL-AGRICULTURALAVIA — 2 (March 2016)
- PANH — 3 (March 2016)
- Polar Airlines — 3 + 3 An-3 (March 2016)
- Polet Airlines — 1 (March 2016)
- Polyar-Avia — 2 (March 2016)
- PRIVOLZSKAYA REGIONAL AIRLINE LTD — 6 (March 2016)
- REGION-AVIA, LLC — 7 (March 2016)
- RESPECT-INTER, CLL — 1 (March 2016)
- Rischimavia — 3 (March 2016)
- RUZA Aviation centre, Co. Ltd. — 2 (March 2016)
- Rusagravia — 2 (March 2016)
- S BROC, LLC — 2 (March 2016)
- SIBIA — 5 (March 2016)
- Spec-Aero — 2 (March 2016)
- TRANSHIMAVIA — 2 (March 2016)
- Trade-Avia — 4 (March 2016)
- Tuva Airlines — 2 (March 2016)
- Ulyanovsk Higher Civil Aviation School — 3 (March 2016)
- UralSpecAvia — 1 (March 2016)
- Fenix — 3 (March 2016)
- Fermer Prikumja — 1 (March 2016)
- Himavia — 1 (March 2016)
- Chukotavia — 1 An-3 (March 2016)
- Shahtinskij aeroclub — 1 (March 2016)
- Unyj jastreb — 1 (March 2016)
- UTair — 3 (March 2016)
- YaDS — 1 + 2 An-3 (March 2016)
Approximately 10 An-2s were acquired by the Turkish Aeronautical Association (Türk Hava Kurumu - THK) in the early 1980s. These planes are still operational and being used for air sports purposes, mainly parachuting.
- Vertol Systems Co [8]
- Vietnam Civil Aviation Department - later as Vietnam Civil Aviation (now Vietnam Airlines)[9]
References
- Ogden (2008)
- "Oil price 'grounds' N Korea fleet". BBC News.
- Suarez-Sang, Lucia (29 August 2017). "North Korea's antique airplane could be its most dangerous weapon yet". MSN News. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017.
- "Polish air force retires last An-2 transport". Flightglobal. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- Interview with ROKAF personnel.
- "Aeroclubul României" (in Romanian). Facebook. 16 February 2020.
- http://www.hanseflug.de/NewFiles/Hanse%202013/us2.html Hanseflug schedule in English and German
- "Vscglobal".
- Our Background
Further reading
- Ogden, Bob (2008). Aviation Museums and Collections of The Rest of the World. UK: Air-Britain. ISBN 978-0-85130-394-9
