Sukhoi Su-30MKI - Specifications (Su-30MKI)

Specifications (Su-30MKI)

Data from KNAAPO, and Sukhoi

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 21.935 m (72.97 ft)
• Wingspan: 14.7 m (48.2 ft)
• Height: 6.36 m (20.85 ft)
• Wing area: 62.0 m² (667 ft²)
• Empty weight: 18,400 kg (40,565 lb)
• Loaded weight: 24,900 kg (54,895 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 38,800 kg (85,600 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Lyulka AL-31FP turbofans with thrust vectoring, 123 kN with afterburner (27,500 lbf) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: Mach 1.9 (2,120 km/h, 1,320 mph) at altitude; 1,350 km/h, 839 mph near ground level
• Range: 3,000 km (1,620 nmi) at altitude; (1,270 km, 690 nmi near ground level; with no external fuel tanks)
• Endurance: 3.75 hrs (up to 10 hrs with in-flight refueling)
• Service ceiling: 17,300 m (56,800 ft)
• Rate of climb: >300 m/s (>45,275 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 401 kg/m² (82.3 lb/ft²)
• Thrust/weight: 1.0

Armament

• Guns: 1 × GSh-30-1 gun (30 mm caliber, 150 rounds)

12 hardpoints: 2 × wing-tip AAM launch rails, 6 × pylons under-wing, 2 × pylon under-engine nacelle, and 2 × pylons in tandem in the "arch" between the engines. It can be increased to 14 using multiple ejector racks. It can carry up to 8 tonnes of external stores.

Air-to-air Missiles:

• 10 × R-77 (AA-12) active radar homing medium range AAM, 100 km
• 10 × Astra missile active radar homing medium range AAM, 80–110 km
• 6 × R-27ER (AA-10C) semi-active radar guided, long range AAM 130 km
• 6 × R-27ET (AA-10D) Infrared homing extended range version, long range AAM 120 km
• 2 × R-27R (AA-10A) semi-active radar guided, medium range AAM, 80 km
• 2 × R-27T (AA-10B) infrared homing seeker, medium range AAM, 70 km
• 6 × R-73 (AA-11) short range AAM, 30 km
• 3 × Novator KS-172 AAM-L 400 km, Indian/Russian air-to-air missile designed as an "AWACS killer"

Air-to-surface Missiles:

• 3 × Kh-59ME TV guided standoff Missile, 115 km
• 3 × Kh-59MK active radar homing anti-ship missile, 285 km
• 4 × Kh-35 anti-ship missile, 130 km
• 1 × PJ-10 Brahmos supersonic cruise missile, 300 km
• 1 × Nirbhay subsonic cruise missile, 1,000 km
• 6 × Kh-31P/A anti-radar missile, 70 km
• 6 × Kh-29T/L laser-guided missile, 30 km
• 4 × S-8 rocket pods (80 unguided rockets)
• 4 × S-13 rocket pods (20 unguided rockets)

Bombs:

• 8 × KAB-500L laser guided bombs
• 3 × KAB-1500L laser guided bombs
• 8 × FAB-500T dumb bombs
• 28 × OFAB-250-270 dumb bombs
• 32 × OFAB-100-120 dumb bombs
• 8 × RBK-500 cluster bombs