Sukhoi Su-33 - Specifications (Su-33)

Specifications (Su-33)

Data from KnAAPO, Sukhoi, Airforce-technology.com, Gordon and Davison, Williams

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 21.94 m (72 ft)
• Wingspan: 14.70 m (48.25 ft)
• Height: 5.93 m (19.5 ft)
• Wing area: 62.0 m² (667 ft²)
• Empty weight: 18,400 kg (40,600 lb)
• Loaded weight: 29,940 kg (66,010 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 33,000 kg (72,752 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × AL-31F afterburning turbofans
  • Dry thrust: 74.5 kN (16,750 lbf) each
  • Thrust with afterburner: 125.5 kN (28,214 lbf) each
• Wingspan, wings folded: 7.40 m (24.25 ft)

Performance

• Maximum speed: Mach 2.17 (2,300 km/h, 1,430 mph) at 10,000 m (33,000 ft) altitude
• Stall speed: 240 km/h (150 mp/h)
• Range: 3,000 km (1,864 mi)
• Service ceiling: 17,000 m (55,800 ft)
• Rate of climb: 246 m/s (48,500 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 483 kg/m²; (98.9 lb/ft²)
• Thrust/weight: 0.83

• Maximum turn: +8 g (+78 m/s²)
• Landing speed: 240 km/h (149 mph)

Armament

• 1 × 30 mm GSh-30-1 cannon with 150 rounds
• Up to 6,500 kg (14,300 lb) of munitions on twelve external hardpoints, including:
  • 8 × R-27, or 8 × R-77 and 4 × R-73 air-to-air missile
  • Various bombs and rockets
  • Electronic countermeasure (ECM) pods