List of Antonov An-2 operators

Operators of the An-2 in red (former operators in dark red)

This is a list of current and former operators of the Antonov An-2:

Military operators

Afghanistan

Afghan Air Force

Afghanistan received more than a dozen An-2 aircraft, with service beginning in 1957. A few remain available.

Albania

Albanian Air Force

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.

Angola

People's Air and Air Defence Force of Angola

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Air Force

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People's Republic of China

People's Liberation Army Air Force
People's Liberation Army Navy Air Force

Croatia

Croatian 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.

Cuba

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]

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakian Air Force

Phased out from military service before dissolution of state.

East Germany

Air Forces of the National People's Army

East German An-2s were passed on to Germany upon unification.

Germany

Luftwaffe

Germany adopted its An-2 fleet from East Germany.

Laos

Royal Lao Air Force
Pathet Lao
Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force

Latvia

Latvian Air Force
Latvian National Guard (Zemessardze)

1. Transporta Posms
2. Transporta Posms
3. Transporta Posms

Lithuania

Lithuanian Air Force

Transporto Eskadrile - currently operating 5 An-2 aircraft used for paratroop training only.

Macedonia

Macedonian Air Force

501 Padobranski Diverzantski Odred

Current there is one An-2 used for paratroop training.

Moldova

Moldovan Air Force

Only two are used by Moldovan Air Force all eight are in civilian service

Nicaragua

Nicaraguan Air Force

Escuadrón de Transporte

North Korea

North Korea is believed to have grounded its fleet of about 300 planes due to the high price of fuel.^[2]

North Korean Air Force

Poland

Polish An-2s were in service between 1951 and 2012.^[3]

Polish Air Force
Polish Navy (Withdrawn)

Republic of Korean 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.^[4]

Romania

Romanian Air Force (retired)

Russia

DOSAAF
Russian Air Force (retired)
Russian Naval Aviation (retired)
Russian Airborne Troops - Used for low altitude parachute training.

Serbia

Serbian Air Force

One An-2TD used for paratroop training by the 63rd Paratroop Battalion.

Somalia

Somali Air Corps (Withdrawn)

Soviet Union

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

Yemen's An-2 fleet was inherited from North Yemen upon unification.

Yugoslavia

Yugoslav Air Force

Civil operators

Australia

VH-CCE - Melbourne, Victoria www.an2.com.au
VH-YNT - MKT Airfield, Northern Territory

Canada

Air Canada operated 29 between 1970-1978

People's Republic of China

Civil Aviation Administration of China

Czechoslovakia

Slov-Air

East Germany

Deutsche Lufthansa (East Germany)
Interflug
Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik (paramilitary sports organization)

Grenada

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.

Germany

Hanseflug ^[5] from spring to fall twice daily offered scheduled flights between the North-Sea islands of Sylt and Föhr. Service currently suspended

Kyrgyzstan

Golden Rule Airlines

Luxembourg

Antonov AN2 Lëtzebuerg

Macedonia

Boni Air

Mongolia

MIAT Mongolian Airlines

Russia

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)

Switzerland

Antonov Club Avianna
Antonov Suisse Romande

Soviet Union

Aeroflot

Turkey

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.

Vietnam

Vietnam Civil Aviation Department - later as Vietnam Civil Aviation (now Vietnam Airlines)^[6]

Yugoslavia

JAT Yugoslav Airlines

References

↑ Ogden (2008)
↑ "Oil price 'grounds' N Korea fleet". BBC News.
↑ "Polish air force retires last An-2 transport". Flightglobal. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
↑ Interview with ROKAF personnel.
↑ http://www.hanseflug.de/NewFiles/Hanse%202013/us2.html Hanseflug schedule in English and German
↑ 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

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