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

STOL A short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft is a conventional fixed-wing aircraft that has short runway requirements for takeoff and landing. Many STOL-designed aircraft also feature various arrangements for use on airstrips with harsh condi ...

, characteristics. The STOL class excludes vertical takeoff and landing (

VTOL A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is one that can take off and land vertically without relying on a runway. This classification can include a variety of types of aircraft including helicopters as well as thrust-vectoring fixed-wi ...

) types,

rotorcraft A rotorcraft or rotary-wing aircraft is a heavier-than-air aircraft with rotary wings or rotor blades, which generate lift by rotating around a vertical mast. Several rotor blades mounted on a single mast are referred to as a rotor. The Internat ...

aerostat An aerostat (, via French) is a lighter-than-air aircraft that gains its lift through the use of a buoyant gas. Aerostats include unpowered balloons and powered airships. A balloon may be free-flying or tethered. The average density of the c ...

s and most

light aircraft A light aircraft is an aircraft that has a maximum gross takeoff weight of or less.Crane, Dale: ''Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms, third edition'', page 308. Aviation Supplies & Academics, 1997. Light aircraft are used as utility aircraft co ...

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!Type !Country !Date !Role !Status !data-sort-type=number, Take-off to 50 ft (15 m) !data-sort-type=number, Landing from 50 ft (15 m) !class=unsortable, Notes , - ,

AAC Angel AAC may refer to: Aviation * Advanced Aircraft, a company from Carlsbad, California * Alaskan Air Command, a radar network * American Aeronautical Corporation, a company from Port Washington, New York * American Aviation, a company from Cleveland ...

, US , 1984 , Utility , Production , , , , - ,

Aircraft Industries L 410 NG Aircraft Industries L 410 NG ("New Generation") is a twin-engine 19-seat aircraft manufactured by Czech company, Aircraft Industries (formerly Let Kunovice). The aircraft is an upgraded version of the Let L 410 UVP-E20. The first flight took pl ...

, Czech Republic , 2015 , Utility , Production , , , , - , Antonov An-14 , Soviet Union , 1958 , Transport , Production , , , , - , Antonov An-72 , Soviet Union , 1977 , Transport , Production , , , Taylor 1976, p.409. , - ,

Auster AOP.9 The Auster AOP.9 was a British military air observation aircraft ("Air Observation Post") produced by Auster Aircraft Limited to replace the Auster AOP.6. Design and development The Auster AOP.9 was designed as a successor to the Auster AOP. ...

, UK , 1954 , Artillery observer , Production , , , , - , Australian Aircraft Kits Hornet STOL , Australia , 2004 , Ultralight , Production , , , , - , Bounsall Super Prospector , US , 1990 , Homebuilt , Production , , , Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 127. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. , - , Boeing YC-14 , US , 1976 , Transport , Prototype (Cancelled) , , , , - , Britten-Norman Defender , UK , 1970 , Transport , Production , , , , - , Boeing/NASA C-8A AWJSRA , US , 1972 , Jet flap STOL research , Production , , , Augmented Wing Jet-flap STOL Research Aircraft , - ,

Britten-Norman Islander The Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander is a British light utility aircraft and regional airliner designed and originally manufactured by Britten-Norman of the United Kingdom. Still in production, the Islander is one of the best-selling commercial airc ...

, UK , 1965 , Airliner , Production , , , Plane & Pilot, p 90. , - ,

CASA C-212 Aviocar The CASA C-212 Aviocar is a turboprop-powered STOL medium cargo aircraft designed and built by the Spanish aircraft manufacturer Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA). It is designed for use by both civil and military operators. The C-212 ...

, Spain , 1974 , Transport , Production , , , Airliner, cargo and ground attack variants , - , Conroy Stolifter , US , 1968 , Utility , Prototype , , , Converted

Cessna Skymaster The Cessna Skymaster is an American twin-engine civil utility aircraft built in a push-pull configuration. Its engines are mounted in the nose and rear of its pod-style fuselage. Twin booms extend aft of the wings to the vertical stabilizers ...

. , - , De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk 1 , Canada , 1947 , Transport , Production , , , Plane & Pilot, p 36. , - , De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk III , Canada , 1947 , Transport , Production , , , , - ,

De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter The de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter is a single-engined, high-wing, propeller-driven, short take-off and landing (STOL) aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada. It was conceived to be capable of performing the same roles as the earlier and h ...

, Canada , 1951 , Transport , Production , , , Plane & Pilot, p 37. , - ,

De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou The de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou (designated by the United States military as the CV-2 and later C-7 Caribou) is a Canadian specialized cargo aircraft with short takeoff and landing (STOL) capability. The Caribou was first flown in 1958 ...

, Canada , 1959 , Transport , Production , , , , - , De Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo , Canada , 1965 , Utility , Production , , , de Havilland Canada: ''DHC-5A Buffalo STOL Tactical Transport'', page 6. de Havilland Canada, May 1971 , - ,

De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter The de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter is a Canadian STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) utility aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada, which produced the aircraft from 1965 to 1988; Viking Air purchased the type certificate, then restart ...

, Canada , 1966 , Utility , Production , , , Plane & Pilot, p 97. , - ,

De Havilland Canada Dash 7 The de Havilland Canada DHC-7, popularly known as the Dash 7, is a turboprop-powered regional airliner with short take-off and landing (STOL) performance. It first flew in 1975 and remained in production until 1988 when the parent company, ...

, Canada , 1975 , Airliner , Production , , , , - , Dornier Do 27 , Germany , 1955 , Utility , Production , , , , - ,

Dornier Do 28 The type designation Dornier Do 28 comprises two different twin-engine STOL utility aircraft, manufactured by Dornier Flugzeugbau GmbH. Most of them served with the German Air Force and '' Marineflieger'' and other air forces around the world in ...

, Germany , 1959 , Utility , Production , , , , - ,

Dornier Do 29 The Dornier Do 29 was an experimental aircraft developed by Dornier Flugzeugwerke and the ''Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt'' (German Aviation Laboratory) in the 1950s, used to test a tilting-propeller system for short takeoff and land ...

, Germany , 1958 , Utility , Prototype / research , , , , - , Dornier P.360 , Germany , 1967 , Military transport aircraft , Prototype / research , , , Similar to

Armstrong Whitworth AW.681 The Armstrong Whitworth AW.681, also known as the Whitworth Gloster 681 or Hawker Siddeley HS.681, was a projected United Kingdom, British long-range STOL military transport aircraft design of the early 1960s. Developed by manufacturer Armstr ...

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Evangel 4500 The Evangel 4500 was a 1960s American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United S ...

, US , 1964 , Transport , Production , , , , - ,

Fieseler Fi 156 Storch The Fieseler Fi 156 ''Storch'' (, " stork") was a German liaison aircraft built by Fieseler before and during World War II. Production continued in other countries into the 1950s for the private market. It was notable for its excellent short f ...

, Germany , 1936 , Utility , Production , , , , - ,

Helio Courier The Helio Courier is a cantilever high-wing light STOL utility aircraft designed in 1949. Around 500 of these aircraft were manufactured in Pittsburg, Kansas, from 1954 until 1974 by the Helio Aircraft Company. The design featured four leadin ...

H-295 , US , 1955 , Utility , Production , , , Plane & Pilot, p 46. "Helioplane #1" demonstrator first flew 1949 , - ,

IAI Arava The Israeli Aircraft Industries Arava ( he, עֲרָבָה, "Willow" or "Steppe" of "Desert", named after the Aravah of the Jordan Rift Valley) is a light STOL utility transport aircraft developed and produced by Israeli aerospace company Isr ...

, Israel , 1972 , Transport , Production , , , , - , Javelin V6 STOL , US , 1949 , Homebuilt , Production , , , Piper PA-20 Pacer conversion. , - , Just Superstol , US , 2012 , Homebuilt , Production , , , , - , Let L-410 Turbolet , Czech Republic , 1969 , Utility , Production , , , , - , Maule M-5 , US , 1974 , Utility , Production , , , Plane and Pilot p.50 , - ,

McDonnell Douglas YC-15 The McDonnell Douglas YC-15 is a prototype four-engine short take-off and landing (STOL) tactical transport. It was McDonnell Douglas' entrant into the United States Air Force's Advanced Medium STOL Transport (AMST) competition to replace the ...

, US , 1975 , Transport , Prototype (Cancelled) , , , , - , NAL Quiet STOL research aircraft ASKA , Japan , 1985 , Research , Prototype , , , , - , NASA Quiet Short-Haul Research Aircraft , US , 1974 , Research , Prototype , , , , - ,

PAC P-750 XSTOL The PAC P-750 XSTOL, (formerly known as the PAC 750XL) is a utility aircraft of conventional all-metal low-wing monoplane design, with fixed tricycle undercarriage. Combining the engine and wings of the PAC Cresco with a new large fuselage ...

, New Zealand , 2001 , Utility , Production , , , , - , Peterson 260SE/Wren 460 , US , 1988 , Utility , Production , , , Conversion of Cessna 182.Plane & Pilot, p 78. , - , Pilatus PC-6 Porter , Switzerland , 1959 , Utility , Production , , , Plane & Pilot, p 39. , - , Piper J-3 Cub , US , 1938 , Utility , Production , , , , - , PZL-104 Wilga , Poland , 1962 , Utility , Production , , , Plane & Pilot, p 65. , - , PZL-105M , Poland , 1989 , Utility , Prototype , , , , - ,

Quest Kodiak The Daher Kodiak (formerly Quest Kodiak) is an American utility aircraft designed by and originally manufactured by Quest Aircraft. Manufacturing was taken over by Daher in 2019 after its purchase of Quest Aircraft. The high-wing, unpressur ...

, US , 2005 , Transport , Production , , , , - , Scottish Aviation Pioneer , UK , 1947 , Transport , Production , , , , - ,

Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer The Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer was a British STOL transport aircraft built by Scottish Aviation Limited at Prestwick Airport, Scotland, during the 1950s. It was designed for both civil and military operators. It was conceived as a twin-engi ...

, UK , 1955 , Transport , Production , , , , - ,

ShinMaywa US-2 The ShinMaywa US-2 is a large Japanese short takeoff and landing amphibious aircraft developed and manufactured by seaplane specialist ShinMaywa (formerly ''Shin Meiwa''). It was developed from the earlier Shin Meiwa US-1A seaplane, which was ...

, Japan , 2007 , Air-Sea Rescue , Production , , , , - , Short SC.7 Skyvan , UK , 1963 , Transport , Production , , , , - ,

SIAI-Marchetti FN.333 Riviera The Nardi FN.333 Riviera, later the SIAI-Marchetti FN.333 Riviera, is an Italian luxury touring amphibious aircraft designed and developed by Fratelli Nardi in the 1950s and produced in small numbers by Savoia-Marchetti during the following decade ...

, Italy , 1952 , Amphibian , Production , , , Plane & Pilot, p 70. , - , SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019 , Italy , 1969 , Utility , Production , , , , - ,

Slepcev Storch The Slepcev Storch ( en, Stork) is a Serbian type-certified, kit and ultralight STOL aircraft, designed by Yugoslavian-Australian Nestor Slepcev and currently produced by Storch Aircraft Serbia in several different versions. The ultralight ...

, Serbia , 1994 , Ultralight , Production , , , Scale replica of

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Spectrum SA-550 The Basler Turbo 37/Spectrum SA-550 is a twin-boom single engined aircraft converted from a Reims/Cessna FTB337G Skymaster by Basler Turbo Conversions and Spectrum Aircraft Corporation. The aircraft first flew on 1 February 1983. Design and de ...

, US , 1983 , Transport , Production , , , Converted Cessna Skymaster. , - ,

Sukhoi Su-80 The Sukhoi Su-80 (formerly known as the Sukhoi S-80) is a Russian twin-turboprop, twin-boom STOL transport aircraft. Design and development The Su-80 program was supposed to start in the late 1990s, but due to lack of funds, it was postponed fo ...

, Russian Federation , 2001 , Transport , Production , , , , - , Westland Lysander I , UK , 1936 , Army cooperation , Production , , , , - , Zenith STOL CH 701 , US , 1986 , Trainer , Production , , , , - , Zenith STOL CH 801 , US , 2011 , Homebuilt , Production , , , Jackson, 2004 p 806

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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. * Jackson, Paul ''Janes All the Worlds Aircraft 2004–05'', Janes Publishing Company, 2004. . * Lambert, Mark. ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1993–94''. Coulsdon, UK:Jane's Data Division, 1993. . * Taylor, John W.R. ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1971–72''. London: Jane's Yearbooks, 1971. . * Taylor, John W.R. ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1976–77''. London: Jane's Yearbooks, 1976. . * Plane & Pilot: ''1978 Aircraft Directory'', Werner & Werner Corp, Santa Monica CA, 1977. {{Lists of aircraft

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