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{{Infobox aircraft
 |name = An-24
 |image = File:Volga-Avia Antonov An-24.jpg
 |caption = Volga-Avia Antonov An-24
 |type = [[Transport aircraft]] / [[Turboprop]] [[Regional airliner#Turboprop regional aircraft|Regional airliner]]
 |national_origin = [[Soviet Union]]
 |manufacturer = [[Antonov]]
 |first_flight = 29 October 1959<ref name="An-24" />
 |introduction = 1962
 |retired =
 |status = In limited service
 |primary_user = [[UTair Cargo]]
 |more_users = [[Angara Airlines]] <br> [[IrAero]] <br> [[Yakutia Airlines]] <br> [[Air Koryo]]
 |produced = 1959–1979
 |number_built = 1,367 (including the Chinese Y-7)<ref name="An-24" />
 |developed_into = [[Antonov An-30]] <br> [[Antonov An-26]] <br> [[Antonov An-32]] <br> [[Xi'an Y-7]] <br>[[Antonov/Taqnia An-132]]
}}

The '''Antonov An-24''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]/[[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]: '''Антонов Ан-24''') ([[NATO reporting name]]: '''Coke''') is a 44-seat twin [[turboprop]] transport/passenger aircraft designed in 1957 in the [[Soviet Union]] by the [[Antonov|Antonov Design Bureau]]<ref name="An-24">{{harvnb|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2003}}</ref> and manufactured by the Kyiv, Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude Aviation Factories. It was the first of a future family of turboprops by Antonov. The [[An-30]] came next with a cartographic configuration, then the [[An-26]] with a military configuration and the [[An-32]] modernized version. The [[An-132]] was intended to be the next member of the An-24 family, but Saudi Arabia's Taqnia left the project and cancelled their orders and the only prototype was destroyed, which led to the project being cancelled. A Chinese licensed-built version, the [[Xi'an Y-7]], is heavily based on the An-24, but is not a member of the family.

==Design and development==
[[File:Polet Antonov An-24 Misko-1.jpg|thumb|[[Polet Flight]] An-24RV.]]
[[File:Antonow an-24.jpg|thumb|An-24 at Uzhhorod, Ukraine, on 21 May 2005.]]
[[File:Antonov AN24 Interior - 1994.jpg|thumb|Interior of a Kampuchea Airlines Antonov An-24 from 1994.]]
{{more citations needed section|date=July 2018}}
First flown in 1959, the An-24 was produced in some 1,000 units of various versions; in 2023 there are 93 still in service worldwide, mostly in the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] and Africa.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AeroTransport Data Bank |url=https://aerotransport.org/php/go.php?cprotect=1}}</ref>

It was designed to replace the veteran piston [[Ilyushin Il-14]] transport on short to medium haul trips, optimised for operating from rough strips and unprepared airports in remote locations.<ref name="stroud p78-9">{{harvnb|Stroud|1968|pp=78–79}}</ref> The high-wing layout protects engines and blades from debris, the [[power-to-weight ratio]] is higher than that of many comparable aircraft and the machine is rugged, requiring minimal ground support equipment.

Due to its rugged airframe and good performance, the An-24 was adapted to perform many secondary missions such as ice reconnaissance and engine/propeller test-bed, as well as further development to produce the An-26 tactical transport, An-30 photo-mapping/survey aircraft and An-32 tactical transport with more powerful engines. Various projects were envisaged such as a four jet short/medium haul airliner and various iterations of powerplant.

The main production line was at the [[Sviatoshyn Airfield|Kyiv-Svyatoshino]] (later renamed "[[Aviant]]") aircraft production plant which built 985, with 180 built at [[Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant|Ulan Ude]] and a further 197 An-24T tactical transport/freighters at [[Irkut Corporation|Irkutsk]]. Production in the USSR was shut down by 1978.

Production continues at China's [[Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation]] which makes licensed, reverse-engineered and redesigned aircraft as the [[Xian Y-7]], and its derivatives. Manufacture of the Y-7, in civil form, has now been supplanted by the [[MA60]] derivative with western engines and avionics, to improve performance and economy, and widen the export appeal.

The aircraft introduced in Mongolia was initially planned to be used by the air force, but was eventually handed over to a private airline company for use, and some were later used in research facilities. Since then, as the aircraft has deteriorated, it has been stored in Ulaanbaatar.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/antonov-an-24 | title=Antonov An-24 }}</ref>

===Total production===
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|-
!Total Production (Not including Chinese Y-7)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Антонов Ан-24 |url=http://russianplanes.net/planelist/Antonov/An-24 |access-date=2019-08-22 |website=russianplanes.net}}</ref>!! 1979 !! 1978 !! 1977 !! 1976 !! 1975 !! 1974 !! 1973 !! 1972 !! 1971 !! 1970 !! 1969 !! 1968 !! 1967 !! 1966 !! 1965 !! 1964 !! 1963 !! 1962 !! 1961 !! 1960 !! 1959 
|-
||'''1367'''||1||2||10||20||40||80||71||80||90||130||100||150||160||110||60||40||191||26||1||4||1
|}

==Variants==
[[File:Antonow an24 cockpit.jpg|thumb|View of the cockpit.]]
===Prototype===
;An-24
: This was the first production aircraft, with a total of six built between 1959 and 1961. It was primarily used for testing the aircraft's instruments and landing gear, and was also used for ground tests and de-icing tests.<ref name="An-24p16">{{harvnb|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2003|p=16}}</ref>

===Produced aircraft===
[[File:PLAAF An-24RV.jpg|thumb|An-24RV of [[People's Liberation Army Air Force|PLAAF]] at China Aviation Museum, Beijing]]
[[File:Antonov An-24RV, Sakhalinskie Aviatrassy (SAT) JP6454795.jpg|thumb|[[SAT Airlines]]' Antonov An-24RV.]]
;An-24
:17 were built.This was the first production model, separate from the prototypes built between 1959 and 1961. It was approved for production on 19 August 1961, and test engineering flights with passengers took place in September 1962. It entered service between Kiev and Kherson on 31 October 1962. Later, it was decided to replace them with improved models, and all of them were exported to Cuba and used as military transports by the Cuban Air Force. After being used as transports to replace the An-2, two were released to civilian airlines.
;An-24A
:200 were built (9 in 1962, 191 in 1963) of this improved version, delivered directly from the Kiev factory. It seated 44 passengers and had a larger interior volume. In addition, the APU exhaust was moved to the tip of the starboard nacelle. This was the second time the designation was used.<ref name="An-24p16,8">{{harvnb|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2003|pp=16, 18}}</ref>
;An-24B
: 400 aircraft were built in the second production version. A passenger version with seating for up to 52. Maximum takeoff weight was increased to 21 tonnes, a window was added on each side, the double slotted flaps were replaced with single slotted flaps, and the centre chord was extended to compensate for the poor performance of the flaps. Some aircraft were delivered with four additional fuel bladders in the centre wing. Production began in 1964.<ref name="An-24p20-2">{{harvnb|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2003|pp=20-22}}</ref>

;An-24T (''Transportnyy'' – transport)
: This is the second time this name has been used for a tactical transport aircraft. It is equipped with a ventral loading hatch, a cargo winch, and an escape hatch behind the nose landing gear, and its mission is to transport airborne troops and infantry to frontline bases.<ref name="An-24p267">{{harvnb|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2003|pp=26-27}}</ref>
;An-24RT (''Reaktivnyy [Uskoritel'] Transportnyy'' – boosted transport)
: Similar to the AN-24T, fitted with an auxiliary turbojet engine.<ref name="An-24p30">{{harvnb|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2003|p=30}}</ref>
;An-24PRT (''Poiskovo-spasahtel'nyy Reaktivnyy [Uskoritel'] Transportnyy'' – SAR boosted transport)
: The An-24RT was the basis for the search and rescue aircraft, of which 11 were manufactured, and was fitted with rescue equipment and exploration devices in the cabin. Both were considered important due to their ability to stay in the air.<ref name="An-24p32">{{harvnb|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2003|p=32}}</ref>
;An-24RV (''Reaktivnyy [Uskoritel'] V'' – boosted V)
:Turbojet boosted export version, similar to the An-24V but fitted with a 1,985-lb (8830 N) thrust auxiliary turbojet engine in the starboard nacelle.<ref name="An-24p301">{{harvnb|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2003|pp=30-31}}</ref>
;An-24ShT (''Shtabnoy Transportnyy'' – Staff/HQ transport)
: A tactical Airborne Command Post for use by commanders, also capable of forming ground-based communications and HQ.<ref name="An-24p34" />

;An-24TV (''Transportnyy V'' – transport V)
:The export cargo version of the An-24T.<ref name="An-24p290">{{harvnb|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2003|pp=29-30}}</ref>

;An-24V
: An export version of the An-24B, equipped with an AI-24T (SrsII) turboprop engine, available in early and late models. The early model has narrow in-chord wings, double slotted flaps, and a single ventral fin. The later model has a single slotted flap, twin ventral fins, and a modified interior to allow cargo to be carried in addition to passengers. Production began in 1964.<ref name="An-24p223">{{harvnb|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2003|pp=22-23}}</ref>

;An-24VSR
: A navigation trainer aircraft that was operated in 1965 by modifying a single An-24V aircraft and was intended to train pilots in radio communication.

===Special mission aircraft===

;An-24ALK (''Avtomatizeerovannaya [sistema] Lyotnovo Kontrolya'' – automatic flight check system)
: A single retired passenger An-24A was converted into a satellite observation aircraft for use in navigation satellite calibration missions. It was renamed An-24LR "Toros" for air defense surveillance, but was later modified again and redesignated An-24ALK. The aircraft was equipped with a phototheodolite and a powerful light source for optical sensors.<ref name="An-24p36">{{harvnb|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2003|p=36}}</ref>

;An-24LL (''Letyushchaya Laboratoriya'' – flying laboratory)
: A single An-24A, decommissioned from passenger transport duty, was converted into an airborne experimental aircraft. The generic suffix LL can apply to any testbed, but in the case of the An-24, it stands for metrology (the science of measurement), which is used to test the airworthiness of production aircraft.<ref name="An-24p36" />

;An-24LP (''LesoPozharnyy'' – forest fire fighter)
: Three An-24RV aircraft converted into fire bombers/cloud seeders by installing a tank in the cabin, optical smoke and flame detectors, provision for a thermal imager, racks for carrying flare dispensers and the ability to carry firefighters for para-dropping.<ref name="An-24p323">{{harvnb|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2003|pp=32-33}}</ref>

;An-24LR-1 'Toros' (Ice Hummock)(''Ledovyy Razvedchik'' – ice reconnaissance)
: At least two An-24Bs converted to carry the 'Toros' SLAR (sideways looking airborne radar) either side of the lower fuselage, for ice reconnaissance, guiding icebreakers, convoys and other shipping.<ref name="An-24p345">{{harvnb|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2003|pp=34-35}}</ref><ref group="note">The [[An-24 incident at Gambell, Alaska]] occurred 27 February 1974, when a Soviet Antonov An-24LR "Toros" (CCCP-47195) ice reconnaissance aircraft, low on fuel, carrying three crew members and twelve scientists, landed at Gambell Airport.</ref>

;An-24LR-2 'Nit' (Thread)
:An observation aircraft type for surveying the natural resources of the earth and oceans of the world, modified from a single An-24B in 1978. Equipped with a large "Nit" SLAR pod on the side of the lower fuselage. <ref name="An-24p35">{{harvnb|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2003|p=35}}</ref>

;An-24PS (''Poiskovo-Spasahtel'nyy'' – SAR)
: A single An-24B aircraft converted for search and rescue duties, rejected after acceptance trials in favour of a derivative of the An-24RT.<ref name="An-24p312">{{harvnb|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2003|pp=31-32}}</ref>

;An-24PRT
: A search and rescue aircraft built from 12 modified An-24As. Some equipment was omitted to reduce production costs, but this did not hinder rescue operations.

;An-24R 
:It was a prototype photo reconnaissance aircraft created by modifying a single An-24A, but since the An-30 was superior overall, it ended up serving as a test aircraft and was used to test the photographic cameras to be installed on the An-30.

;An-24RR (''[samolyot] Radiotsionnyy Razvedchik'' – radiation reconnaissance [aircraft])
: Four aircraft converted as Nuclear, biological and chemical warfare reconnaissance versions of the An-24B, carrying RR8311-100 air sampling pods low on the forward fuselage and a sensor pod on a pylon on the port fuselage side.<ref name="An-24p334">{{harvnb|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2003|pp=33-34}}</ref>

;An-24RT (''Retranslyator'' – relay installation)
: A few An-24T and An-24RT aircraft converted to Communications relay aircraft. Sometimes referred to as An-24Rt to differentiate from the An-24RT.<ref name="An-24p34">{{harvnb|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2003|p=34}}</ref>

;An-24T 'Troyanda' (Ukrainian – rose)
: An experimental aircraft created in 1968 by removing the winch and measuring equipment from an An-24T.From the 1960s the Soviet Union was faced with nuclear submarine threats that were virtually undetectable with the technology available. To assist in the development of advanced optical, chemical, sonic, infra-red and electromagnetic detection systems, several aircraft were built or modified as test-beds. One significant aircraft was the An-24T 'Troyanda' which was built new, for the development of sonobuoy and infra-red detection systems. As well as equipment inside the cabin, sensors could be mounted in large teardrop fairings either side of the lower forward fuselage, and extra equipment could be carried in extended wing centre-section fairings.<ref name="An-24p36" />

;An-24USh (''Uchebno-Shturmanskiy (samolyot)'' – Navigator training aircraft)
: Seven An-24Bs were converted to An-24USh navigator/air traffic controller trainers with five training stations and four standard rows of seats for trainees in waiting. Outwardly the USh was distinguishable by the bulged windows at each training station.<ref name="An-24p36" />

;An-24AEW
:In the early 1990s, North Korea installed N-019 Topaz pulse-Doppler radars on at least one of its An-24A aircraft in an attempt to achieve a rudimentary [[Airborne Early Warning]] capability.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bermudez |first=Joseph S. Jr. |date=April 2011 |title=MiG-29 in KPAF Service |url=http://www.kpajournal.com/vol-2-no-4-april-2011 |journal=KPA Journal |volume=2 |issue=4 |pages=2}}</ref>

===Ended as a plan only===
;An-24A
:The aircraft was originally intended to be produced using the [[Kuznetsov NK-4]] [[turboprop engine]], but production was halted when the NK-4 was cancelled. The name was later reused for a production version using a different engine.<ref name="An-24p16" />

;An-24D
: A projected long-range airliner version of the An-24B with a single RU-19 booster jet engine in the starboard nacelle, stretched fuselage with seating for 60, strengthened structure and increased fuel capacity.<ref name="An-24p23,5">{{harvnb|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2003|pp=23, 25}}</ref>

;An-24K
: An 18-seater civilian transport aircraft that was supposed to be operated by a private company's management design department, but it never reached the concept stage.

;An-24AT
: A 1962 project for a Tactical transport with rear loading ramp and powered by Isotov TV2-117DS coupled turboprops.<ref name="An-24p20">{{harvnb|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2003|p=20}}</ref>

;An-24AT-RD (RD – ''Reaktivnyye Dvigateli'' – jet engines)
: The An-24AT tactical transport project with two turbojet boosters pod-mounted under the outer wings and a wider loading ramp.<ref name="An-24p20" />
;An-24AT-U (''Uskoriteli'' – boosters)
: A projected Tactical transport from 1966 with three or five PRD-63 (''Porokhovoy Raketnyy Dvigatel'' – gunpowder rocket engine) JATO bottles, wider cargo ramp and provision for up to three brake parachutes.<ref name="An-24p20" />

;An-24T (''Transportnyy'' – transport)
: (first use) Tactical transport version, rejected due to poor field performance and range, together with inability to load or air-drop vehicles during acceptance testing.<ref name="An-24p256">{{harvnb|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2003|pp=25-26}}</ref>

===Advanced===
;[[Antonov An-26|An-26]]
: Tactical transport with cargo ramp.
;[[An-30]]
: Survey/photo-mapping aircraft.
;[[An-32]]
: Designed to withstand adverse weather conditions better than the standard An-26.
;An-34
: The initial designation of the An-24T production tactical transport.<ref name="An-24p267"/>
;An-44
: Projected cargo aircraft developed from the An-24. Ice reconnaissance and transport versions were also planned.
;[[Antonov An-50|An-50]]
: A mid-1960s project for a jet-powered An-24, with four [[Ivchenko AI-25]] turbofan engines in podded pairs, pylon mounted forward of the wings. Not proceeded with due to competition from the Yak-40.<ref name="An-24p378">{{harvnb|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2003|pp=37-38}}</ref>
;[[Xian Y-7]]
: The Y-7 is a Chinese built derivative of the An-24/An-26 family.<ref name="An-24p38,0">{{harvnb|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2003|pp=37, 40}}</ref>
;[[MA60]]
:Upgraded and Westernised Y-7.

==Operators==
===Military operators===
[[File:First Aircraft of Bangladesh (2).jpg|thumb|Antonov An 24PB of [[Bangladesh Air Force]],displayed at Bangladesh Air Force museum]]

; {{Flagu|Cambodia}}: [[Royal Cambodian Air Force]] - 2
; {{Flagu|North Korea}}: [[Korean People's Army Air Force]] - 1 (converted to a rudimentary airborne early warning aircraft)
; {{Flagu|Russia}}
* [[Russian Air Force]]{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
* [[Russian Naval Aviation]]<ref name="fiwaf15 p46">{{harvnb|Hoyle|2015|p=46}}</ref>
; {{Flagu|Syria}}: [[Syrian Air Force]] – 1 as of 2023<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1372013483 |title=The military balance. 2023 |date=2023 |others=James Hackett, International Institute for Strategic Studies |isbn=978-1-003-40022-6 |location=London |oclc=1372013483}}</ref>
; {{Flagu|Ukraine}}
* [[Ukrainian Air Force]]<ref name="fiwaf15 p51">{{harvnb|Hoyle|2015|p=51}}</ref>


==== Former military operators ====
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 ; {{Flagu|Afghanistan}}: The [[Afghan Air Force]] received six from 1975 (An-24TV)
; {{Flagu|Algeria}}: [[Algerian Air Force]] (Six An-24Vs)
; {{Flagu|Angola}}: [[People's Air and Air Defence Force of Angola]] (Six An-24Vs)
; {{Flagu|Armenia}}: [[Armenian Air Force]] (One An-24V)
; {{Flagu|Azerbaijan}}: [[Azerbaijan Air Force]] (One An-24V)
; {{Flagu|Bangladesh}}: [[Bangladesh Air Force]] (One An-24V)
; {{Flagu|Belarus}}: [[Belarus Air Force]] (2 An-24Bs)
; {{Flagu|Bulgaria}}: [[Bulgaria Air Force]] (One An-24V)
; {{Flagu|People's Republic of China}}
* [[People's Liberation Army Air Force]]; as [[Xian Y-7]]
* [[People's Liberation Army Navy Air Force]]
; {{Flagu|Republic of the Congo}}: [[Congolese Air Force]]
; {{Flagu|Cuba}}: [[Cuban Air Force]] - Twenty An-24RVs were ordered in 1962 and gradually introduced for transport purposes, but currently only three are deployed.
;{{Flagu|Czech Republic}}: [[Czech Air Force]] (before 2005)
; {{CZS}}: [[Czechoslovak Air Force]] – No longer in service
; {{Flagu|German Democratic Republic}}: [[Air Forces of the National People's Army]]
; {{Flagu|Egypt}}: [[Egyptian Air Force]]
; {{Flagu|Georgia}}: [[Georgian Air Force]]
; {{Flagu|Guinea}}: [[Military of Guinea]]
; {{Flagu|Guinea-Bissau}}: [[Military of Guinea-Bissau]]
; {{Flagu|Equatorial Guinea}}: [[Equatorial Guinea Air Force]]
; {{Flagu|Hungary}}: [[Hungarian Air Force]], none in service, all retired in 1992
; {{Flagu|Iran}}: [[Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force|Iranian Air Force]]
; {{flag|Iraq|1963}}: [[Iraqi Air Force]]
; {{Flagu|Kazakhstan}}: [[Military of Kazakhstan]]
; {{Flag|Laos}}
* [[Pathet Lao]]
* [[Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force]]
; {{Flag|Lithuania}}
* [[Lithuanian Air Force]]
; {{Flagu|Mali}}: [[Air Force of Mali]] - two<ref>{{harvnb|Cooper|Weinert|Hinz|Lepko|2011|page=41}}</ref>
; {{Flagu|Moldova}}: [[Moldovan Air Force]]
; {{Flagu|Mozambique}}: [[Military of Mozambique]]
; {{Flagu|Nicaragua}}: [[Nicaraguan Air Force]]
; {{flag|North Yemen}}: [[Yemeni Air Force|Yemen Arab Republic Air Force]]: three bought in 1979<ref>{{harvnb|Cooper|2017|p=40}}</ref>
; {{Flagu|Poland}}: [[Polish Air Force]]- 6 operated from 1966 to 1977; replaced with An-26
; {{Flagu|Romania}}: [[Romanian Air Force]] – the last RoAF An-24 was retired in 2007.<ref>Marnix Sap, Carlo Brummer: ''Fortele Aeriene Romane'' in: Lotnictwo Nr. 4/2010 {{in lang|pl}}</ref>
; {{Flagu|Slovakia}}: [[Slovak Air Force]] - the last SAF An-24 was retired in 2006.
; {{Flagu|Somalia}}: [[Somali Air Corps]]
; {{Flagu|USSR}}
* [[Soviet Air Force]]
* [[Soviet Naval Aviation]]
; {{Flagu|Sudan}}: [[Sudanese Air Force]] - at least five An-24TVs purchased from the USSR in the late 1960s. Retired in the late 1990s.<ref>{{harvnb|Cooper|Weinert|Hinz|Lepko|2011|page=238}}</ref>
; {{Flagu|Turkmenistan}}: [[Military of Turkmenistan]]
; {{Flagu|Uzbekistan}}: [[Military of Uzbekistan]]
; {{Flagu|Vietnam}}: [[Vietnam People's Air Force]]
; {{Flagu|Yemen}}: [[Yemen Air Force]]
}}

====Civil operators====
As of July 2018, 86 An-24s were in airline service.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Airline Census 2018 |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/asset/24536 |access-date=2018-08-22 |website=Flightglobal.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Following fatal incidents in July 2011 Russian President (now Prime Minister) [[Dmitry Medvedev]] proposed the accelerated decommissioning of An-24s,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Odynova |first=Alexandra |date=15 July 2011 |title=Medvedev's Impossible Airplane Ban |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2011/07/14/medvedevs-impossible-airplane-ban-a8265 |access-date=3 January 2024 |website=The Moscow Times}}</ref> which resulted in a ban for this type from scheduled flights inside [[Russia]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 July 2011 |title=Во исполнение поручения Президента Российской Федерации Минтрансом России рассматривается возможность вывода самолетов Ан-24 из эксплуатации на регулярных воздушных линиях |url=http://mintrans.ru/news/detail.php?ELEMENT_ID=16427 |access-date=12 February 2013 |website=press release |publisher=The Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation}}</ref> However, later the ban was cancelled and, as of 2023, An-24 are still in limited commercial service in Russia.

; {{Flagu|Thailand}}
* [[Phetchabun Airlines]] (1)


;{{Flagu|Ukraine}}

* [[Motor Sich Airlines]] (3)
;{{Flagu|Moldova}}
* [[Air Moldova]] (6) Used on flights to CIS And as charter aircraft
;{{Flagu|Russia}}
* [[Angara Airlines]] (5)
* [[Komiaviatrans]] (2)
* [[ALROSA (airline)]] (3)
* [[IrAero]] (11) 
* [[KrasAvia]] (3)
* [[Khabarovsk Airlines]] (4)
* [[Polar Airlines]] (13) Largest passenger operator of An-24
* [[Yakutia Airlines]] (4)
;{{Flagu|Kazakhstan}}
* [[SCAT Airlines]] (7)

=====Former civil operators=====
Civil operators have included:
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* [[Pan African Air Service]]

;{{Flagu|Afghanistan}}
* [[Ariana Afghan Airlines]]
* [[Pamir Airways]]
;{{Flagu|Belarus}}
* [[Belavia]]
;{{Flagu|Bulgaria}}
* [[Balkan Bulgarian Airlines]]
;{{Flagu|Cambodia}}
* [[PMTair]]
* [[President Airlines]]
* [[Royal Khmer Airlines]]
;{{Flagu|People's Republic of China}}
* [[CAAC Airlines]]
* [[China Southern Airlines]]
;{{Flagu|Congo}}
* [[Lina Congo]]
;{{Flagu|Cuba}}
* [[Aero Caribbean]] - It operated one An-24B.
* [[Cubana de Aviación|Cubana]] - It operated the An-24B, An-24V and An-24RV.As of January 2025, five aircraft have been totally lost in crashes (CU-T875 (An-24V), CU-T1262 (AN-24RV), CU-T1295 (An-24RV), CU-T876 (An-24V), CU-T879 (An-24B)).
;{{Flagu|German Democratic Republic}}
* [[Interflug]]
;{{Flagu|Egypt}}
* [[Egyptair]]
* [[Misrair]]
;{{Flagu|Guinea}}
* [[Air Guinee]]
* Union des Transports Africains (West Coast Airways)
;{{Flagu|Iraq}}
* [[Iraqi Airways]] - An-24B、An-24V、An-24RV、An-24TV
;{{Flagu|Kazakhstan}}
* [[Air Kazakhstan]]
;{{Flagu|Kyrgyzstan}}
* [[Kyrgyzstan Air Company]]
; {{Flag|Laos}}
* [[Lao Aviation]]
;{{Flagu|Lithuania}}
* [[Lithuanian Airlines]], 1991-1996
[[File:Antonov An-24.jpg|thumb|Preserved An-24 at Aleksotas airport (S. Dariaus / S. Gireno) (EYKS), Kaunas]]
;{{Flagu|Lebanon}}
* [[Lebanese Air Transport]]
;{{Flagu|Mali}}
* [[Air Mali (1960-1989)]]
;{{Flagu|Mongolia}}
* [[MIAT Mongolian Airlines]]
* [[Hangard Airlines]]
;{{Flagu|North Korea}}
* [[Air Koryo]]
;{{Flagu|Pakistan}}
* [[Askari Aviation]]
;{{Flagu|Philippines}}
* [[Mosphil Aero]]
;{{Flagu|Poland}}
* [[LOT Polish Airlines]]
;{{Flagu|Romania}}
* [[TAROM]]
;{{Flagu|Russia}}
* [[Aeroflot]]
* [[Novosibirsk Air Enterprise]]
* [[UT Air]]

; {{Flagu|Somalia}}:
* [[Jubba Airways]]
;{{Flagu|Sri Lanka}}
* [[Lionair (Sri Lanka)|Lionair]]
;{{flag|Sudan}}
* [[Marsland Aviation]]<ref>{{harvnb|Cooper|Weinert|Hinz|Lepko|2011|page=244}}</ref>
;{{Flagu|Turkmenistan}}
* [[Turkmenistan Airlines]] (22)
;{{Flagu|USSR}}
* [[Aeroflot]]
;{{Flagu|Ukraine}}
* [[Aerosvit]]
;{{Flagu|United Arab Emirates}}
* [[Daallo Airlines]]
;{{Flagu|Uzbekistan}}
* [[Uzbekistan Airways]]
}}
{| class="wikitable" align=center style="font-size:90%;"
|-
|+'''An-24 operators within Aeroflot and post Soviet countries'''<ref name="An-24" />
|-
! UGA – (''Oopravleniye Grazhdahnskoy Aviahtsii'' <br>- Civil Aviation Directorate)
! OAO – (''Otdel'nyy Aviaotryad'' – independent flight detachment)
! LO – (''Lyotnyy Otryad'' – flight squad) / (''Aviaeskadril'ya'' – squadrons)
! Home base
! CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) Airline
|-
| [[Arkhangel'sk]]
| 2nd Arkhangel'sk
| 392nd
| Arkhangel'sk-Vas'kovo
| [[AVL Arkhangelsk Airlines]]
|-
| Azerbaijan
| [[Baku]]
| 360th / 1st & 3rd squadrons
| Baku-Bina
| [[AZAL]] (no An-24s)
|-
| Belorussian
| [[Gomel']]
| 105th / 1st squadron
| Gomel'
| [[Gomelavia]]
|-
| 
| 1st [[Minsk]]
| 353rd
| Minsk-Loshitsa (Minsk-1)
| [[Belavia]];Minsk-Avia
|-
| 
| [[Mogilyov]]
| 
| Mogilyov
| [[Mogilyov-Avia]]
|-
| Central Regions
| [[Belgorod]]
| 
| Belgorod
| [[Belgorod Air Enterprise]] (no An-24s)
|-
| 
| [[Bryansk]]
| 
| Bryansk
| [[Bravia (Bryansk Air Enterprise)|Bravia]] ([[Bryansk-Avia]])
|-
| 
| [[Bykovo (inhabited locality)|Bykovo]]
| 61st
| Moscow-Bykovo
| [[Bykovo Avia]]
|-
| 
| [[Ivanovo]]
| 
| Ivanovo-Yuzhnyy (Zhukovka)
| [[IGAP]] ([[Ivanovo State Air Enterprise]])
|-
| 
| [[Kostroma]]
| 
| Kostroma
| [[Kostroma Air Enterprise]]
|-
| 
| [[Kursk]]
| 
| Kursk
| [[Kurskavia]]
|-
| 
| [[Ryazan']]
| 
| Ryazan'
| [[Ryazan'aviatrans]]
|-
| 
| [[Tambov]]
| 169th
| Tambov-Donskoye
| [[Aviata]] ([[Avalinii Tambova]])
|-
| 
| [[Tula, Russia|Tula]]
| 294th
| Tula
| [[Tula Air Enterprise]]
|-
| 
| [[Voronezh]]
| 243rd
| Voronezh
| [[Voronezhavia]]
|-
| 
| [[Vladimir, Russia|Vladimir]]
| 
| Vladimir
| [[Vladimir Air Enterprise]] / [[Avialeso'okhrana]]
|-
| East Siberian
| [[Bobaido]]
| 
| Bobaido
| [[Bobaido Air Enterprise]]
|-
| 
| [[Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai|Chita]]
| 136th / 1st Squadron
| Chita
| [[Chita Avia]]
|-
| 
| [[Irkutsk]]
| 134th
| Irkutsk-1
| [[Baikal Airlines]]
|-
| 
| [[Ust'-Ilimsk]]
| 
| Ust'-Ilimsk
| [[Ust'-Ilimsk Air Enterprise]]
|-
| 
| [[Ust'-Kut]]
| 
| Ust'-Kut
| [[Ust'-Kut Air Enterprise]]
|-
| 
| [[Ulan-Ude]]
| 138th
| Ulan-Ude / [[Mukhino]]
| [[Buryatia Airlines]]
|-
| Far Eastern
| [[Sakhalin]] CAPA / Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk UAD
| 147th / 1st Squadron
| [[Yuzhno]]-Sakhalinsk / [[Khomutvo]]
| [[Sakhalinskiye Aviatrassy]]
|-
| 
| 1st [[Khabarovsk]]
| 289th
| Khabarovsk
| [[Dalavia Far East Airlines Khabarovsk]]
|-
| Kazakh
| [[Chimkent]]
| 158th
| Chimkent
| [[Kazakhstan Airlines]];[[Chimkent-Avia]]
|-
| 
| [[Gur'yev]]
| 156th
| Gur'yev
| Kazakhstan Airlines;[[Atyrau Air Ways]]
|-
| 
| [[Karaganda]]
| 14th
| Karaganda
| Kazakhstan Airlines
|-
| 
| [[Kustanay]]
| 155th
| Kustanay
| Kazakhstan Airlines
|-
| 
| [[Tselinograd]]
| 239th
| Tselinograd
| Kazakhstan Airlines;[[Air Astana]]
|-
| Kirghiz
| (dissolved by 1987)
| 
| 
| 
|-
| Komi
| [[Syktyvkar]]
| 366th
| Syktyvkar
| [[Komiavia;Komiinteravia]]
|-
| [[Krasnoyarsk]]
| [[Abakan]]
| 130th
| Abakan
| [[Khakassia Airlines]] (Abakan A.E.)
|-
| Latvian
| [[Riga]]
| 106th / 2nd Squadron
| Riga-Spilve
| [[Latavio]]
|-
| [[Leningrad]]
| [[Pskov]]
| 320th / 2nd Squadron
| Pskov
| 
|-
| Lithuanian
| [[Vilnius]]
| 277th / 4th Squadron
| Vilnius
| [[Lithuanian Airlines]]
|-
| [[Magadan]]
| [[Anadyr']]
| 
| Anadyr'-Ugol'nyy
| [[Chukotavia]]
|-
| 
| [[Chaunsky District|Chaunskoye]]
| 6th
| Chaunskoye
| [[Chaunskoye Air Enterprise]]
|-
| 
| 1st [[Magadan]]
| 185th / (1st or 3rd Squadron)
| Magadan-Sokol
| [[Kolyma-Avia]]
|-
| Moldavian
| [[Kishinyov]]
| 407th
| Kishinyov
| [[Air Moldova]]
|-
| North Caucasian
| [[Astrakhan']]
| 110th
| Astrakhan'-Narimanovo
| [[Astrakhan' Airlines]]
|-
| 
| [[Krasnodar]]
| 241st/ 3rd Squadron
| Krasnodar
| [[ALK Kuban Airlines]]
|-
| 
| [[Makhachkala]]
| 111th
| Makhachkala
| [[Daghestan Airlines]]
|-
| 
| [[Stavropol']]
| 
| Stavropol'
| [[SAAK]] (Stavropol' Joint Stock AL)
|-
| 
| [[Taganrog]]
| 
| Taganrog
| Tavia
|-
| Tajik
| [[Khujand|Leninabad]]
| 292nd / 2nd Squadron
| Leninabad
| [[Tajikistan Airlines]]
|-
| Training Establishments Directorate
| [[KVLUGA]] (Kirovograd Civil Aviation Higher Flying School)
| 
| Kirovograd
| [[Ukraine State Flight Academy]]
|-
| Turkmen
| [[Ashkhabad]]
| 165th / 1st Squadron
| Ashkhabad
| [[Turkmenistan Airlines]]/Akhal
|-
| 
| [[Krasnovodsk]]
| 360th / 1st Squadron
| Krasnovodsk
| [[Turkmenistan Airlines]]/Khazar
|-
| 
| [[Mary, Turkmenistan|Mary]] Composite Independent Air Squadron
| 
| Mary
| 
|-
| 
| [[Tashauz]]
| 
| Tashauz
| 
|-
| Tyumen'
| [[Salekhard]]
| 
| Salekhard
| [[Tyumen' Avia Trans]]
|-
| 
| [[Surgut]]
| 358th
| Surgut
| [[Surgut Avia]]
|-
| Ukrainian
| [[Donetsk]]
| 
| Donetsk
| [[Donbas]] – [[East Ukrainian Airlines]]
|-
| 
| [[Kyiv]]
| 86th / 2nd Squadron
| Kyiv-Zhulyany
| [[Air Ukraine]] / Avialinïi Ukraïny
|-
| 
| [[Kropyvnytskyi|Kirovograd]]
| 
| Kirovograd-Khmelyovoye
| [[Air URGA]]
|-
| 
| [[L'vov]]
| 88th
| L'vov
| [[Lviv Airlines]]
|-
| 
| [[Simferopol]]
| 84th
| Simferopol
| [[Aviakompaniya Krym]] / Crimea AL
|-
| 
| [[Voroshilovgrad]]
| 
| Voroshilovgrad
| 
|-
| Urals
| [[Izhevsk]]
| 
| Izhevsk
| [[Izhavia]]
|-
| 
| [[Kirov, Kirov Oblast|Kirov]]
| 
| Kirov
| '''[[Kirov Air Enterprise]]s (no An-24s)'''
|-
| 
| [[Magnitogorsk]]
| 
| Magnitogorsk
| [[Magnitogorsk Air Enterprise]]
|-
| 
| 1st [[Perm, Russia|Perm']]
| 
| Perm'-Bolshoye Savino
| [[Perm Airlines]]
|-
| 
| 1st [[Yekaterinburg|Sverdlovsk]]
| 
| Sverdlovsk-Kol'tsovo
| [[Ural Airlines]] [Yekaterinburg]
|-
| Uzbek
| [[Samarkand]]
| 163rd
| Samarkand
| [[Uzbekistan Airways]]
|-
| 
| [[Tashkent]]
| 160th
| Tashkent-Yuzhnyy
| Uzbekistan Airways
|-
| Volga
| [[Cheboksary]]
| 
| Cheboksary
| [[Cheboksary Air Enterprise]]
|-
| 
| Cheboksary
| Nizhnekamsk Independent air Squadron
| [[Nizhnekamsk]]
| [[Nizhnekamsk Air Enterprise]]
|-
| 
| [[Nizhny Novgorod|Gor'kiy]]
| 
| Gor'kiy-Strigino
| [[Nizhegorodskie Airlines]] (sic)
|-
| 
| TatarCAPA / 1st Kazan'
| 408th
| [[Kazan']]
| [[Tatarstan Airlines]]
|-
| 
| [[Orenburg]]
| 195th / 2nd Squadron
| Orenburg-Tsentral'nyy
| [[Orenburg Airlines]]
|-
| 
| [[Penza]]
| 396th
| Penza
| [[Penza Air Enterprise]]
|-
| 
| [[Saransk]]
| 
| Saransk
| 
|-
| 
| [[Saratov]]
| 
| Saratov
| 
|-
| 
| [[Ufa]]
| 415th
| Ufa
| [[BAL Bashkirian Airlines]]
|-
| 
| [[Yoshkar-Ola]]
| 
| Yoshkar-Ola
| 
|-
| West Siberian
| [[Kemerovo]]
| 196th
| Kemerovo
| 
|-
| 
| [[Kolpashevo]]
| 
| Kolpashevo
| 
|-
| 
| [[Novosibirsk]]
| 6th(?)
| Novosibirsk-Severnyy
| [[2nd Novosibirsk Air Enterprise]]
|-
| 
| [[Tolmachevo]]
| 448th
| Novosibirsk-Tolmachevo
| [[Sibir']]
|-
| 
| [[Novokuznetsk]]
| 184th
| Novokuznetsk
| [[Aerokuznetsk]]
|-
| 
| [[Omsk]]
| 365th / 2nd Squadron
| Omsk
| [[Omsk-Avia]]
|-
| 
| [[Tomsk]]
| 119<sup>trh</sup>
| Tomsk
| [[Tomsk Avia]]
|-
| Yakutian
| [[Yakutsk]]
| 271st
| Yakutsk
| [[Sakha Avia]]
|-
| 
| [[Mirny, Sakha Republic|Mirny]]
| 
| Mirny
| [[Almazy Rossii]] – Sakha (Alrosa)
|-
| [[GosNII GVF]] ("state scientific test institute for civil air fleet")
| 
| 
| Moscow - [[Sheremetyevo#Terminal B|Sheremetyevo-1]]
| 
|-
|}

==Accidents==
{{main|List of accidents and incidents involving the Antonov An-24}}

==Specifications (An-24V)==
[[File:Antonov An-24 3-view line drawing.svg|right|300px]]
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1976–77<ref name="jawa76p406-8">{{harvnb|Taylor|1976|pp=406–408}}</ref>
|prime units?=met
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        General characteristics
-->
|genhide=

|crew=3
|capacity=50 passengers
|length m=23.53
|length ft=
|length in=
|span m=29.20
|span ft=
|span in=
|height m=8.32
|height ft=
|height in=
|wing area sqm=74.98
|wing area sqft=
|aspect ratio=11.7:1
|empty weight kg=13300
|empty weight lb=
|gross weight kg=
|gross weight lb=
|max takeoff weight kg=21000
|fuel capacity={{convert|5550|L|USgal impgal|abbr=on}}
<!--
        Powerplant
-->
|eng1 number=2
|eng1 name=[[Ivchenko AI-24]]A
|eng1 type=[[turboprop]] engines
|eng1 kw=<!-- prop engines -->
|eng1 hp=<!-- prop engines -->
|eng1 shp=2550<!-- prop engines -->
|eng1 note=(eshp)

|prop blade number=4<!-- propeller aircraft -->
|prop name=AV-72 [[constant-speed propeller]]s
|prop dia m=3.90<!-- propeller aircraft -->
|prop dia ft=<!-- propeller aircraft -->
|prop dia in=<!-- propeller aircraft -->

<!--
        Performance
-->
|perfhide=

|max speed kmh=485
|max speed mph=
|max speed kts=
|max speed note=at {{convert|6000|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|cruise speed kmh=450<!-- if max speed unknown -->
|cruise speed mph=<!-- if max speed unknown -->
|cruise speed note=at {{convert|6000|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|range km=2400
|range miles=
|range note=with maximum fuel; {{convert|550|km|mi nmi|-1|abbr=on}} with maximum payload
|ceiling m=8400
|ceiling ft=
|climb rate ms=
|climb rate ftmin=
|time to altitude=<ref name="An-24p65">{{harvnb|Gordon|Komissarov|Komissarov|2003|p=65}}</ref><br/>
** 17.5 min to {{convert|6000|m|ft|abbr=on}}
** 45.2 min to {{convert|8100|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|more performance=

|avionics=
}}

==See also==
{{aircontent
|related=
* [[Antonov An-26]]
* [[Antonov An-30]]
* [[Antonov An-32]]
* [[Antonov An-50]]
* [[Antonov/Taqnia An-132]]
* [[Xian MA60]]
|similar aircraft=
* [[Fokker F27]]
* [[Hawker Siddeley HS 748]]
* [[Handley Page Dart Herald]]
|lists=
* [[List of civil aircraft]]
* [[List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS]]
|see also=
}}

==Notes==
{{Reflist|group=note}}

==References==
===Citations===
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
{{refbegin}}
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* {{Cite book |last1=Gordon |first1=Yefim |title=Antonov's turboprop twins |last2=Komissarov |first2=Dmitry |last3=Komissarov |first3=Sergey |date=2003 |publisher=Midland |isbn=1-85780-153-9 |location=Hinckley |oclc=52325420}}
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{{refend}}

==External links==
* [http://www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=37 Airliners.net]

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