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{{short description|Regional airliner by Antonov}}
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 |name=An-38
 |image=Vostok Antonov An-38 Galkin.jpg
 |caption=Antonov An-38-100 of [[Vostok Aviation Company]]
 |type=[[Turboprop]] [[regional airliner]]
 |manufacturer=[[Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association]]
 |designer=[[Antonov]]
 |first_flight=23 June 1994
 |introduction=[[2000 in aviation|2000]]
 |retired=
 |status= In limited service 
 |primary_user=[[ALROSA (airline)|ALROSA]]
 |more_users=
 |produced=
 |number_built=11 (2 operational)
 |unit cost=
 |developed_from = [[Antonov An-28]]
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The '''Antonov An-38''' is a stretched and upgraded version of Antonov's earlier [[Antonov An-28|An-28]]. It is a twin-engined [[turboprop]] transport aircraft, designed by the [[Antonov Design Bureau]] in [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]]. Production is in [[Novosibirsk]], [[Russia]], but some crucial parts are also made in Ukraine and [[Belarus]]. It first flew in [[1994 in aviation|1994]], and received international flight certification in April [[2000 in aviation|2000]]. A total of 11 were built and 2 remain in airline service as of August 2019.<ref name="FI">[[Flight International]], 3–9 October 2006</ref> A recent documentary says that only one remains in service with [[ALROSA_(airline)|ALROSA Airlines]] in 2021.<ref name=":0">Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211206/ARPj3zzw1oI Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210123130802/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARPj3zzw1oI Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARPj3zzw1oI| title = Flying on Exotic Antonovs - World's Only An-22, An-38 and An-140 | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 23 January 2021 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=January 2024|reason=Per [[WP:RSP]], YouTube is not a reliable source|certain=yes}}

==Development==
Impetus for a stretch of the [[Antonov An-28]] design began with a [[1989 in aviation|1989]] sales tour in India, where it became clear that a significant market existed for an aircraft similar to the An-28, but with seating in the 25–30 seat range. The design was approved a year later, and was displayed at the [[1991 in aviation|1991]] [[Paris Air Show]] as a model.

[[File:An-38-100-1999a.jpg|thumb|left|Antonov An-38-100 at [[MAKS airshow|MAKS 1999]].]]

The An-38 is of a similar design to the older An-28, featuring the same wings and tail; but it has a longer fuselage and includes several enhancements, such as higher fuel efficiency, increased comfort (cabin and cockpit), and decreased internal noise, coupled with better sound insulation. Other improvements include an increase in passengers to 27, thanks to an increase in maximum payload to 2,500&nbsp;kg (5,500&nbsp;lbs), as well as a maximum speed of 405&nbsp;km/h (250&nbsp;mph). Its design also enables it to operate in adverse conditions&mdash;it is equipped with weather radar, sophisticated navigational systems, and low pressure tires that allow it to operate from primitive, unpaved and icy airfields. Furthermore, the aircraft is more resistant to [[Stall (flight)|stalling]] at high angles of attack and is stable and maneuverable with ice on the wing and tail assembly.

==Civil operators==
As of August 2019, 2 Antonov An-38 aircraft remain in airline service with [[ALROSA (airline)|ALROSA]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://russianplanes.net/planelist/Antonov/An-38|title=✈ russianplanes.net ✈ наша авиация|website=russianplanes.net|access-date=2019-08-21}}</ref> Recent reviews suggest only one remains in service in 2021.<ref name=":0" />{{Unreliable source?|date=January 2024|reason=Per [[WP:RSP]], YouTube is not a reliable source|certain=yes}}

'''Former operators'''
'''{{RUS}}'''
* [[Vostok Aviation Company]]

==Specifications (An-38-100)==
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|ref=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004,<ref name="JAWA 03 p467-8">Jackson 2003, pp. 467–468.</ref> Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2000–2001<ref name="JAWA2000-2001">{{cite book |title=Jane's all the World's Aircraft 2000–01 |editor1-last=Jackson |editor1-first=Paul|year=2000 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=Coulsdon, Surrey, United Kingdom |isbn=978-0710620118 |edition=91st |pages=513–514}}</ref>
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==See also==
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==References==
{{reflist}}

== Further reading ==
{{commons category|Antonov An-38}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.antonov.com/aircraft/passenger-aircraft/an-38|title=AN-38|work=Antonov.com|publisher=Antonov ASTC|accessdate=2006-07-02|year=2004|archiveurl=https://timetravel.mementoweb.org/memento/2011/http://www.antonov.com/aircraft/passenger-aircraft/an-38|archivedate=23 January 2018|url-status=bot: unknown}}
*{{cite book |last=Jackson |first=Paul |title=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004 |year=2003 |publisher= Jane's Information Group|location=Coulsdon, UK |isbn=978-0-7106-2537-3 }}

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