Mikoyan MiG-31 - Specifications (MiG-31)

Specifications (MiG-31)

Data from Great Book of Modern Warplanes, MiG-31E data,Combat Aircraft since 1945

General characteristics

• Crew: Two (pilot and weapons system officer)
• Length: 22.69 m (74 ft 5 in)
• Wingspan: 13.46 m (44 ft 2 in)
• Height: 6.15 m (20 ft 2 in)
• Wing area: 61.6 m² (663 ft²)
• Empty weight: 21,820 kg (48,100 lb)
• Loaded weight: 41,000 kg (90,400 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 46,200 kg (101,900 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Soloviev D-30F6 afterburning turbofans
  • Dry thrust: 93 kN (20,900 lbf) each
  • Thrust with afterburner: 152 kN (34,172 lbf) each

Performance

• Maximum speed:
  
  • High altitude: Mach 2.83 (3,000 km/h, 1,860 mph)
  • Low altitude: Mach 1.2 (1,500 km/h, 930 mph)
• Combat radius: 1,450 km (900 mi) at Mach 0.8/ 720 km (447 mi) at Mach 2.35
• Ferry range: 3,300 km (2,050 mi)
• Service ceiling: 20,600 m (67,600 ft)
• Rate of climb: 208 m/s (41,000 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 665 kg/m² (136 lb/ft²)
• Thrust/weight: 0.85
  
• Maximum g-load: 5 g

Armament

• 1× GSh-6-23 23 mm cannon with 260 rounds.
• Fuselage recesses for 4× R-33 (AA-9 'Amos') (or for MiG-31M/BM only 6× R-37 (AA-X-13 'Arrow') long-range air-to-air missiles)
• 4 underwing pylons for a combination of:

• 2× R-40TD1 (AA-6 'Acrid') medium-range missiles, and
• 4× R-60 (AA-8 'Aphid')
  • 4× R-73 (AA-11 'Archer') short-range IR missiles,
  • 4× R-77 (AA-12 'Adder') medium-range missiles.

• Some aircraft are equipped to launch the Kh-31P (AS-17 'Krypton') and Kh-58 (AS-11 'Kilter') anti-radiation missiles in the suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) role.