page_title: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
section_title: Specifications (MiG-15bis)
hierarchical_section_title: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 / Specifications (MiG-15bis)
caption_attribution_description: English: MiG-15UTI trainer.
context_page_description: The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 is a jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union. The MiG-15 was one of the first successful jet fighters to incorporate swept wings to achieve high transonic speeds. In combat over Korea, it outclassed straight-winged jet day fighters, which were largely relegated to ground-attack roles, and was quickly countered by the similar American swept-wing North American F-86 Sabre.
  When refined into the more advanced MiG-17, the basic design would again surprise the West when it proved effective against supersonic fighters such as the Republic F-105 Thunderchief and McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in the Vietnam War of the 1960s.
  The MiG-15 is believed to have been one of the most produced jet aircraft; in excess of 13,000 were manufactured. Licensed foreign production may have raised the production total to almost 18,000. The MiG-15 remains in service with the Korean People's Army Air Force as an advanced trainer.
context_section_description: Data from OKB Mikoyan, MiG: Fifty Years of Secret Aircraft Design
  General characteristics
  Crew: 1
  Length: 10.102 m (33 ft 2 in)
  Wingspan: 10.085 m (33 ft 1 in)
  Height: 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
  Wing area: 20.6 m² (222 sq ft)
  Airfoil: root: TsAGI S-10 ; tip: TsAGI SR-3
  Empty weight: 3,681 kg (8,115 lb)
  Gross weight: 5,044 kg (11,120 lb)
  Max takeoff weight: 6,106 kg (13,461 lb) with 2x600 l (160 US gal; 130 imp gal) drop-tanks
  Fuel capacity: 1,420 l (380 US gal; 310 imp gal) internal
  Powerplant: 1 × Klimov VK-1 centrifugal-flow turbojet, 26.5 kN (5,950 lbf) thrust
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 1,076 km/h (669 mph, 581 kn) at sea level
  1,107 km/h (688 mph; 598 kn) / M0.9 at 3,000 m (9,843 ft)
  Maximum speed: Mach 0.87 at sea level
  Cruise speed: 850 km/h (530 mph, 460 kn) Mach 0.69
  Ferry range: 2,520 km (1,570 mi, 1,360 nmi) at 12,000 m (39,370 ft) with 2x600 l (160 US gal; 130 imp gal) drop-tanks
  Service ceiling: 15,500 m (50,900 ft)
  Rate of climb: 51.2 m/s (10,080 ft/min)
  Wing loading: 296.4 kg/m² (60.7 lb/sq ft)
  Thrust/weight: 0.54
  Armament
  Guns: **2 × 23 mm Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 autocannon in the lower left fuselage (80 rounds per gun, 160 rounds total)
  1 × 37 mm Nudelman N-37 autocannon in the lower right fuselage (40 rounds total)
  Hardpoints: 2 with provisions to carry combinations of:
  Bombs: 100 kg (220 lb) bombs
  Other: drop tanks, or unguided rockets
caption: MiG-15UTI
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