How the Yak-42D fits into the Yak-42 story
Yak-42D is the representative branch of the Yakovlev Yak-42 family, capturing the longer-range branch most closely tied to the family’s lasting service.
This page isolates the Yak-42D branch of the Yakovlev Yak-42 family, focusing on the engines, service entry, seating, range, and mission role that justify a dedicated variant page while keeping the family history on the canonical parent URL.
Service entry
1981
Seating
100 to 120
Range
2,200 nm
Variant history
Why it branches from the family
The Yak-42D is treated as the representative branch because it captures the longer-range branch most closely tied to the family’s lasting service.
Variant pages stay intentionally narrower than the family page so differences in cabin, engines, mission, and market role remain clear without duplicating the full program history.
Fact rows
Reference snapshot
- Engines
- Lotarev D-36
- Type data
- Service entry
- 1981
- Operator records
- Typical seating
- 100 to 120
- Operator layouts
- Range
- 2,200 nm
- Planning data
Return to the family page
Variant pages stay intentionally narrower than family pages. They isolate meaningful technical or commercial differences while the canonical family page holds the broader historical narrative.