Charter ATR 42-500 Cargo Configuration
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ATR 42-500 Cargo Configuration payload and cargo capacity
ATR 42-500 Cargo Configuration · AT45
Aircraft information
This technical reference for ATR 42-500 Cargo Configuration includes available capacity, performance, dimensions, and loading data.
Key figures
- Max payload
- 5,500 kg
- Cargo volume
- 56 m³
- Range at max payload
- 1,450 km
Charter
Specifications
Cargo & performance
- Max payload
- 5,500 kg
- Cargo volume
- 56 m³
- Range at max payload
- 1,450 km
- Ferry range
- 3,400 km
- Cruise speed
- 556 km/h
Dimensions
- Overall length
- 22.67 m
- Wingspan
- 24.57 m
- Main deck length
- 13.85 m
- Main deck width
- 2.26 m
- Main deck height
- 1.75 m
Cargo doors & loading notes
Standard forward cargo door (LH): 130 × 160 cm — bulk freighter configuration
Weights
- Maximum takeoff weight (MTOW)
- 18,600 kg
- Maximum zero fuel weight (MZFW)
- 17,000 kg
- Maximum landing weight (MLW)
- 18,300 kg
- Operating empty weight (OEW)
- 11,500 kg
Aircraft
- Manufacturer
- ATR
- Aircraft family
- ATR42
- ICAO type code
- AT45
- Aircraft category
- Narrow-body freighter
- Propulsion
- Turboprop/Turboshaft
- Engines
- 2 × PW127E
- Recorded operational status
- Current / unconfirmed
Airport planning
ICAO type classification
Current Doc 8643 record for AT45.
Official ICAO type-level classification mapped by the current Doc 8643 designator. Multiple aircraft variants may share one designator; this is not variant-specific operational approval.
- ICAO type designator
- AT45
- Wake turbulence category
- M
- Wingtip clearance group
- F
- Aircraft configuration
- Land Plane · 2 × Turboprop/Turboshaft
Source: ICAO · Doc 8643 — Aircraft Type Designators · Updated Sep 3, 2026
FAA airport planning characteristics
Mapped by ICAO type designator AT45. FAA source record: ATR 42-500.
FAA aircraft-type data mapped by ICAO designator. It is intended for airport planning and design; it is not variant-specific operational approval or a complete compatibility assessment.
- FAA approach category
- B
- Airplane design group
- III
- Taxiway design group
- 2A
- Reference approach speed
- 104 kt
- Tail height
- 7.59 m
- Wheelbase
- 8.78 m
- Main gear width
- 4.57 m
- Reference MTOW
- 18,600 kg
Source: FAA · Aircraft Characteristics Database (October 2024) · Download source dataset