Charter Cessna 408
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Cessna 408 SkyCourier Freighter payload and cargo capacity
Cessna 408 · C408
Aircraft information
This technical reference for Cessna 408 SkyCourier Freighter includes available capacity, performance, dimensions, and loading data.
Key figures
- Max payload
- 2,722 kg
- Cargo volume
- 25 m³
- Range at max payload
- 986 km
Charter
Specifications
Cargo & performance
- Max payload
- 2,722 kg
- Cargo volume
- 25 m³
- Containerized cargo volume
- 13.2 m³
- Range at max payload
- 986 km
- Ferry range
- 1,700 km
- Cruise speed
- 370 km/h
Dimensions
- Overall length
- 16.8 m
- Wingspan
- 22.02 m
- Main deck length
- 8 m
- Main deck width
- 1.9 m
- Main deck height
- 1.6 m
Cargo doors & loading notes
Main deck cargo door (LH): 221 × 175 cm
Weights
- Maximum takeoff weight (MTOW)
- 8,620 kg
- Maximum zero fuel weight (MZFW)
- 7,755 kg
- Maximum landing weight (MLW)
- 8,435 kg
- Operating empty weight (OEW)
- 5,170 kg
Aircraft
- Manufacturer
- Cessna
- Aircraft family
- SkyCourier
- ICAO type code
- C408
- Aircraft category
- Narrow-body freighter
- Propulsion
- Turboprop/Turboshaft
- Engines
- 2 × PT6A-65SC
- Recorded operational status
- Active
Airport planning
ICAO type classification
Current Doc 8643 record for C408.
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
- C408
- Wake turbulence category
- M
- Wingtip clearance group
- G
- Aircraft configuration
- Land Plane · 2 × Turboprop/Turboshaft
Source: ICAO · Doc 8643 — Aircraft Type Designators · Updated Sep 3, 2026