Charter Convair CV-5800
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Convair CV-5800 payload and cargo capacity
CV-5800 Stretch Cargo Conversion · CVLT
Aircraft information
This technical reference for Convair CV-5800 includes available capacity, performance, dimensions, and loading data.
Key figures
- Max payload
- 7,250 kg
- Cargo volume
- 60 m³
- Range at max payload
- 2,475 km
Charter
Specifications
Cargo & performance
- Max payload
- 7,250 kg
- Cargo volume
- 60 m³
- Range at max payload
- 2,475 km
- Ferry range
- 4,500 km
- Cruise speed
- 550 km/h
Dimensions
- Overall length
- 29.18 m
- Wingspan
- 32.12 m
- Main deck length
- 16 m
- Main deck width
- 1.9 m
- Main deck height
- 1.6 m
Cargo doors & loading notes
Main deck cargo door (LH) approx. 180 × 140 cm
Weights
- Maximum takeoff weight (MTOW)
- 30,210 kg
- Maximum zero fuel weight (MZFW)
- 25,375 kg
- Maximum landing weight (MLW)
- 28,395 kg
- Operating empty weight (OEW)
- 18,125 kg
Aircraft
- Manufacturer
- Convair / KF Aerospace
- Aircraft family
- CV580
- ICAO type code
- CVLT
- Aircraft category
- Narrow-body freighter
- Propulsion
- Turboprop/Turboshaft
- Engines
- 2 × Allison 501-D22G
- Recorded operational status
- Active
Airport planning
ICAO type classification
Current Doc 8643 record for CVLT.
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
- CVLT
- Wake turbulence category
- M
- Wingtip clearance group
- D
- 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 CVLT. FAA source record: Convair CV-580/600/640, C-131H.
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
- 3
- Reference approach speed
- 107 kt
- Tail height
- 8.9 m
- Wheelbase
- 7.68 m
- Main gear width
- 7.35 m
- Reference MTOW
- 26,535 kg
Source: FAA · Aircraft Characteristics Database (October 2024) · Download source dataset