Charter Curtiss C-46F Commando
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Curtiss C-46F Commando payload and cargo capacity
Curtiss C-46F Commando · C46
Aircraft information
This technical reference for Curtiss C-46F Commando includes available capacity, performance, dimensions, and loading data.
Key figures
- Max payload
- 4,490 kg
- Cargo volume
- 50 m³
- Range at max payload
- 2,016 km
Charter
Specifications
Cargo & performance
- Max payload
- 4,490 kg
- Cargo volume
- 50 m³
- Range at max payload
- 2,016 km
- Ferry range
- 4,800 km
- Cruise speed
- 301 km/h
Dimensions
- Overall length
- 23.27 m
- Wingspan
- 32.92 m
- Main deck length
- 11.6 m
- Main deck width
- 1.9 m
- Main deck height
- 1.6 m
Cargo doors & loading notes
Main deck double cargo door 290 × 190 cm
Weights
- Maximum takeoff weight (MTOW)
- 20,410 kg
- Maximum zero fuel weight (MZFW)
- 16,740 kg
- Maximum landing weight (MLW)
- 19,185 kg
- Operating empty weight (OEW)
- 12,245 kg
Aircraft
- Manufacturer
- Curtiss
- Aircraft family
- C-46F
- ICAO type code
- C46
- Aircraft category
- Narrow-body freighter
- Propulsion
- Piston
- Engines
- 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800
- Recorded operational status
- Active
Airport planning
ICAO type classification
Current Doc 8643 record for C46.
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
- C46
- Wake turbulence category
- M
- Wingtip clearance group
- D
- Aircraft configuration
- Land Plane · 2 × Piston
Source: ICAO · Doc 8643 — Aircraft Type Designators · Updated Sep 3, 2026