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De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 Package Freighter (PF) payload and cargo capacity
Dash 8-400 Package Freighter · DH8D
Aircraft information
This technical reference for De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 Package Freighter (PF) includes available capacity, performance, dimensions, and loading data.
Key figures
- Max payload
- 8,755 kg
- Cargo volume
- 79.3 m³
- Range at max payload
- 1,500 km
Charter
Specifications
Cargo & performance
- Max payload
- 8,755 kg
- Cargo volume
- 79.3 m³
- Range at max payload
- 1,500 km
- Ferry range
- 3,600 km
- Cruise speed
- 667 km/h
Dimensions
- Overall length
- 32.84 m
- Wingspan
- 28.42 m
- Main deck length
- 16.4 m
- Main deck width
- 1.9 m
- Main deck height
- 1.6 m
Cargo doors & loading notes
Main deck cargo door (LH): 272 × 178 cm
Weights
- Maximum takeoff weight (MTOW)
- 29,255 kg
- Maximum zero fuel weight (MZFW)
- 25,855 kg
- Maximum landing weight (MLW)
- 28,010 kg
- Operating empty weight (OEW)
- 17,100 kg
Aircraft
- Manufacturer
- De Havilland Canada
- Aircraft family
- Dash8
- ICAO type code
- DH8D
- Aircraft category
- Narrow-body freighter
- Propulsion
- Turboprop/Turboshaft
- Engines
- 2 × PW150A
- Recorded operational status
- Active
Airport planning
ICAO type classification
Current Doc 8643 record for DH8D.
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
- DH8D
- Wake turbulence category
- M
- Wingtip clearance group
- E
- 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 DH8D. FAA source record: DeHavilland Canada 8/DHC8-400.
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
- C
- Airplane design group
- III
- Taxiway design group
- 5
- Reference approach speed
- 125 kt
- Tail height
- 8.35 m
- Wheelbase
- 13.96 m
- Main gear width
- 9.57 m
- Reference MTOW
- 29,257 kg
Source: FAA · Aircraft Characteristics Database (October 2024) · Download source dataset