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De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver payload and cargo capacity
DHC-2 · DHC2
Aircraft information
This technical reference for De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver includes available capacity, performance, dimensions, and loading data.
Key figures
- Max payload
- 650 kg
- Cargo volume
- 7 m³
- Range at max payload
- 495 km
Charter
Specifications
Cargo & performance
- Max payload
- 650 kg
- Cargo volume
- 7 m³
- Range at max payload
- 495 km
- Ferry range
- 900 km
- Cruise speed
- 230 km/h
Dimensions
- Overall length
- 9.22 m
- Wingspan
- 14.63 m
- Main deck length
- 4.6 m
- Main deck width
- 1.9 m
- Main deck height
- 1.6 m
Cargo doors & loading notes
Side cargo door 120 × 120 cm
Weights
- Maximum takeoff weight (MTOW)
- 2,315 kg
- Maximum zero fuel weight (MZFW)
- 2,080 kg
- Maximum landing weight (MLW)
- 2,175 kg
- Operating empty weight (OEW)
- 1,435 kg
Aircraft
- Manufacturer
- De Havilland Canada
- Aircraft family
- DHC2
- ICAO type code
- DHC2
- Aircraft category
- Narrow-body freighter
- Propulsion
- Piston
- Engines
- 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-985
- Recorded operational status
- Current / unconfirmed
Airport planning
ICAO type classification
Current Doc 8643 record for DHC2.
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
- DHC2
- Wake turbulence category
- L
- Wingtip clearance group
- G
- Aircraft configuration
- Land Plane · 1 × Piston
Source: ICAO · Doc 8643 — Aircraft Type Designators · Updated Sep 3, 2026
FAA airport planning characteristics
Mapped by ICAO type designator DHC2. FAA source record: DeHavilland Canada 2 Mk1 Beaver.
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
- A
- Airplane design group
- I
- Taxiway design group
- 1B
- Reference approach speed
- 51 kt
- Tail height
- 2.74 m
- Wheelbase
- 6.77 m
- Main gear width
- 3.23 m
- Reference MTOW
- 2,313 kg
Source: FAA · Aircraft Characteristics Database (October 2024) · Download source dataset