Charter DHC-6-200 Cargo Configuration
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De Havilland Canada DHC-6-200 Cargo Configuration payload and cargo capacity
DHC-6-200 Cargo Configuration · DHC6
Aircraft information
This technical reference for De Havilland Canada DHC-6-200 Cargo Configuration includes available capacity, performance, dimensions, and loading data.
Key figures
- Max payload
- 1,455 kg
- Cargo volume
- 14 m³
- Range at max payload
- 928 km
Charter
Specifications
Cargo & performance
- Max payload
- 1,455 kg
- Cargo volume
- 14 m³
- Range at max payload
- 928 km
- Ferry range
- 1,600 km
- Cruise speed
- 337 km/h
Dimensions
- Overall length
- 15.77 m
- Wingspan
- 19.81 m
- Main deck length
- 7.9 m
- Main deck width
- 1.9 m
- Main deck height
- 1.6 m
Cargo doors & loading notes
Side cargo door 132 × 130 cm
Weights
- Maximum takeoff weight (MTOW)
- 5,200 kg
- Maximum zero fuel weight (MZFW)
- 4,575 kg
- Maximum landing weight (MLW)
- 4,890 kg
- Operating empty weight (OEW)
- 3,120 kg
Aircraft
- Manufacturer
- De Havilland Canada
- Aircraft family
- DHC6
- ICAO type code
- DHC6
- Aircraft category
- Narrow-body freighter
- Propulsion
- Turboprop/Turboshaft
- Engines
- 2 × PT6A-27
- Recorded operational status
- Current / unconfirmed
Airport planning
ICAO type classification
Current Doc 8643 record for DHC6.
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
- DHC6
- Wake turbulence category
- L
- Wingtip clearance group
- G
- 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 DHC6. FAA source record: DeHavilland Canada Twin Otter.
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
- II
- Taxiway design group
- 1A
- Reference approach speed
- 74 kt
- Tail height
- 5.88 m
- Wheelbase
- 3.72 m
- Main gear width
- 4.54 m
- Reference MTOW
- 5,670 kg
Source: FAA · Aircraft Characteristics Database (October 2024) · Download source dataset