Charter DHC-7-101
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De Havilland Canada DHC-7-101 payload and cargo capacity
DHC-7-101 · DHC7
Aircraft information
This technical reference for De Havilland Canada DHC-7-101 includes available capacity, performance, dimensions, and loading data.
Key figures
- Max payload
- 4,790 kg
- Cargo volume
- 38 m³
- Range at max payload
- 1,144 km
Charter
Specifications
Cargo & performance
- Max payload
- 4,790 kg
- Cargo volume
- 38 m³
- Range at max payload
- 1,144 km
- Ferry range
- 2,200 km
- Cruise speed
- 428 km/h
Dimensions
- Overall length
- 24.58 m
- Wingspan
- 28.35 m
- Main deck length
- 12.3 m
- Main deck width
- 1.9 m
- Main deck height
- 1.6 m
Cargo doors & loading notes
Main deck side cargo door 230 × 180 cm
Weights
- Maximum takeoff weight (MTOW)
- 19,960 kg
- Maximum zero fuel weight (MZFW)
- 17,165 kg
- Maximum landing weight (MLW)
- 18,760 kg
- Operating empty weight (OEW)
- 12,375 kg
Aircraft
- Manufacturer
- De Havilland Canada
- Aircraft family
- Dash7
- ICAO type code
- DHC7
- Aircraft category
- Narrow-body freighter
- Propulsion
- Turboprop/Turboshaft
- Engines
- 4 × PT6A-50
- Recorded operational status
- Current / unconfirmed
Airport planning
ICAO type classification
Current Doc 8643 record for DHC7.
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
- DHC7
- Wake turbulence category
- M
- Wingtip clearance group
- E
- Aircraft configuration
- Land Plane · 4 × Turboprop/Turboshaft
Source: ICAO · Doc 8643 — Aircraft Type Designators · Updated Sep 3, 2026
FAA airport planning characteristics
Mapped by ICAO type designator DHC7. FAA source record: DeHavilland Canada DHC-7.
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
- III
- Taxiway design group
- 3
- Reference approach speed
- 83 kt
- Tail height
- 7.99 m
- Wheelbase
- 7.96 m
- Main gear width
- 8.56 m
- Reference MTOW
- 19,958 kg
Source: FAA · Aircraft Characteristics Database (October 2024) · Download source dataset