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Development Background Production Design Technology Operational Service Competitors Variants Deliveries Accidents Specifications General specifications Performance Further reading Similar aircraft Aviation pages

Development

Background

Production

Design

Technology

Operational Service

Competitors

Variants
A400M Grizzly - these were the initial 5 airplanes (prototypes and development), a sixth aircraft was cancelled A400M-180 Atlas - this is the current variant in production

Deliveries

Accidents

Specifications

General specifications

Crew: 3 or 4 (2 pilots, 3rd optional, 1 loadmaster)
Capacity: 37,000 kg (81,600 lb)
- 116 fully equipped troops / paratroops,
- up to 66 stretchers accompanied by 25 medical personnel
- cargo compartment: width 4.00-metre (13.12 ft) x height 3.85-metre (12.6 ft) x length 17.71-metre (58.1 ft) (without ramp 5.40-metre (17.7 ft))
Length: 45.1 m (148 ft 0 in)
Wingspan: 42.4 m (139 ft 1 in)
Height: 14.7 m (48 ft 3 in)
Wing area: 225.1 m2 (2,423 sq ft)
Empty weight: 76,500 kg (168,654 lb) ; operating weight
Gross weight: 120,000 kg (264,555 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 141,000 kg (310,852 lb)
Fuel capacity: 50,500 kg (111,300 lb) internal fuel
Max landing weight: 123,000 kg (271,200 lb)
Powerplant: 4 Ã— Europrop TP400-D6 turboprop, 8,200 kW (11,000 hp) each
Propellers: 8-bladed Ratier-Figeac FH385 and FH386 variable pitch tractor propellers with feathering and reversing capability (FH385 anticlockwise on engines 2 and 4, FH386 clockwise on engines 1 and 3), 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in) diameter

Performance

Cruising speed: 781 km/h (485 mph; 422 kn) at 9,450 m (31,000 ft)
Initial cruise altitude: 9,000 m (29,000 ft) at MTOW
Range: 3,300 km (2,051 mi; 1,782 nmi) at max payload (long range cruise speed; reserves as per MIL-C-5011A)
- Range at 30-tonne payload: 4,500 km (2,450 nmi)
- Range at 20-tonne payload: 6,400 km (3,450 nmi)
Ferry range: 8,700 km (5,406 mi; 4,698 nmi)
Service ceiling: 12,200 m (40,026 ft)
Tactical takeoff distance: 980 m (3,215 ft), aircraft weight 100 tonnes (98 long tons; 110 short tons), soft field, ISA, sea level
Tactical landing distance: 770 m (2,530 ft) (as above)
Turning radius (ground): 28.6 m

Further reading
Military cargo aircraft

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