Military transport aircraft non-comparison

                     Empty Payload tons Max/cruise Range max     Field Cargo hold
                          Max     Fuel  km/h     payload/fuel    m     LxWxH (not full width 
                                                                       m      or height)
Antonov An-225 Mriya      600 250        /850    4500 @ 200 tons 3500    x6.4x4.4
Antonov An-124 Ruslan 175 405 150 230    /865    4500/           1200  36.6.4x4.4
Antonov An-70                  45        /800    7250 @ 20 tons, 5530 @ 30 tons
Lockheed C-5B Galaxy 170  349 121       920/830  4390/11020            36.9(44)x5.8x4.1
Lockheed C-17         117 265  78  80   950/810  4440/,5185@54 t  900  20.8(26.8)x5.5x4.1(3.8) 
Ilyushin Il-76TD          190  50        /850    /3000@ 40 tons STOL 800-1700 20(24)x3.4x3.5
Ilyushin Il-76M        61 101  40  82    /800    7300/            800  
AMC A400M                 130  37  64m3  /730 8800/5600@20t,3900@30t 1000 22.65(17.7)x4x4.85 
                          117  29.5 tactically (2.5G compared to 2.25 logistically)
Shorts SC.5 Belfast    59 104  34        /510    1575/           2500  
Lockheed C-130J Hercules 35 79 22  36    /645    5250/                 12.2(15.7)x3.1x2.8 
Lockheed C-130J-30             20             3350@15.7t,2700@16.5t    16.8(20.3)x3.1x2.8
Lockheed C-130H Hercules 35 79 23  36    /602    3790/ 2900@16.5t 1000 12.2(15.7)x3.1x2.8
Lockheed C-130H-30             21                                      16.8(20.3)x3.1x2.8
Lockheed/Alenia C-27J           9                1900@9t,5400@4t  500     x2.45x2.25 5700 km ferry range
Aeritalia G.222       14.6 28   9  12    /440    1370/            660  8.6x2.5x.2.3
Antonov An-32         16.8 27  6.7  5    /530    2000/            470  15.7x2.8x1.8
CASA C295                      7.5                   
Airtech CN-235M        8.6 15   5   5    /450    4270/            750  9.7x2..7(2.3)x1.9
Shorts C-23B Sherpa    7.2 12  3.3  2.5  /359    /1575            800  9.1x1.9x2.0
Shorts 330-UTT         6.4 11.2 3.6 2.5  /370    /1390 @ 2.3 tons 415  9.5x1.9x1.9
CASA C.212             4.2 8   2.8  2    /345    1500/            440  6.5x1.6x1.6
Embraer EMB-110        3.6 5.9 1.7  2.3  /413    1960/            870  9.5x1.6x1.6
Harbin Y-12            2.8 5.8 1.7  1.6  /330    /1440            340  4.8x1.5x1.7
Beechcraft C-12F       3.7 5.7  2   1.1  /510    3300            1000  6.7x1.4x1.5
Dornier 228            3   5.7 2.1  2.3  /430    1340/            600  7.1x1.3x1.6
Cessna U-27A           1.7 3.6 1.8  1.3  /326    1770/            370  4.6x1.6x1.3
Pilatus PC-6           1.3 2.8 1    1    /280    /1500            197  2.3x1.2x.1.3(1.2)

Boeing 707-320C        66 151  44        /970    6370/
Boeing 747-400F       166 396 111                7950/                 57x5.9(3.18)x2.5
BAe 146QT              22  42  12        /784    2223/                 16..1x3.2x2
Douglas DC-8F          76 161  29        /887    8790/           3000

My thanks to William L. Dahlstedt for most of the cargo hold dimensions (rounded numbers by me)


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Last updated 2004 Jan 10 by Urban

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