3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Aerospatiale N-262D-51 Fregate: Ralf Manteufel· GFDL 1.2
- 2. TAT Nord N-262 Volpati-1: Christian Volpati· GFDL 1.2
- 3. Tempelhof Airways, Aérospatiale N 262, Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof, 1982: Roland Arhelger· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Aérospatiale N 262 is a French twin-turboprop high-wing airliner built first by Nord Aviation (merged into Aérospatiale in 1970). The aircraft was also known as the Nord 262.
How to recognise it: 2 turboprops · shoulder wing · retractable tricycle gear · 21.9 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 64 years ago, in 1962.
- Top speed is 3.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 21.9 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,110 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.
turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1962-12-24
- introduced
- 1964
- number built
- 110
- role
- turboprop airliner
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- makers
- Aérospatiale, Nord Aviation
- engines
- 2× Turbomeca Bastan VIC
- crew
- 2
- passengers
- 29
- length
- 19.3 m
- wingspan
- 21.9 m
- height
- 6.2 m
- max take-off weight
- 10.3 t
- top speed
- 385 km/h
- cruise speed
- 360 km/h
- range
- 1,110 km
- ceiling
- 7,300 m
- wings
- shoulder wing
- landing gear
- retractable tricycle gear
- ICAO code
- N262
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1997511, Wikipedia: Aérospatiale N 262 (CC BY-SA 4.0), ICAO code from list of aircraft type designators.Updated 2026-10-24.