3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. AirTractor 402: Jenni Jones from Lacey, Wa, United States· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. AT400: TJM· CC BY 2.0
- 3. Air Tractor AT-400A N3159D ‘Dusty Crophopper’ at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, 3 February 2024: BrayLockBoy· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Air Tractor AT-400 is a family of agricultural aircraft that first flew in the United States in September 1979. Type certification was awarded to Air Tractor in April 1980. Of low-wing monoplane taildragger configuration, they carry a chemical hopper between the engine firewall and the cockpit.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 15 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 47 years ago, in 1979.
- Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 15 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1979
- introduced
- 1980
- status
- in production
- number built
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- role
- agricultural aircraft
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Air Tractor
- engines
- 1× Pratt & Whitney R-1340
- crew
- 1
- length
- 8.2 m
- wingspan
- 15 m
- height
- 2.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 3,565 kg
- top speed
- 251 km/h
- cruise speed
- 193 km/h
- range
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Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4033623, Wikipedia: Air Tractor AT-400 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.