Alenia C-27J Spartan

what is it?

The Alenia C-27J Spartan is a military transport aircraft developed and manufactured by Leonardo's Aircraft Division, formerly Alenia Aermacchi until 2016. It is an advanced derivative of the former Alenia Aeronautica's earlier G.222 (C-27A Spartan in U.S. service), equipped with the engines and various other systems also used on the larger Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules. Specialized variants of the C-27J have been developed for maritime patrol, search and rescue, C3 ISR (command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance), fire support/ground-attack and electronic warfare missions.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 turboprops · 28.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 602 km/htop speed
• range 1,759 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 60passengers
• size 32.5 tmax take-off weight
• built 117made in total

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 27 years ago, in 1999.
• 🏎️Top speed is 4.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 28.7 m: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 1,759 km: 10× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.0× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.

spec sheet

first flight

1999-09-24

introduced

2006

status

still flying

number built

117

role

military transport aircraft

origin

🇮🇹 Italy

makers

Leonardo, Alenia Aeronautica

engines

2× Rolls-Royce AE2100-D2A

passengers

60

length

22.7 m

wingspan

28.7 m

height

9.6 m

max take-off weight

32.5 t

top speed

602 km/h

cruise speed

583 km/h

range

1,759 km

ceiling

9,144 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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