ATR 42

what is it?

The ATR 42 is a regional airliner produced by Franco-Italian manufacturer ATR, with final assembly in Toulouse, France. On 4 November 1981, the aircraft was launched with ATR, as a joint venture between French Aérospatiale (now part of Airbus) and Aeritalia (now Leonardo S.p.A.). The ATR 42-300 performed its maiden flight on 16 August 1984 and type certification was granted during September 1985.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 turboprops · shoulder wing · retractable tricycle gear · 24.6 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 500 km/htop speed
• range 850 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 50passengers
• size 16.9 tmax take-off weight
• built 503made 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 42 years ago, in 1984.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 24.6 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).

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

spec sheet

first flight

1984-08-16

introduced

1985

status

in production

number built

503

role

turboprop regional airliner

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

ATR

engines

2× PW100

passengers

50

length

22.7 m

wingspan

24.6 m

height

7.6 m

max take-off weight

16.9 t

top speed

500 km/h

range

850 km

wings

shoulder wing

landing gear

retractable tricycle gear

ICAO code

AT43, AT45, AT46

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