British Aerospace ATP

what is it?

The British Aerospace ATP (Advanced Turbo-Prop) is a retired turboprop airliner designed and produced by British Aerospace. It was an evolution of the Hawker Siddeley HS 748, a feederliner of the 1960s. The ATP was developed during the 1980s; events such as the 1979 oil crisis and increasing public concern regarding aircraft noise led business planners at British Aerospace to believe that there was a market for a short-range, low-noise, fuel-efficient turboprop aircraft.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 turboprops · low wing · retractable tricycle gear · 30.6 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 496 km/hcruise speed
• range 1,825 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 64passengers
• size 22.9 tmax take-off weight
• built 64made 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 40 years ago, in 1986.
• 🚗Wingspan of 30.6 m: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 1,825 km: 10× Amsterdam to Brussels.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1986-08-06

introduced

1988

retired

2025

status

retired

number built

64

role

airliner

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

makers

British Aerospace

engines

2× Pratt & Whitney Canada PW126 / PW100

passengers

64

length

26 m

wingspan

30.6 m

height

7.1 m

max take-off weight

22.9 t

top speed

—

cruise speed

496 km/h

range

1,825 km

ceiling

7,620 m

wings

low wing

landing gear

retractable tricycle gear

ICAO code

ATP

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

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