what is it?
The CASA C-202 Halcón was a twin-engine transport aircraft, constructed by CASA. The Halcón was designed for use on Spain's international air routes. It had tricycle landing gear and a heated/air-conditioned cabin which could accommodate fourteen passengers. Twenty aircraft were initially ordered, and delivered to the Spanish Air Force with the designation T.6.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · low wing · retractable tricycle gear · 21.6 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 74 years ago, in 1952.
- Top speed is 2.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 21.6 m: about 5 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
- 1952-05-15
- number built
- 20
- role
- transport
- origin
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- makers
- Airbus Defence and Space S.A.
- engines
- 2× ENMASA Beta B-41
- passengers
- 14
- length
- 16 m
- wingspan
- 21.6 m
- height
- 1.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 7,750 kg
- top speed
- 375 km/h
- cruise speed
- 335 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 7,250 m
- wings
- low wing
- landing gear
- retractable tricycle gear
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q772964, Wikipedia: CASA C-202 Halcón (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.