Cessna 340

what is it?

The Cessna 340 is a twin piston engine pressurized business aircraft that was manufactured by Cessna. The Cessna 335 is an unpressurized version, which appears the same externally as the 340. It sold in smaller numbers than the 340.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 11.6 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 452 km/htop speed
• range 2,602 kmwithout refuelling
• size 2,717 kgmax take-off weight
• built 1,351made 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 56 years ago, in 1970.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.6 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 2,602 km: 14× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.0× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1970

introduced

1971

number built

1,351

role

light twin aircraft

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Cessna

engines

2× Continental TSIO-520-NB

length

10.5 m

wingspan

11.6 m

height

3.8 m

max take-off weight

2,717 kg

top speed

452 km/h

cruise speed

319 km/h

range

2,602 km

ceiling

9,083 m

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