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Cessna 404 Titan

🇺🇸 United States ·first flew 1975· light passenger/cargo aircraft

Cessna 404 Titan, photo 1 of 4
1/4 Arpingstone· Public domain

what is it?

The Cessna 404 Titan is an American twin-engined, light aircraft built by Cessna Aircraft. It was the company's largest twin piston-engined aircraft at the time of its development in the 1970s. Its US military designation is C-28, and Swedish Air Force designation Tp 87.

How to recognise it: 2 engines · 14.2 m wingspan

base stats

  • speed 430 km/htop speed
  • range 3,408 kmwithout refuelling
  • seats 8passengers
  • size 3,810 kgmax take-off weight
  • built 396made 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 51 years ago, in 1975.
  • Top speed is 3.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • Wingspan of 14.2 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Range of 3,408 km: 19× Amsterdam to Brussels.

spec sheet

first flight
1975-02-26
introduced
1976
number built
396
role
light passenger/cargo aircraft
origin
🇺🇸 United States
makers
Cessna
engines
2×
crew
2
passengers
8
length
12 m
wingspan
14.2 m
height
4 m
max take-off weight
3,810 kg
top speed
430 km/h
cruise speed
302 km/h
range
3,408 km
ceiling
7,925 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q1057252, Wikipedia: Cessna 404 Titan (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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