Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia

what is it?

The Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia is a twin-turboprop 30-passenger commuter airliner designed and manufactured by the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer. The EMB 120 began development in 1974. While initially conceived as a modular series of aircraft, the Family 12X, referred to as the Araguaia, was intended to achieve a high level of commonality with the EMB 121 Xingu.

🔎How to recognise it: 3 turboprops · low wing · retractable tricycle gear · 19.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 608 km/htop speed
• range 1,750 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 36passengers
• size 11.5 tmax take-off weight
• built 354made 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 43 years ago, in 1983.
• 🏎️Top speed is 4.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 19.8 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,750 km: 10× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.0× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

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

spec sheet

first flight

1983-07-27

introduced

1985

status

still flying

number built

354

role

turboprop regional airliner

origin

🇧🇷 Brazil

makers

Embraer

engines

3× Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118, PW118A or PW118B / Garrett, GTCP36-150 or Sundstrand Turbomach T-62T-40C7E1 / PW118

crew

2

passengers

36

length

20 m

wingspan

19.8 m

height

6.4 m

max take-off weight

11.5 t

top speed

608 km/h

cruise speed

552 km/h

range

1,750 km

ceiling

9,085 m

wings

low wing

landing gear

retractable tricycle gear

ICAO code

E120

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