3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Aero-Dienst Potez 841 at Munich Riem Airport: Steve Williams· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Potez 840 Shetland: Etan J. Tal· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Untitled Potez 840 F-BMCY: Richard Vandervord· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Potez 840 was a 1960s French four-engined 18-passenger executive monoplane, the last aircraft to use the Potez name.
How to recognise it: 4 turboprops · low wing · retractable tricycle gear · 19.6 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 65 years ago, in 1961.
- Top speed is 3.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 19.6 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 3,000 km: 17× Amsterdam to Brussels.
turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1961-04-29
- introduced
- 1961
- number built
- 8
- role
- 18-passenger executive transport monoplane
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- makers
- Potez
- engines
- 4× Turbomeca Astazou X
- crew
- 2
- passengers
- 24
- length
- 15.9 m
- wingspan
- 19.6 m
- height
- 5.2 m
- max take-off weight
- 8,900 kg
- top speed
- 500 km/h
- cruise speed
- 400 km/h
- range
- 3,000 km
- ceiling
- 8,000 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 Q585240, Wikipedia: Potez 840 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.