Airbus A400M Atlas
Airbus's four-turboprop military airlifter, with eight-blade propellers that turn in opposite directions on each wing. It flies like an Airbus with fly-by-wire and sidesticks, and holds an EASA civil type certificate although only air forces fly it.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 422 kt
- Max operating speed (VMO)
- 300 kt
- Max operating Mach (MMO)
- M 0.72
- Range
- 1,780 nm
- Service ceiling
- 40,000 ft
Fuel
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1 · Jet A
- Usable fuel
- 49,810 kg
- Total capacity
- 49,810 kg
- Centre tank
- 11,650 kg
- Wing tanks
- 13,710 kg
- Wing tanks
- 13,640 kg
- Main tank
- 2 × 3,090 kg
- Main tank
- 2 × 2,310 kg
Turbine fuel is shown as mass, at a typical 0.80 kg/l, the way crews plan it.
Runway
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Concrete
No published runway figures for this type yet.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Glass cockpit
- Systems
- Fly-by-wire · Sidestick · Constant-speed propeller · Retractable gear · Pressurised cabin
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 116
- Minimum crew
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 141,000 kg
- Max landing weight
- 123,000 kg
- Empty weight
- 78,600 kg
Licence and training
- Class rating
- Military (no civil licence)
- Extra training or endorsements
- None beyond the licence and rating.
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- Certified for IFR
- Approvals
- Night VFR · Known icing (FIKI)
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Airbus
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 4× Turboprop
- ICAO type designator
- A400
- Wake turbulence category
- H · Heavy
- In service since
- 2013
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2024
Scale drawing
- Length
- 45.09 m
- Wingspan
- 42.36 m
- Height
- 14.68 m
- Fuselage width
- 5.6 m
- Propeller diameter
- 5.3 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Airbus A400M AtlasLength 45.09 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- VMOMax operating speedSpeed limit of a turbine aircraft in knots; higher up, the Mach limit (MMO) applies instead.
- 300 kt
- MMOMax operating Mach (MMO)
- M 0.72
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
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