ATR 42-600
The smaller ATR: about 48 seats, high wing and T-tail, with the same glass cockpit as the 72-600. Its short take-off run suits small regional airports.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 300 kt
- Max operating speed (VMO)
- 250 kt
- Range
- 703 nm
- Rate of climb
- 1,851 ft/min
Fuel
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1 · Jet A
- Usable fuel
- 4,560 kg
- Total capacity
- 4,580 kg
- Wing tanks
- 2 × 2,280 kg
- Fuel burn (cruise)
- 811 kg/h
Fuel burn at typical cruise. Turbine fuel is shown as mass, at a typical 0.80 kg/l, the way crews plan it.
Runway
- Minimum runway
- 1,107 m
- Take-off distance over 15 m (50 ft)
- 1,107 m
- Landing distance from 15 m (50 ft)
- 966 m
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Concrete
The longer of take-off and landing distance. At 18,600 kg, ISA, sea level, dry paved runway, no wind.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Glass cockpit
- Avionics
- Thales glass cockpit
- Systems
- Autopilot · Pressurised cabin · Retractable gear · Constant-speed propeller · TCAS collision avoidance · Terrain warning (TAWS) · Weather radar
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 50
- Minimum crew
- 2
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 18,600 kg
- Max landing weight
- 18,300 kg
- Empty weight
- 11,550 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- MPL(A) · CPL(A) · ATPL(A)
- Type rating required
- ATR 42/72
- Extra training or endorsements
- Multi-crew cooperation (MCC)
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- Certified for IFR
- Approvals
- Night VFR · Known icing (FIKI) · CAT II approaches · ETOPS
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- ATR
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 2× Turboprop
- ICAO type designator
- AT46
- Wake turbulence category
- M · Medium
- In service since
- 2012
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2024
Scale drawing
- Length
- 22.67 m
- Wingspan
- 24.57 m
- Height
- 7.59 m
- Fuselage width
- 2.87 m
- Propeller diameter
- 3.93 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- ATR 42-600Length 22.67 m
- Canadair CL-415Length 19.82 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.
- 250 kt
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
Fly the ATR 42-600 in the simulator
Practise your radio calls with this aircraft type in the AI ATC simulator.
