ATR 72-600
The most common regional turboprop: high wing, T-tail and 70 seats on short sectors. It burns far less fuel than a jet on hops under an hour.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 275 kt
- Max operating speed (VMO)
- 250 kt
- Range
- 825 nm
- Service ceiling
- 25,000 ft
Fuel
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1 · Jet A
- Usable fuel
- 5,090 kg
- Total capacity
- 5,120 kg
- Wing tanks
- 2 × 2,540 kg
- Fuel burn (cruise)
- 760 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
- 1,367 m
- Take-off distance over 15 m (50 ft)
- 1,367 m
- Landing distance from 15 m (50 ft)
- 915 m
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Concrete
The longer of take-off and landing distance. At 23,000 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
- 78
- Minimum crew
- 2
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 23,000 kg
- Max landing weight
- 22,350 kg
- Empty weight
- 13,010 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
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
- AT76
- Wake turbulence category
- M · Medium
- In service since
- 2011
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2024
Scale drawing
- Length
- 27.17 m
- Wingspan
- 27.05 m
- Height
- 7.65 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 72-600Length 27.17 m
- Canadair CL-415Length 19.82 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- V1Decision speedLast moment to abort the take-off; past it you continue, even with an engine failure.
- 100–120 kt
- VRRotationSpeed at which you lift the nose wheel on take-off.
- 102–122 kt
- V2Take-off safety speedMinimum speed to climb at with one engine failed, reached by 35 ft above the runway.
- 108–128 kt
- VREFReference landing speedTarget speed over the threshold, typical value at maximum landing weight.
- 100–115 kt
- VFEMax flaps extendedHighest speed with flaps down. Top of the white arc.
- 150–185 kt
- VLEMax gear extendedHighest speed with the landing gear down.
- 185 kt
- VMOMax operating speedSpeed limit of a turbine aircraft in knots; higher up, the Mach limit (MMO) applies instead.
- 250 kt
A range runs from light to maximum weight, or across the flap settings for VFE. The exact speed depends on weight, flaps and conditions.
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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