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Beechcraft 1900
Beechcraft · Regional Airliner · USA · Cold War (1970–1991)
The Beechcraft 1900 is an American twin-engine turboprop regional airliner manufactured by Beechcraft. It is also used as a freight aircraft and corporate transport, and by several governmental and military organizations. With customers favoring larger regional jets, then-owner Raytheon ended production in October 2002.
Specifications
- Category
- Fixed Wing
- Sub-Category
- Commercial
- Domain
- Civil
- Era
- Cold War (1970–1991)
- Country
- USA
- Manufacturer
- Beechcraft
- Co-Manufacturer
- Beech Aircraft Corporation; Raytheon Aircraft Company
- Operator
- Regional airlines/charter
- Primary Role
- Regional Airliner
- Status
- Retired
- Service Entry
- 1984
- Produced
- 695
- Unit Cost (2026$)
- ~$1-3M used
- Propulsion
- Turboprop
- Engine
- 2x Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67D
- Thrust / Power
- 2,900 shp total
- Launch
- Ground
- Length (ft)
- 57.9
- Wingspan (ft)
- 54.5
- Empty Weight (lb)
- 10480
- MTOW (lb)
- 17120
- Payload (lb)
- 3800
- Endurance (hr)
- 6
- Service Ceiling (ft)
- 25000
- Range (mi)
- 1580
- Max Speed (mph)
- 322