What Aircraft carries 8000kg Cargo Only and what op's cost

[1010GR]

Hi all,

Any one can help on this subject, I would like to find out what aircraft can carry 8000 kg (cargo only - no px) at least 600NM? and at what op's cost would this a/c operate at?

Thanks
GR

[HZ123]

A stab at An Electra or ATP?????????

[furrybeast]

Try Atlantic Airlines

[Siguarda al fine]

A DC-4 can carry 20000lbs for 800Nm easily, the ops costs would be around 2400usd per hr speed 165Kts fuel burn 1000lts Ph. I have one available

[oceancrosser]

A DC-4 can carry 20000lbs for 800Nm easily, the ops costs would be around 2400usd per hr speed 165Kts fuel burn 1000lts Ph. I have one available

You have nothing older? :}

A B737-200F would do it a lot quicker, and probably for less than the DC-4 and with no hazzle finding AVGAS. Same goes for a 146.

[starburstOne]

the bae atp should offer a 8413kg payload; range 632nm block time 02:40; flt 02:30 trip fuel 1750kg and a ramp required fuel 2470kg
op costs market std.
gudluck!:cool:

[FougaMagister]

ATR72 freighter.

Cheers :cool:

[aseanaero]

727 or 737-200 freighters are as cheap as chips at the moment

[aseanaero]

What's the elevation of the departure and destination airports ?

[Siguarda al fine]

The 4 is old and slow but who cares, we want to fly, right? Its much more fun to fly than a jet. Its age? well that reflects in its value at < 300k with engines at 35k, its a bargain. It can do the same job as a 1mil machine. AVGAS is no problem if you are organised. Another advantage is I dont need 1 mil deposit to position or 125 hrs per month guarantee.

[oceancrosser]

Interestingly, where do you have an operational DC-4 based?

[CargoOne]

AVGAS is usually much more expensive than JETA1, let alone block speed of DC4, overall cost will be higher than anything else. It can compete on some very short hops, where utilisation is next to nil and speed doens't matter, but on 800nm even modern turpoprops are not very competitive

[smallfry]

I can get you a Hercules or a 737.

[Siguarda al fine]

We have 3 4's at present all airworthy and ready to rock and roll. If its a genuine contract we talk about the price, we compete with DC-9's and do okay. We have experience at positioning AVGAS to non AVGAS regions .

[boredcounter]

Impressive 'ballpark' numbers there, you must have City pair, ATC routing, alternate and forecast weather...........

[thetimesreader84]

The OP stated he wanted at least 600 miles. I would imagine starburst merely found two cities just over 600 miles, put the data into a flight planning program an repeated what came out.

If you do want an 8t ATP, make sure your freight will fit volumetrically. It can be a bit awkward to get things through the door sometimes...

[starburstOne]

wish i had that program!

still close enough for old style nav plotting and of course hours on them turbos! the alternate is added merely to reflect charter pricing!

[low_level_inverted]

The DHC-5 Buffalo, 18000 lb payload and is capable of going 600 nm fully loaded, rear loading door also works well for oversized loads. One of the problems with this plane though is that there aren't very many remaining and finding replacement parts can be difficult aand expensive

[Spanner748]

Anyone can post what would be the ops cost for DASH8-400Q to operate on sectors like 750 NM and 1200NM, pure freighter? Fuel burn? Cruise speed?

[SE210]

The Q400 PF will carry 9.5 tons.

It is very fast and frugal.