Aircraft Performance Categories

[ATCOAndy]

Can anyone please help me...

I have a list of 53 aircfraft for which I am trying to find out Performance Categories for.

They range from a C172 to a A340-600. We use these aircraft in our simulator and the only way I seem able to determine the categories of the aircraft is by asking operators.

Surely someone has a list somewhere??

Andy

[DownDraught]

Howdy ATCOAndy, Which Performance Categories in respect to the Q are you after, IFR cat's, ie a,b etc, IFR CAT I, II, or weight cat's?

[ATCOAndy]

Performance Categories

I'm referring to the IFR Categories: A, B, C, D, E and H.

I know the AIP reference, but this still doesn't help me, as I don't the performance speeds of so many different aircraft.

[Kelly Slater]

This won't be very helpful but different Australian operators operate the same types in different catagories.

[OzExpat]

This probably won't help either but there are no more civil Cat E aircraft, since the retirement of the Concorde. There is a new performance category on the horizon - currently referred to as DL (for Cat D - Large). The only aeroplane currently slated to be in this category is the Airbus A380.

[ITCZ]

Why not publish the list here, then pilots that fly those types can tell you?

Frinstance

BAe146 and Avro RJ = Cat C
Cessna 400 series = Cat B
Fairchild SA227DC Metro 23 = Cat B

[ATCOAndy]

Aircraft Performace Categories - the grand list

As suggested... here is the list of aircraft I'm seeking performace categories for...

Airbus A300-200
Airbus A300-600
Airbus A340-200
Airbus A340-300
Airbus A340-500
Airbus A340-600
Piper Aerostar
Israeli Aircraft Industries Astra
Raytheon Beechcraft King Air 350
British Aerospace BAe-146-100
British Aerospace BAe-146-300
Boeing 707-300
Boeing 737-300
Boeing 737-400
Boeing 737-700
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 747-400
Boeing 767-200
Boeing 767-300
Boeing 767-400
Boeing 777-300
Beechcraft King Air 200
Beechcraft Baron 58
Cessna 172 Skyhawk
Cessna 210 Centurion
Cessna 402
Cessna 404 Titan
Cessna 414 Chancellor
Cessna 421 Golden Eagle
Cessna 441 Conquest
Cessna Citation 1
Cessna Citation 2 / Bravo
McDonnell Douglas DC-10
DeHavilland Canada DHC-8-100 Dash 8
Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante
Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia
Fokker F-27 Friendship
Fokker F-50
Grumman Turbo Mallard
Boeing Chinook
Bombardier Learjet 35
Bombardier Learjet 55
Piper P28A Warrior / Cherokee
Piper Cherokee Lance
Piper Navajo / Chieftan
Piper Cherokee Six / Saratoga
Piper Malibu
Pilatus PC-6T Turbo Porter
Sikorsky S-76
Saab 340
Beechcraft Starship 2000
Fairchild Merlin
Fairchild Metro
Israeli Aircraft Industries Westwind

Thanks to those who have responded to my post.
Most interesting the DL category.
Please excuse some of the naming, this is for alternate reasons.

Andy

[DirectAnywhere]

Cat A

C172/ 182/ 210, Piper Warrior/ Lance/ Saratogoa/ Cherokee 6

Cat B

Aerostar, B58, King Air 200/350, 400 series Cessnas, Piper Navajo/ Chieftain

Cat C

I think, but not sure, all 737s and 767-200.

Cat D

B767-300/400, B747-400

Not sure about any of the Airbus types. I'm sure someone will tell me I'm wrong but I hope this helps.

As a very rough guide for what you're looking for most piston singles will fall in Category A, turbine singles/ piston twins/ light turboprops - Category B, heavy turboprops and light jets up to 737 sort of size - Cat C and heavy jets ie. anything else - Cat D.

[404 Titan]

Not sure of A300 but A340/330 is Cat D.

[chief wiggum]

Fairchild SA227DC Metro 23 = Cat B

and

This won't be very helpful but different Australian operators operate the same types in different catagories.

Good Point! For Example, REX operate their Metros to CAT C criteria.
Kendell used to have them in CAT B, and the SAAB340 was also in CAT B, but was in CAT C when One Engine Inoperative.

Whilst CAT C is, generally more restrictive (can't descend as low as a catA/B A/C) the Metro, for example, handles a lot better at the higher speed in the approach.

And CAT-H is, of course, Helo's.