Cessna 408 SkyCourier
A clean-sheet utility twin turboprop with fixed gear and a square cabin that takes three LD3 containers or 19 passengers. Certified for a single pilot; FedEx was the launch customer.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 210 kt
- Max operating speed (VMO)
- 210 kt
- Range
- 920 nm
- Service ceiling
- 25,000 ft
Fuel
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1 · Jet A
- Usable fuel
- 2,180 kg
- Total capacity
- 2,200 kg
- Wing tanks
- 2 × 1,100 kg
Turbine fuel is shown as mass, at a typical 0.80 kg/l, the way crews plan it.
Runway
- Minimum runway
- 1,091 m
- Take-off distance over 15 m (50 ft)
- 1,091 m
- Landing distance from 15 m (50 ft)
- 774 m
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Concrete · Grass · Gravel
The longer of take-off and landing distance. At 8,618 kg, ISA, sea level, dry paved runway, no wind.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Glass cockpit
- Avionics
- Garmin G1000 NXi
- Systems
- Constant-speed propeller
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 19
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 8,618 kg
- Max landing weight
- 8,437 kg
- Empty weight
- 5,080 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- PPL(A) · CPL(A) · ATPL(A)
- Type rating required
- CE-408
- Extra training or endorsements
- Turbine engine
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- Certified for IFR
- Approvals
- Night VFR
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Cessna
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 2× Turboprop
- ICAO type designator
- C408
- Wake turbulence category
- M · Medium
- In service since
- 2022
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2024
Scale drawing
- Length
- 16.8 m
- Wingspan
- 22.02 m
- Height
- 6.3 m
- Fuselage width
- 2.1 m
- Propeller diameter
- 2.6 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Cessna 408 SkyCourierLength 16.8 m
- Beechcraft 1900DLength 17.63 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- VAManoeuvring speedBelow it, a full control deflection will not overstress the airframe (at maximum weight).
- 151 kt
- VFEMax flaps extendedHighest speed with flaps down. Top of the white arc.
- 140–170 kt
- VMOMax operating speedSpeed limit of a turbine aircraft in knots; higher up, the Mach limit (MMO) applies instead.
- 210 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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