Power & Performance
Those special qualities that separate one aircraft design from another. Performance specifications presented assume optimal operating conditions for the Boeing F/A-18 Hornet Multirole Carrier-based Strike Fighter Aircraft.
2 x General Electric F404-GE-402 afterburning turbofan engines developing 17,750 lb of thrust each.
Propulsion
1,190 mph
1,915 kph | 1,034 kts
Max Speed
50,033 ft
15,250 m | 9 miles
Service Ceiling
1,243 miles
2,000 km | 1,080 nm
Operational Range
50,000 ft/min
15,240 m/min
Rate-of-Climb