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Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner

United States (1972)
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Origin: United States
Year: 1972
Type: Regional Passenger Airliner
Manufacturer(s): Fairchild Swearingen - USA
Production: 600


The Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner was produced from 1968 to 2001 aand saw formal introduction during 1972.


Detailing the development and operational history of the Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner Regional Passenger Airliner.  Entry last updated on 7/26/2017. Authored by Staff Writer. Content ©www.MilitaryFactory.com

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Any available statistics for the Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner Regional Passenger Airliner are showcased in the areas immediately below. Categories include basic specifications covering country-of-origin, operational status, manufacture(s) and total quantitative production. Other qualities showcased are related to structural values (namely dimensions), installed power and standard day performance figures, installed or proposed armament and mission equipment (if any), global users (from A-to-Z) and series model variants (if any).






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Relative Maximum Speed Rating
Hi: 400mph
Lo: 200mph
    This entry's maximum listed speed (357mph).

    Graph average of 300 miles-per-hour.
City-to-City Ranges
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Graph showcases the Fairchild Swearingen Metro III's operational range (on internal fuel) when compared to distances between major cities.
Aviation Era
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Unit Production Comparison
Comm. Market HI*: 44,000 units
Military Market HI**: 36,183 units
600
600


  * Commercial Market High belongs to Cessna 172.

  ** Military Market High belongs to Ilyushin Il-2.


Altitude Visualization
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Global Operators:
Australia; Canada; New Zealand; Sweden; United States; Venezuela
Historical Commitments / Honors:

Military lapel ribbon for Operation Allied Force
Military lapel ribbon for the Arab-Israeli War
Military lapel ribbon for the Battle of Britain
Military lapel ribbon for the Battle of Midway
Military lapel ribbon for the Berlin Airlift
Military lapel ribbon for the Chaco War
Military lapel ribbon for the Cold War
Military lapel ribbon for the Cuban Missile Crisis
Military lapel ribbon for the Falklands War
Military lapel ribbon for the French-Indochina War
Military lapel ribbon for the Golden Age of Flight
Military lapel ribbon for the 1991 Gulf War
Military lapel ribbon for the Indo-Pak Wars
Military lapel ribbon for the Iran-Iraq War
Military lapel ribbon for the Korean War
Military lapel ribbon for the 1982 Lebanon War
Military lapel ribbon for the Malayan Emergency
Military lapel ribbon for the attack on Pearl Harbor
Military lapel ribbon for the Six Day War
Military lapel ribbon for the Soviet-Afghan War
Military lapel ribbon for the Spanish Civil War
Military lapel ribbon for the Suez Crisis
Military lapel ribbon for the Vietnam War
Military lapel ribbon for Warsaw Pact of the Cold War-era
Military lapel ribbon for the WASP (WW2)
Military lapel ribbon for the World War 1
Military lapel ribbon for the World War 2
Military lapel ribbon for the Yom Kippur
* Ribbons not necessarily indicative of actual historical campaign ribbons. Ribbons are clickable to their respective campaigns/operations.
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Structural - Crew, Dimensions, and Weights:
Unless otherwise noted the presented statistics below pertain to the Fairchild Swearingen Metro III model. Common measurements, and their respective conversions, are shown when possible.

Operational
CREW


Personnel
2


Dimension
LENGTH


Feet
59.38 ft


Meters
18.1 m


Dimension
WIDTH


Feet
56.92 ft


Meters
17.35 m


Dimension
HEIGHT


Feet
16.73 ft


Meters
5.1 m


Weight
EMPTY


Pounds
8,818 lb


Kilograms
4,000 kg


Weight
LOADED


Pounds
16,006 lb


Kilograms
7,260 kg

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Installed Power - Standard Day Performance:
2 x Garrett AiResearch TPE-331 turboprop engines developing 1,000 horsepower each.

Performance
SPEED


Miles-per-Hour
357 mph


Kilometers-per-Hour
575 kph


Knots
310 kts


Performance
RANGE


Miles
662 mi


Kilometers
1,065 km


Nautical Miles
575 nm


Performance
CEILING


Feet
25,000 ft


Meters
7,620 m


Miles
4.73 mi

Armament - Hardpoints (0):

None.
Variants: Series Model Variants
• Metroliner - Base Series Name
• SA226
• SA226-TC Metro / Metro II
• SA226-AT Merlin IVA
• SA227 Metro III
• SA227-AC
• SA227-BC
• SA227-AT Merlin IVC / Expediter
• Metro 23
• SA227-CC
• SA227-DC
• C-26 "Metroliner"