Douglas DC-3

Commercial Airliner / Military Transport Aircraft [ 1936 ]

Over 16,000 examples of the successful Douglas DC-3 aircraft were ultimately produced.

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Specifications

Service Year

1936

Origin

United States

Crew

2 + 3

Production

16,079
UNITS

Douglas Aircraft Company - USA

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Australia; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Ireland; Netherlands; Peru; Romania; Sweden; Switzerland; United States; Venezuela

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✓ Commercial Aviation
Used in roles serving the commercial aviation market, ferrying both passengers and goods over range.

Length

64.6 ft
(19.70 m)

Width/Span

95.1 ft
(29.00 m)

Height

16.9 ft
(5.16 m)

Empty Wgt

18,298 lb
(8,300 kg)

MTOW

25,133 lb
(11,400 kg)

Wgt Diff

+6,834 lb
(+3,100 kg)

(Showcased structural values pertain to the base Douglas DC-3 production variant)

Installed: 2 x Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9 OR 2 x Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp S1C3G radial piston engines developing up to 1,200 horsepower.

Max Speed

237 mph
(381 kph | 206 kts)

Ceiling

23,950 ft
(7,300 m | 5 mi)

Range

1,025 mi
(1,650 km | 3,056 nm)

Rate-of-Climb

1,130 ft/min
(344 m/min)

♦ MACH Regime (Sonic)

Sub

Trans

Super

Hyper

HiHyper

ReEntry

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(Showcased performance specifications pertain to the base Douglas DC-3 production variant. Performance specifications showcased above are subject to environmental factors as well as aircraft configuration. Estimates are made when Real Data not available. Compare this aircraft entry against any other in our database or View aircraft by powerplant type)

None.

Supported Types

(Not all ordnance types may be represented in the showcase above)

DST

DC-3

DC-3A

DC-3B

DC-3C

DC-3S

DC-3/2000

Basler BT-67

Conroy Turbo Three

Conroy Super-Turbo-Three

Conroy Tri-Turbo Three

USAC DC-3 Turbo Express

LXD1

Douglas/Showa L2D

C-41A

C-47

C-48

C-48A

C-48B

C-48C

C-49

C-50

C-51

C-52

C-68

C-84

R4D-2

R4D-4

R4D-4R

R4D-4Q

R4D-8

Lisunov Li-2

Dakota II

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