Airbus A400M Atlas

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military transport aircraft turboprop aircraft

The Airbus A400M Atlas is a European four‑engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed for tactical and strategic airlift, including heavy cargo and troop transport, aerial refueling, and medical evacuation.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
A400M 1
A400M Atlas 1
Airbus A400M 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military transport aircraft ⓘ
turboprop aircraft ⓘ
canCarry armored vehicles ⓘ
helicopters ⓘ
palletized cargo ⓘ
paratroopers ⓘ
wounded personnel on stretchers ⓘ
cargoHoldVolume 340 m3 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Europe ⓘ
crew 3 ⓘ
4 ⓘ
cruiseSpeed 780 km/h ⓘ
designFeatures T-tail ⓘ
fly-by-wire flight controls ⓘ
high-wing configuration ⓘ
reversible propellers ⓘ
developer Airbus ⓘ
surface form: Airbus Military
engineModel Europrop International TP400-D6 ⓘ
engineType turboprop ⓘ
enteredServiceWith French Air Force ⓘ
surface form: French Air and Space Force
ferryRange 8700 km ⓘ
firstFlight 2009-12-11 ⓘ
firstFlightLocation Seville Airport ⓘ
height 14.7 m ⓘ
introduced 2013 ⓘ
landingDistance approximately 770 m ⓘ
length 45.1 m ⓘ
manufacturer Airbus ⓘ
surface form: Airbus Defence and Space
maximumSpeed Mach 0.72 ⓘ
maximumTakeoffWeight 141000 kg ⓘ
natoDesignation Airbus A400M Atlas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: A400M
numberOfEngines 4 ⓘ
payloadCapacity 37000 kg ⓘ
primaryUsers French Air Force ⓘ
surface form: French Air and Space Force

German Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Malaysian Air Force ⓘ
Spanish Air Force ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Air and Space Force

Turkish Air Force ⓘ
programLaunchYear 2003 ⓘ
range 3300 km at max payload ⓘ
role aerial refueling ⓘ
cargo transport ⓘ
medical evacuation ⓘ
strategic airlift ⓘ
tactical airlift ⓘ
troop transport ⓘ
serviceCeiling 37000 ft ⓘ
takeoffDistance approximately 980 m at max takeoff weight ⓘ
wingspan 42.4 m ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

15th Air Transport Wing → aircraftOperated → Airbus A400M Atlas ⓘ
RAF Brize Norton → basedAircraft → Airbus A400M Atlas ⓘ
Europrop International TP400-D6 → developedFor → Airbus A400M Atlas ⓘ
Airbus A400M Atlas → natoDesignation → Airbus A400M Atlas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: A400M
AAE → operates → Airbus A400M Atlas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Airbus A400M
German Air Force → uses → Airbus A400M Atlas ⓘ
Spanish Air Force → uses → Airbus A400M Atlas ⓘ
Belgian Air Force → usesAircraft → Airbus A400M Atlas ⓘ
French Air Force → usesAircraft → Airbus A400M Atlas ⓘ
Luchtcomponent → usesAircraft → Airbus A400M Atlas ⓘ
this entity surface form: A400M Atlas
Royal Malaysian Air Force → usesAircraft → Airbus A400M Atlas ⓘ