COMMON
C402
Cessna 402 Businessliner
The Island Hopper
“Twin engines, ten seats, and a ticket to somewhere warm.”
Cessna · commercial
Length
36 ft 4 in
Wingspan
44 ft 1 in
Max speed
210 kts
Range
850 nmi
Ceiling
26,900 ft
Engines
2x Continental TSIO-520 (325 hp each)
Crew
1
Max passengers
10
Typical config
9 (commuter)
Built
1535
The Cessna 402 is the workhorse of Caribbean and Pacific island airlines. If you've ever flown between tiny islands on a plane where you could see the pilot's instruments, it was probably a 402. It's also a favorite for cargo runs, skydiving ops, and small charter outfits.
Fun fact
More Cessna 402s have carried tourists to tropical islands than any marketing campaign ever could.
How to spot one
Low-wing Cessna twin. Tip tanks. Used extensively in island-hopping commuter service.
Crews call it
The Four-Oh-Two
Sounds like
Twin Continental six-cylinders — a familiar GA twin-piston sound
Related
One might be overhead right now.
Bogey turns the The Island Hopper from a dot in the sky into a card in your logbook. Coming to iOS and Android.
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