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Tank-dry, where fuel runs out at catalogue's stored cruise burn.

Excludes reserves: range beyond the dashed circle requires a leaner cruise than what we store. Great-circle, still air, book cruise. Estimates only: always verify against the POH.

Payload vs. Range

Occupants:

Fuel on board

Cargo

nm

Range

Cargo is additional payload after occupants and baggage.
full tanks
Available Range / nm
Mission capable. This load flies with full fuel.
Fuel reduced by . left aboard for nm range.
Over max payload by . At this load it cannot lift a single occupant.

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Mission Profile

Used market Only available used
142
KTAS
Cruise Speed
470
nm
Max Range
8,000
ft
Service Ceiling
1
Occupants
2,756
lbs
Wet Payload
Endorsements & ratings:
  • High-Performance
  • Tailwheel

Estimated Ownership Costs

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About the Air Tractor AT-302

Type certificated 1977 Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet

Overview

The Air Tractor AT-302, type-certificated in 1977, holds a specific place in the company’s history as its first turbine-powered agricultural aircraft. Where the AT-300 and AT-301 ran piston radials, the 302 fitted a 600-shp Lycoming LTP101 turboprop, giving Air Tractor its first taste of the dispatch reliability and instant power response that came to define the line. It is a single-seat machine with a hopper of roughly 320 to 385 gallons, built for the same low-level, high-cycle application work as its successors.

For a buyer today the AT-302 is a historical and entry-level turbine more than a working recommendation. Its defining limitation is the engine: the Lycoming LTP101 never reached the support base of the Pratt & Whitney PT6A that powers every later tractor, so parts and overhaul shops are scarce. Operators who want a turbine workhorse with real support step up to the AT-402 and its PT6A; the 302 makes sense mainly for an owner who already knows the LTP101 or wants the airplane that started Air Tractor’s turbine line.

Key Features for GA Buyers

  • Air Tractor’s first turbine. The 1977 AT-302 brought turboprop power to the line, the lineage every later tractor descends from.
  • 600-shp Lycoming LTP101. A turbine’s quick starts and power response in place of a piston radial’s vibration and cooling demands.
  • Single-seat ag layout. A purpose-built applicator cockpit with a roughly 320 to 385-gallon hopper depending on configuration.
  • Short-field capability. Built to work from short, unimproved farm strips, the operating environment of low-level application.

Trade-offs

  • Orphan engine support. The Lycoming LTP101 has a far smaller parts and overhaul network than the PT6A, the single biggest ownership risk on this airframe.
  • Out of production. Long superseded; a buyer is shopping an old, low-population fleet that wants careful corrosion and fatigue inspection.
  • Single mission. A Restricted-category ag airframe with no passenger or for-hire transport use.
  • Low ceiling, single seat. An 8,000-foot operating-altitude limit and a one-seat cockpit keep it firmly a working tool, not a traveler.

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Technical Specifications

Dimensions & Weights

Wingspan 45 ft
Height
8 ft
Length
27 ft
Parking area (ft²2)
1,763 ft²
Max Takeoff Weight
7,400 lbs
Max Landing Weight
7,000 lbs
Useful Load
3,600 lbs
Fuel Capacity
126 gal

Performance

Cruise Speed
142 KTAS
Never-Exceed (VNE)
Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 121 KIAS
Max Structural Cruise (VNO)
Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 121 KIAS
Approach Speed
82 KIAS
Stall, Clean (VS1)
62 KIAS
Range
470 NM
Service Ceiling
Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 8,000 ft
Rate of Climb
1600 fpm
Takeoff over 50 ft obstacle
1,900 ft
Landing over 50 ft obstacle
820 ft

Engine

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Sources

Where the figures on this page come from. Air Tractor AT-302 specifications are traced to published references; estimated values are flagged inline next to the figure.

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