The Fokker F-50 was seen as a more modern version of the F-27 from the Dutch Aircraft builder Fokker. That was not the case, the F-50 was a completely re-designed aircraft of very high standards in it’s days.
Sadly the Fokker Company went broke after a takeover by MBB Germany and that was the end of building these populair aircraft.
| Developing Nation: | Netherlands |
| First Flight(s): | December 28th 1985 PH-OSO |
| Crew: | 2 |
| Passengers: | 46 – 58 |
| Task: | Short-range turboprop |
| Wing Span: | 29,00 m |
| Length: | 25,25 m |
| Height: | 8,32 m |
| Load: | 6.080 kg |
| Max. take-off weight: | 19.950 kg |
| Max. landing weight: | 19.500 kg |
| Engine (s): | Two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW125B |
| Cruise Speed: | Normal 448 km/h max. 522 km/h |
| Operating altitude: | 7.620 m |
| Max. Range: | 1.300 km |
Total built: 210 (Summary February 2002) |
| In service: 181
Written-off: 1 Scrapped: 1 Stored: 27 |
Civil Fokker 50 operators: |
| Air Baltic Air Iceland Air Nostrum Avianca Contact Air Eastern Airways Estonian Air Ethiopian Airlines Indonesian Air Transport Kish Air KLM Cityhopper KLM UK Luxair Malaysian Mandarin Airlines NakaNihon SA Newair NIOC Nordeste LA Norwegian Air Shuttle Palestina Airlines Pelangi Rio Sul SAM SAS Skyways Skywest Airlines Sonair Trans Travel Airlines VLM |
Military Fokker 50 operators: |
| Royal Netherlands Air Force Singapore Government Taiwan Government? Thai Police Tanzania Government |
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