The ATR 72 is a twin-engine turboprop short-haul regional airliner built by the French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR. A stretched variant of the ATR 42, the aircraft seats up to 74 passengers in a single-class configuration, and is operated by a two-pilot crew.

• Role: Regional airliner
• National origin: France/Italy
  
• Manufacturer: ATR
• Production line: Toulouse – Blagnac, France
• First flight: 27 October 1988
• Introduction: 27 October 1989 Finnair
• Status: In service
• Produced: 1988–present
• Number built: 754 as of December 2014
  
• Developed from: ATR 42

Specifications (ATR 72–600)

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Capacity: 68 (1-class, 31 in (79 cm) pitch) to 74 (1-class, 29 in (74 cm) pitch) passengers
• Length: 27.17 m (89 ft 2 in)
• Wingspan: 27.05 m (88 ft 9 in)
• Width: 2.57 m (8 ft 5 in) (maximum cabin width)
• Height: 7.65 m (25 ft 1 in)
• Wing area: 61.00 m² (656.6 sq ft)
• Aspect ratio: 12.0:1
• Empty weight: 13,010 kg (28,682 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 22,800 kg (50,265 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 5,000 kg (11,000 lb)
• Typical payload: 7,500 kg (16,500 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127F turboprops, 1,846 kW (2,475 shp) each
• Propellers: 568F-bladed Hamilton Standard, 3.93 m (12 ft 11 in) diameter

Performance

• Cruise speed: 509 km/h; 316 mph (275 kn)
• Range: 1,528 km; 949 mi (825 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 7,620 m (25,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: 6.88 m/s (1,355 ft/min)
• Takeoff Run at MTOW: 1,333 m (4,373 ft)