The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner designed and built by the defunct Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker.

• Role: airliner
• National origin: Netherlands
• Manufacturer: Fokker
• First flight: 24 November 1955
• Introduction: 19 November 1958
• Status: Out of production, in service
• Produced: 1986-1997
• Number built: 586
• Developed from: Fokker F28 Fellowship
• Variants: Fairchild F-27/FH-227
• Developed into: Fokker 50, Fokker 60

Variants

• F27-100 – was the first production model; 44 passengers
• F27-200 – uses the Dart Mk 532 engine
• F27-300 Combiplane – Civil passenger/cargo aircraft
• F27-400 – “Combi” passenger/cargo aircraft, with two Rolls-Royce Dart 7 turboprop engines and large cargo door
• F27-500 – The -500, had a 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) longer fuselage, a return to the Dart Mk 528 engine, and accommodation for up to 52 passengers. It first flew in November 1967
• F27-500F – A version of the -500 for Australia with smaller front and rear doors
• F27-600 – Quick change cargo/passenger version of -200 with large cargo door
• F27-700 – A F27-100 with a large cargo door
• F-27 – license-built version manufactured by Fairchild Hiller in the United States
• FH-227 – stretched version of the F-27, independently developed and manufactured by Fairchild Hiller in the United States

Military variants

Specifications (F.27)

General characteristics

• Crew: 2 or 3
• Capacity: 48-56 passengers
• Length: 25.06 m (82 ft 3 in)
• Wingspan: 29 m (95 ft 2 in)
• Height: 8.72 m (28 ft 7 in)
• Wing area: 70 m² (750 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 11,204 kg (24,701 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 19,773 kg (43,592 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Rolls-Royce Dart Mk.532-7 two-stage centrifugal compressor turboprop, 1,678 kW (2,250 hp) each

Performance

• Cruising speed: 460 km/h (286 mph; 248 kn)
• Range: 2,600 km (1,616 mi; 1,404 nmi)
• Rate of climb: 7.37 m/s (1,451 ft/min)