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Aero Commander 500 family is a utility and business aircraft originating in United States. It was built by Aero Design and Engineering Company Aero Commander Rockwell-Standard Corporation North American Rockwell Rockwell International Gulfstream Aerospace.
United StatesAero Commander 500 family
SDASM Archives · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · ModifiedUtility and business aircraft
United States
Aero Design and Engineering Company Aero Commander Rockwell-Standard Corporation North American Rockwell Rockwell International Gulfstream Aerospace
Active
~2,902 (1951 piston-engined, 951 turboprops)
1951–1986
October 1952
23 April 1948 (Model L3085)
IAI Westwind
Two
four passengers
36 ft 9.75 in (11.22 m)
49 ft 0.5 in (14.95 m)
14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
255 sq ft (23.69 m 2 )
4,635 lb (2,102 kg)
6,750 lb (3,062 kg)
2 × Lycoming IO-540 -E1B5 air-cooled flat-six piston engines , 290 hp (216 kW) each
215 mph (346 km/h, 187 kn) at sea level ( TAS )
203 mph (326 km/h, 176 kn) at 9,000 ft (2,750 m), 75% power, TAS
1,078 mi (1,735 km, 936 nmi)
19,400 ft (5,913 m)
1,340 ft/min (6.8 m/s)
9.45:1
NACA 23012 modified
68 mph (109 km/h, 59 kn) flaps and landing gear down, CAS
75 mph (121 km/h, 65 kn)
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 11.22 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Aero Commander 500 family equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Argentina
BoliviaAir Force exact named equipment holdings: Aero Commander 690. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / Light. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
ColombiaReported count for Turbo Commander. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): in service: 2. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2025), not the article revision. 2025 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Dominican RepublicReported count for Turbo Commander · 690B. Service scope: Dominican Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 2. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2023), not the article revision. 2023 cited publication year. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
HondurasReported count for Turbo Commander. Service scope: Honduran Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 3. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2023), not the article revision. 2023 cited publication year. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
IranDirectory active-fleet estimate for the source types Turbo Commander, grouped under Aero Commander 500 family. Sums only the listed service and role rows; includes training and special-mission versions where explicitly listed. Excludes the separate Ordered column, aircraft in storage, aircraft undergoing or awaiting upgrades, and the directory's other exclusions. This is the dated directory coverage of these types, not a complete owned-fleet census or a readiness count.
MexicoDated directory active-fleet estimate for Turbo Commander, grouped under Aero Commander 500 family. Only the explicitly listed service/role Active cells are included. Ordered, stored and upgrade aircraft are excluded. This is the directory coverage of these source types, not a national total, complete owned-fleet census or readiness count.
PakistanDirectory active-fleet estimate for the source types Turbo Commander, grouped under Aero Commander 500 family. Sums only the listed service and role rows; includes training and special-mission versions where explicitly listed. Excludes the separate Ordered column, aircraft in storage, aircraft undergoing or awaiting upgrades, and the directory's other exclusions. This is the dated directory coverage of these types, not a complete owned-fleet census or a readiness count.
PeruReported count for Aero Commander 690B. Service scope: Peruvian Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 1. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
VenezuelaDated directory active-fleet estimate for Turbo Commander, grouped under Aero Commander 500 family. Only the explicitly listed service/role Active cells are included. Ordered, stored and upgrade aircraft are excluded. This is the directory coverage of these source types, not a national total, complete owned-fleet census or readiness count.