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Military transport aircraft
Fairchild C-26 Metroliner is a military transport aircraft. It was built by Fairchild Aircraft. Reported operators include United States Air Force United States Army United States Navy.
United StatesFairchild C-26 Metroliner
U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Shelley Gill; The original uploader was User name one at English Wikipedia ., 15 October 2009 (original upload date) · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · ModifiedMilitary transport aircraft
Fairchild Aircraft
Active, not in production
United States Air Force United States Army United States Navy
Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner
two
22/14 passengers
59 ft 4 in (12.85 m)
57 ft 0 in (14.01 m)
16 ft 10 in (5.13 m)
14,000 lb (6,400 kg)
625 gal (2,370 L)
2 × Allied Signal Garrett TPE-331 -11U-601G turboprops , 1,400 hp (1,000 kW) each
331 mph (533 km/h, 288 kn)
2,331 mi (3,750 km, 2,025 nmi)
31,000 ft (9,500 m)
0.2 hp/lb (337.5 W/kg)
C-26 Metroliner United States Transport C-26D 7
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| 28 Sept 2026 | 12.85 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 12.85 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 12.85 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 12.85 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 12.85 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 12.85 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Fairchild C-26 Metroliner equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
PeruReported count for C-26 Metroliner · C-26B. Service scope: Peruvian Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. 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.
Reported count for C-26 Metroliner · C-26B. 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: 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.
United StatesDirectory active-fleet estimate for the source types Merlin IV/Metro (C-26E); Merlin IV/Metro (C-26D) (Recce); Merlin IV/Metro (C-26D); Merlin IV/Metro (C-26A), grouped under Fairchild C-26 Metroliner. 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.
United States Air Force United States Army United States Navy
Equipment reference ↗Reported count for C-26A Metroliner / C-26D Metroliner / EC-26D Metroliner / RC-26D Metroliner. Service scope: Navy; does not replace a national total. 4 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 1 / in service: 4 / in service: 1 / in service: 2. Origin: USA. 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.