1900D

The Beechcraft 1900 Beechliner is a 19-passenger, pressurized twin-engine turboprop airplane manufactured by the Beechcraft Division of the Raytheon Company (now Hawker Beechcraft}. It was designed as and is primarily used as a regional airliner. It is also used commercially as a freight aircraft and corporate transport.

The Beechliner is designed to carry passengers in all weather conditions from airports with relatively short runways for distances of more than 600 miles. In terms of the number of aircraft built and its continued use by many passenger airlines and other users, it is the most successful 19-passenger airliner in history.

Highlights:

• Ordinary trip lengths range from 100 to 600 miles (20 minutes to two hours), but with full fuel tanks, the aircraft is capable of flying well in excess of 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km)
  
  


• Airlines often prefer the 1900 over jet aircraft for shorter routes due to its fuel efficiency, and because trip times are not significantly longer on distances up to 300 miles (480 km)
  
  


• The Beechcraft 1900D can operate safely on relatively short airstrips and it can take off and land on grass and rough runways.
  
  


• The 1900D was designed to provide a "stand-up cabin," which would allow most passengers to walk upright. It is one of only two 19-seat airliners with this feature
  
  


• Beechcraft introduced the redesigned 1900D in 1991. More powerful engines and modified propellers were installed, winglets were added to reduce drag and increase the wings' efficiency, and the tail was made larger in response to the more powerful engines