Fokker 50 Regional Turboprop Family
The Fokker 50 is a Dutch twin-turboprop regional-airliner family developed from the F27 Friendship with a substantially revised wing, systems, and flight deck. Its economical short-haul design became a durable regional and utility aircraft across multiple continents.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Fokker F.27-050Fokker 50F50F-27-050
- Family Name
- Fokker 50
- Full Name
- Fokker 50 Regional Turboprop Family
- Roles
- airlinercargoutility
- Status
- active
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- fixed_wing
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- conventional
- Description
- The Fokker 50 is a Dutch twin-turboprop regional-airliner family developed from the F27 Friendship with a substantially revised wing, systems, and flight deck. Its economical short-haul design became a durable regional and utility aircraft across multiple continents.
- First Flight Year
- 1,985
- Manufacturer
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Count
- 2
- Placement
- nacelle
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Stage
- airframe
- Variant Notes
- EASA F27 type-certificate data, Section 3 for Fokker 50/60 series, identifies two Pratt and Whitney PW127B turboprop engines.
- Name
- Fokker 50 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127B option
- Notes
- Exact Fokker 50 series relationship supported by EASA.A.036; the Fokker 50 also has a separate PW125B option.
- Entries
- Count
- 2
- Placement
- nacelle
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Stage
- airframe
- Variant Notes
- EASA F27 type-certificate data, Section 3 for Fokker 50/60 series, identifies two Pratt and Whitney PW125B turboprop engines.
- Name
- Fokker 50 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW125B option
- Notes
- Exact Fokker 50 series relationship supported by EASA.A.036; this preserves the PW125B branch separately from PW127B.
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.fokker-history.com/en-gb/fokker-50
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- Creation Time
- August 7, 2026 at 23:25:30 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 16:28:13 UTC