Lockheed P-3 Orion / WP-3D / CP-140 Family
The P-3 Orion is a four-engine turboprop patrol and research aircraft family derived from the Lockheed L-188 Electra. Its long range, large cabin, sensor capacity, and low-altitude endurance support maritime patrol, search and rescue, environmental science, weather reconnaissance, and atmospheric research. Military and civil-special-mission derivatives have served operators around the world, while NOAA's instrumented WP-3Ds remain central to tropical-cyclone observation.
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Identity
- Aliases
- P-3 OrionP3V OrionP-3AP-3BP-3CEP-3WP-3D OrionCP-140 Aurora
- Family Name
- Lockheed P-3 Orion
- Full Name
- Lockheed P-3 Orion / WP-3D / CP-140 Family
- Roles
- militaryreconnaissancesearch_and_rescueresearchweather
- Status
- active
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- fixed_wing
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- conventional
- Description
- The P-3 Orion is a four-engine turboprop patrol and research aircraft family derived from the Lockheed L-188 Electra. Its long range, large cabin, sensor capacity, and low-altitude endurance support maritime patrol, search and rescue, environmental science, weather reconnaissance, and atmospheric research. Military and civil-special-mission derivatives have served operators around the world, while NOAA's instrumented WP-3Ds remain central to tropical-cyclone observation.
- First Flight Year
- 1,959
- Manufacturer
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Name
- P-3C exact T56-A-14 configuration
- Notes
- Applies only to the P-3C branch within the broader Lockheed P-3 Orion family. P-3A/P-3B and other derivative or export configurations remain unmodeled until exact source-backed variants are prepared; this is not a family-level T56 substitute.
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- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 12:18:54 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 4, 2026 at 23:51:58 UTC