ATR aircraft types

ATR 42-300/320

ATR 42-300

High wing, T-tail and just four blades per propeller: the ATR 42-300 and -320 are the first generation of the ATR turboprop. Today you mostly meet them as freighters. Here is how to recognize them.

ATR 42-500

ATR 42

With the ATR 42-500, the small ATR turboprop got six-blade propellers, more powerful engines and a new cabin in the mid-nineties. Here is how to recognize it and tell it from older and younger ATR 42s.

ATR 42-600

ATR 42

High wing, T-tail, two six-blade propellers and a short, compact fuselage: the ATR 42-600 is ATR’s smallest turboprop. Here is how to recognize it and tell it from the larger ATR 72.

ATR 72-200/210

ATR 72-201

High wing, T-tail and just four blades per propeller: the ATR 72-200 and -210 are the first generation of the big ATR. Many fly windowless as freighters today. Here is how to recognize them and where to find them.

ATR 72-500

ATR 72-212A

Six propeller blades, high wing, T-tail – and almost impossible to tell from the -600 on the outside: the ATR 72-500 is the most-built ATR 72 before the current generation. Here is how to tell it apart cleanly.

ATR 72-600

ATR 72-212A (600)

High wing, T-tail, two six-blade propellers and a fuselage that almost sits on the apron: the ATR 72-600 is one of the most successful regional turboprops of our time. Here is how to recognize it and where to find it.

ATR 72-600F

ATR 72-600 Freighter

Not a single cabin window, a huge door at the front of the fuselage and FedEx colors on the tail: the ATR 72-600F is the only factory-built propeller regional freighter. Here is how to recognize it and tell it from converted ATR freighters.