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Description
General characteristics

    Crew: five (two pilots, navigator, flight engineer and loadmaster)
    Capacity:
        C-130E/H/J cargo hold: length, 40 feet (12.19 m); width, 119 inches (3.02 m); height, 9 feet (2.74 m). Rear ramp: length, 123 inches (3.12 m); width, 119 inches (3.02 m)
        C-130J-30 cargo hold: length, 55 feet (16.76 m); width, 119 inches (3.02 m); height, 9 feet (2.74 m). Rear ramp: length, 123 inches (3.12 m); width, 119 inches (3.02 m)
        92 passengers or
        64 airborne troops or
        74 litter patients with 5 medical crew or
        6 pallets or
        2–3 Humvees or
        2 M113 armored personnel carriers
        1 CAESAR self-propelled howitzer
    Payload: 45,000 lb (20,400 kg)
    Length: 97 ft 9 in (29.8 m)
    Wingspan: 132 ft 7 in (40.4 m)
    Height: 38 ft 3 in (11.6 m)
    Wing area: 1,745 ft2 (162.1 m2)
    Empty weight: 75,800 lb (34,400 kg)
    Useful load: 72,000 lb (33,000 kg)
    Max. takeoff weight: 155,000 lb (70,300 kg)
    Powerplant: 4 × Allison T56-A-15 turboprops, 4,590 shp (3,430 kW) each
    Propellers: 4 propellers
        Propeller diameter: 13.5 ft (4.1 m)

Performance

    Maximum speed: 320 knots (366 mph, 592 km/h) at 20,000 ft (6,060 m)
    Cruise speed: 292 kts (336 mph, 540 km/h)
    Range: 2,050 nmi (2,360 mi, 3,800 km)
    Service ceiling: 33,000 ft (10,060 m) empty; 23,000 ft (7,077 m) with 42,000 pounds (19,090 kilograms) payload ()
    Rate of climb: 1,830 ft/min (9.3 m/s)
    Takeoff distance: 3,586 ft (1,093 m) at 155,000 lb (70,300 kg) max gross weight; 1,400 ft (427 m) at 80,000 lb (36,300 kg) gross weight

Avionics

    Westinghouse Electronic Systems (now Northrop Grumman) AN/APN-241 weather and navigational radar

Description
General characteristics

    Crew: five (two pilots, navigator, flight engineer and loadmaster)
    Capacity:
        C-130E/H/J cargo hold: length, 40 feet (12.19 m); width, 119 inches (3.02 m); height, 9 feet (2.74 m). Rear ramp: length, 123 inches (3.12 m); width, 119 inches (3.02 m)
        C-130J-30 cargo hold: length, 55 feet (16.76 m); width, 119 inches (3.02 m); height, 9 feet (2.74 m). Rear ramp: length, 123 inches (3.12 m); width, 119 inches (3.02 m)
        92 passengers or
        64 airborne troops or
        74 litter patients with 5 medical crew or
        6 pallets or
        2–3 Humvees or
        2 M113 armored personnel carriers
        1 CAESAR self-propelled howitzer
    Payload: 45,000 lb (20,400 kg)
    Length: 97 ft 9 in (29.8 m)
    Wingspan: 132 ft 7 in (40.4 m)
    Height: 38 ft 3 in (11.6 m)
    Wing area: 1,745 ft2 (162.1 m2)
    Empty weight: 75,800 lb (34,400 kg)
    Useful load: 72,000 lb (33,000 kg)
    Max. takeoff weight: 155,000 lb (70,300 kg)
    Powerplant: 4 × Allison T56-A-15 turboprops, 4,590 shp (3,430 kW) each
    Propellers: 4 propellers
        Propeller diameter: 13.5 ft (4.1 m)

Performance

    Maximum speed: 320 knots (366 mph, 592 km/h) at 20,000 ft (6,060 m)
    Cruise speed: 292 kts (336 mph, 540 km/h)
    Range: 2,050 nmi (2,360 mi, 3,800 km)
    Service ceiling: 33,000 ft (10,060 m) empty; 23,000 ft (7,077 m) with 42,000 pounds (19,090 kilograms) payload ()
    Rate of climb: 1,830 ft/min (9.3 m/s)
    Takeoff distance: 3,586 ft (1,093 m) at 155,000 lb (70,300 kg) max gross weight; 1,400 ft (427 m) at 80,000 lb (36,300 kg) gross weight

Avionics

    Westinghouse Electronic Systems (now Northrop Grumman) AN/APN-241 weather and navigational radar