Douglas A-3 Skywarrior specs, size & range

The Douglas A-3 Skywarrior is a landplane with 2 jet engines built by Douglas. Air-traffic control and flight-tracking sites identify it by the ICAO type code A3. It belongs to the medium wake-turbulence category.

A-3 Skywarrior size and dimensions

The A-3 Skywarrior is 23.27 m (76.3 ft) long, has a wingspan of 22.10 m and stands 6.95 m tall. That makes it the #66 longest of 67 airliners & big jets in our database — longer than 1% of them. With 75.4 m² of wing, the wing loading at maximum weight is about 493 kg/m².

A-3 Skywarrior weight and fuel

The maximum take-off weight is 37,195 kg (82,001 lb). Among airliners & big jets it ranks #63 of 69 by weight.

A-3 Skywarrior speed and range

It cruises at about 963 km/h (520 knots), faster than 93% of airliners & big jets. Its range of 3,380 km (1,825 nm) is enough to fly non-stop from Warsaw to Barcelona (1,870 km) — about 3.5 hours at cruise speed. Its ceiling is 41,000 ft (12,497 m).

Aircraft similar to the A-3 Skywarrior

Comparable airliners & big jets include British Aerospace BAe 146-100, British Aerospace BAe 146-300, Embraer E175 (Short wings) and British Aerospace BAe 146-200.