Boeing C-17 Globemaster III - Specifications (C-17)

Specifications (C-17)

Three C-17s unload supplies to help victims of Hurricane Katrina at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, in August 2005. A C-17 combat off-load of pallets in Afghanistan, June 2009

Data from USAF fact sheet, Boeing, and AerospaceWeb

General characteristics

• Crew: 3: 2 pilots, 1 loadmaster
• Capacity:
  
  • 134 troops with palletized seats or
  • 102 troops with standard centerline seats or
  • 36 litter and 54 ambulatory patients or
  • Cargo, such as an M1 Abrams tank, three Strykers, or six M1117 Armored Security Vehicles
• Payload: 170,900 lb (77,519 kg) of cargo distributed at max over 18 463L master pallets or a mix of palletized cargo and vehicles
• Length: 174 ft (53 m)
• Wingspan: 169.8 ft (51.75 m)
• Height: 55.1 ft (16.8 m)
• Wing area: 3,800 ft² (353 m²)
• Empty weight: 282,500 lb (128,100 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 585,000 lb (265,350 kg)
• Powerplant: 4 × Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 turbofans, 40,440 lbf (180 kN) each
• Fuel capacity: 35,546 U.S. gal (134,556 L)

Performance

• Cruise speed: Mach 0.76 (450 knots, 515 mph, 830 km/h)
• Range: 2,420 nmi (2,785 mi, 4,482 km) ; 5,610 nmi (10,390 km) with paratroops
• Service ceiling: 45,000 ft (13,716 m)
• Max. wing loading: 150 lb/ft² (750 kg/m²)
• Minimum thrust/weight: 0.277
  
• Takeoff run at MTOW: 7,600 ft (2,316 m)
• Landing distance: 3,500 ft (1,060 m)