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DHC-8-402 — Bombardier DHC-8-402

Bombardier DHC-8-402
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Year
Owner
Bombardier
Last seen
MTOW
28,600 kg
Range
1,290 nm
Seats
78
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Bombardier · DHC-8-402
Model overview

Fleet & certification

Built
533
Active
239
Origin
CA
Certifying authorities
FAA
Variants

Per-variant specifications

VariantEngineMTOWRangeCruisePax
DH8D
DH8D
28,600 kg1,290 nm78
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Type certification

The FAA paperwork

TCDS A13NM · 14 · issued 2004-04-09

The FAA-issued Type Certificate for this model is on file (TCDS A13NM), but we haven't yet extracted the structured spec values.

Read the TCDS (PDF) →
Safety & ops history

Where to look next

Detailed safety & ops history coming soon — view this model's FAA Airworthiness Directives at FAA.gov.
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Bombardier DHC-8-402market & fleet intelligence

Registry, flight-tracking and market data on the Bombardier DHC-8-402 fleet — updated daily.

Fleet age

16 yearsmedian age

Of the 262 registered Bombardier DHC-8-402 with a known build year (49% of the 533 we track), the median age is 16 years.

Registration activity

13changed registration in 12 months

13 of the 533 registered Bombardier DHC-8-402 we track changed registration in the last 12 months (2% of the fleet), across 13 registration events. Registration changes include ownership transfers, re-registrations and address updates — not all are sales.

Fleet activity — last 90 days
Aircraft seen flying
150
Tracked flights
28,522
Tracked flight hours
95,441
Share of fleet flying
28%

150 Bombardier DHC-8-402 were tracked flying in the last 90 days (28% of the registered fleet), across 28,522 flights. Sprinkle flight tracking began May 2026; coverage is ADS-B-derived and not exhaustive.