NASA Aircraft Comparison

Platform Name Center Duration (hours) Useful Payload (lbs) GTOW (lbs.)sort descending Max Altitude (ft) Air Speed (knots) Range (Nmi)
Other NASA Aircraft SIERRA - ARC NASA ARC 9.00 110 480 13,000 ft. 60 520
Viking-400 NASA ARC 11.00 100 520 15000 60 600
Cirrus Design SR22 - LaRC NASA LaRC 6.10 932 3,400 17,500 ft (limited to 12,500 ft without supplemental oxygen) 175 970
B200 (#801) - AFRC NASA AFRC 6.00 1,850 13,420 35,000 ft. MSL (restricted airspace), 28,000 ft. MSL (national airspace) 280 1,300
B200 - LARC NASA LaRC 6.20 4,100 13,500 35000 ft 260 1,250
WB-57 - JSC NASA JSC 6.50 8,800 72,000 60,000 ft and above (payload dependent) 410 2,500
Gulfstream V - JSC NASA JSC 13.00 8,000 91,000 51000 500 5,500
C-130H - WFF NASA WFF 11.00 36,000 155,000 33,000 feet (payload weight and weather dependent) 320 3,200
Platform Name Center Duration (hours) Useful Payload (lbs) GTOW (lbs.)sort descending Max Altitude (ft) Air Speed (knots) Range (Nmi)
ASP Supported Aircraft ER-2 - AFRC NASA AFRC 8.00 2,900 40,000 70,000 ft 410 5,000
Gulfstream C-20A (GIII) - AFRC NASA AFRC 6.00 2,500 69,700 45,000 460 3,400
Gulfstream III - LaRC NASA LaRC 7.50 2,610 69,700 45000 459 3,767
Gulfstream IV - AFRC NASA AFRC 7.50 5,610 73,200 45000 459 5,130
P-3 Orion - WFF NASA WFF 12.00 18,000 135,000 32,000 feet (payload weight and weather dependent) 405 3,800
NASA B777 NASA LaRC 18.00 75,000 648,000 43,000 9,000