Cargo Airplanes

The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy is the hinged-nose cargo plane that hauled Apollo rocket stages. See its history, variants, specs and NASA's last flying one.

The dedicated freighter built from Airbus’s first widebody platform.

The dedicated widebody freighter built for long-range cargo operations.

The Airbus A350F freighter carries up to 111 tonnes on Trent XWB-97 engines. Full specs, the 115-aircraft order book, and where first flight stands.

The Airbus A380F freighter was designed to carry about 150 tonnes, but FedEx and UPS cancelled their orders and none was ever built. Here is why.

The Airbus A300-600ST Beluga flew Airbus wings and fuselages for 30 years. Specs explained, how it was built, the BelugaXL, and where all five are now.

The Airbus BelugaXL (A330-743L) flies two A350 wings at once. Specs explained, how it was built, how many exist and what replaces the old Belugas.

The Antonov An-124 Ruslan first flew in 1982 and loads through a nose that lifts open. See how it compares with the C-5 and where its fleet stands since 2022.

Antonov An-225 Mriya facts: the 640-tonne, six-engine giant built for Buran, its 253.8-tonne payload record, its 2022 destruction and the second airframe.

The advanced military transport built for short-field operations and heavy tactical airlift.

The high-wing transport built for cold-weather operations.

Boeing Dreamlifter specs, cargo hold and fleet: four converted 747-400s with a 65,000 cu ft hold and a swing tail that opens the whole rear fuselage.

The classic jumbo freighter built for global heavy cargo networks.

The Boeing 747-8 Freighter is the last jumbo cargo jet, with a 4,390 nm range and a nose door. Specs, payload, operators and why only 107 were built.

The twinjet widebody built for efficient medium and long-haul cargo service.

The long-range twinjet built for high-capacity cargo operations.

British cargo aircraft introduced in the late 1940s

Canadian airliner and transport aircraft introduced in 1960

The twin-turboprop utility aircraft built for cargo and regional passenger service.

The piston transport built to carry heavy cargo from short and rugged airfields.

The rugged utility turboprop built for cargo hauling and remote operations.

The Il-76 is a Soviet-designed heavy transport that first flew in 1971 and is still in production. See what it carries, its variants, range, engines and how it compares with the C-17.

A heavy lift turboprop cargo aircraft by Short Brothers.

The Short SC.7 Skyvan is the boxy Belfast-built STOL turboprop that flew in 1963. History, variants, operators, skydiving use and why it never retired.