Air Tractor AT-802
.jpg) Air Tractor AT-802. Photo: Daniel VA, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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| Make | Air Tractor |
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| Model | Air Tractor AT-802 |
| Type | Agricultural / Fire-fighting aircraft |
| Country |  United States
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| First flight | 1990 |
| Built | 1990–present |
| Status | Active |
| Registered in the US | 648 (FAA register, October 30, 2026) |
| Seats | One or Two (AT-802A – single-seat), 820 USgal |
| Engine | Pratt & Whitney PT6A-67AG, 1350 shp |
| Cruise speed | 221 mph (AT-802) |
| Range | 800 mi (AT-802) |
| Service ceiling | 13,000 ft (AT-802) |
| Max weight | 16,000 lb (AT-802)
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The Air Tractor AT-802 is an agricultural airplane built by Air Tractor that can also be fitted out for firefighting or as an armed military airplane. It first flew in October 1990. A chemical hopper sits between the engine firewall and the cockpit, and in the U.S. it counts as a Type III SEAT, a single-engine air tanker.[1] In the U.S. there are 648 with a valid registration, 554 of them the single-seat AT-802A.[2]
Fire Boss
The standard AT-802 sits on a tailwheel, but many have been converted to the Fire Boss firefighting version on Wipaire 10000 amphibious floats, so they can land on a runway or on water and scoop water from a lake or river to drop on a fire, in addition to the 820-gallon tank in the fuselage.[1]
Versions
- AT-802: two seats, one behind the other.[1]
- AT-802A: single seat.[1]
- AT-802F / AT-802AF: firefighting versions.[1]
- AT-802U: an armored two-seat military version; in August 2022 the U.S. Special Operations Command chose it, as the L3Harris OA-1K Skyraider II, for its Armed Overwatch program.[1]
Registered in the United States
The FAA register lists 648 of these airplanes with a valid U.S. registration. Here they are by the model name the FAA uses.[2]
| FAA model name | Registered |
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| AT-802A | 554 |
| AT-802 | 94 |
Specifications (AT-802)
| Item | AT-802 |
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| Crew | One or Two (AT-802A – single-seat) |
| Passengers / capacity | 820 USgal |
| Length | 35 ft 11 in |
| Wingspan | 59 ft 3 in |
| Height | 12 ft 9 in |
| Wing area | 401.0 sq ft |
| Empty weight | 6,505 lb |
| Maximum takeoff weight | 16,000 lb |
| Engine | Pratt & Whitney PT6A-67AG, 1350 shp (turboprop) |
| Cruise speed | 221 mph |
| Stall speed | 91 mph |
| Range | 800 mi |
| Service ceiling | 13,000 ft |
| Rate of climb | 850 ft/min |
Figures as given in the Wikipedia article and its sources.[1]
Photos
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The AirTractor AT-802U Counter Insurgency (COIN) Aircraft on display at the Paris Air Show. Photo: PvK, CC BY-SA 3.0 -
4X-AFS, Air Tractor AT-802F, during an aerial Firefighting drill, held a year after the Camel forest fire. Photo: Israel Defense Forces, CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Air Tractor AT-802. Photo: Agesch, CC BY-SA 4.0 -
Paris Air Show 2017 Air tractor Longsword. Photo: Marc Lacoste, CC BY-SA 4.0 -
Air Tractor AT-802A of Avialsa during a fire-fighting in Portugal. Photo: Hugomvlopes, CC BY-SA 4.0 -
Air Tractor AT-802. Photo: MORH, CC BY 4.0 -
Air Tractor AT-802. Photo: Piemags Aviation, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Buying a Air Tractor AT-802
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Wikipedia, "Air Tractor AT-802", read November 1, 2026. Airplane Wiki's text is written in its own words; facts are checked against this article and its sources.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Federal Aviation Administration, Releasable Aircraft Database, file dated October 30, 2026. Valid registrations of fixed-wing airplanes whose FAA maker and model names belong to this family. Airplane Wiki uses only counts from this file, never owner names or addresses.