NASA Aircraft Comparison

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