The Bombardier DH4 Aircraft is the Bombardier Q400 regional turboprop aircraft. The DH4 is marketed as the Q400 by Bombardier. The Q400 is sometimes called the DH4 because DH4 is the International Air Transport Association (IATA) code for the Bombardier Q400 airplane. The DH4 IATA code is used primarily by airlines to identify the aircraft. The DH4 code is commonly found in ticketing operations and in schedules of flights. You will see the code, sometimes, when booking a flight online. When you see DH4 it is referring to the Bombardier Q400 IATA code.
The Other Name for the Commercial Turboprop Aircraft
The DH4 may also be called the De Havilland DH4 aircraft because De Havilland was the previous division of Bombardier that developed the aircraft. Bombardier has phased the De Havilland name out, however many still use the De Havilland name. The Q400 also has many other names which you can read more about here on the site. This includes The DH8D Aircraft, which is the ICAO code for the aircraft. The aircraft is also sometimes called the De Havilland Dash-8-400, which was the original name of the turboprop or the Bombardier DHC-8-400, which is the official name of the airplane. A quick review of the airplane and a list of the other pages where you can read more about the turboprop is listed below the photo of the plane.
Above photo by Alf van Beem on Wikimedia Commons, modified by FlyRadius.
Background on the DH4 Turboprop Aircraft
The DH4, Q400, is a two engine regional turboprop airplane built by Bombardier Aerospace in Toronto, Canada. It is commonly known for its speed, quietness and larger size in the regional aircraft category. As a regional aircraft, it primarily flies on short routes under 1,000 miles. The De Havilland DH4 cruise speed is 360 knots and is powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150A engines that can produce up to 5,071 shaft horsepower (SHP). The aircraft was launched in 1995 by Bombardier and certified by Transport Canada on August 4th, 1999 and on January 26, 2000, by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The DH4 aircraft typically seats 70-76 passengers in a two by two seat configuration, however, it can now seat up to 86. The new 86 seat configuration was launched by Bombardier in 2014 when Nok Air (Thailand) started flying the 86 seat version.
More about the DH4 can be found on the following Q400 pages on the site.
- DH4 Aircraft Overview – Read about the overview of the Q400 / DH4 here.
- Bombardier DH4 Safety Record – Learn about the safety record of the aircraft.
- Bombardier DH4 Price – Find out how much the turboprop costs.
- Bombardier DH4 Landing Gear – Learn who manufactures the landing gear for the airplane and more.
- Bombardier DH4 Operators – Find out who flies the aircraft.
- Bombardier DH4 Seating Plan – Learn about the seating arrangements in the commercial turboprop aircraft.
- Bombardier DH4 Engine – PW150A – Read about the engine for the airplane and the details on it.
- Bombardier DH4 Cockpit – Flight Deck - View what the flight deck looks like and what powers it.
- Bombardier DH4 Seat Map – Seating Chart - View the Seat Maps for airlines that operate the turboprop.
- Bombardier DH4 Propeller - Learn who makes the propellers for the DH4.
- Bombardier DH4 Interior – Cabin: View the cabin of the airplane and find out more about its interior.
- Bombardier DH4 Range: Find out how far the aircraft can fly and view a range map.
- Bombardier DH4 Type Rating: Learn about the type rating and where to get training to obtain the rating.
- Bombardier DH4 United Airlines – Express: Learn about United's DH4 operations.
- Bombardier DH4 Nextgen: Find out more about the Next Generation version of the aircraft.
- Bombardier DH4 Specifications – Dimensions: View the detailed specifications for the turboprop here.
