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Air Charter

Sonic Delivery arranges on-demand aircraft for critical, time-sensitive shipments. When ground transportation cannot meet the deadline, air charter gives your freight a dedicated aircraft and a route built around the delivery requirement.

Air charter is the right fit when the shipment is urgent enough that normal freight schedules, standard air cargo availability, or delayed transfers create too much risk. Sonic coordinates aircraft selection, pickup, airport logistics, routing, and final delivery through the ground network.

For plants moving through an outage, timely ground or air charter delivery can help avoid delays that cost thousands per hour. Most emergency air shipments still require ground coordination at one or both ends, and Sonic can arrange the full move from pickup through final delivery.

Aircraft Configuration Chart

Reference capacities for common aircraft classes used in time-critical air freight. Final dispatch selection depends on routing, weather, airport constraints, and load profile.

Sonic Delivery aircraft unloading cargo to ground transport
Aircraft Type Speed (MPH) Cargo Door Size Cubic Foot Capacity Payload Max
Cessna 31020018" x 40"100800
Cessna 40219040" x 47"2201,200
Beech 1817057" x 48"2802,000
Lear 2450036" x 31"1202,000
Lear 2550036" x 39"1452,200
MU-230050" x 44"2802,600
Cessna Caravan17049" x 50"4503,000
Bandeirante25070" x 51"3503,200
Casa 21219065" x 70"8605,500
Falcon 2050074" x 55"5906,000
DC-316084" x 54"1,2806,500
Shorts 36021055" x 66"1,5007,500
Convair 580260122" x 71"2,45015,000
DC-9510125" x 79"3,20022,000
L-188 Electra300140" x 81"3,70031,000
C-130 Hercules375Tail Load3,32142,000
B727500120" x 84"5,10045,000
Ilyushin IL-76500Tail Load8,30290,000
DC-8-60500125" x 86"7,17596,000
DC-8-73500125" x 86"9,390110,000
B747F50098" x 96"22,952200,000
Antonov An-124500Nose Load / Tail Load31,388254,000

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