How much carry-on space is there in a propeller plane?
I’m flying for the first time in a couple weeks. The second leg of my flight is from Denver to Colorado Springs, on a propeller plane. I just bought a carry-on bag for the trip, but now I’m realizing it might not fit on the smaller aircraft. I haven’t been able to find any specs online – what can you tell me? Thanks! :)
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It depends on the aircraft, I have flown commercially on propeller planes that could carry 80+ passengers and some that carried as few as 12 passengers.
@XOIIO Aha I just did some digging and found that it’s a Bombardier Q400. At least that’s what my flight reservation sheet says. Maybe now I can google that…
@RandomGirl that is a fairly large plane, I would not be too concerned. At worst they will make you check your bag at the door and put it in the cargo hold.
Unless the carry on is very small, it won’t fit. But what they usually do is check it at the gate, and then you pick it up when you get off the plane. Don’t worry about it.
It shouldn’t, but I haven’t travelled by air since they started making you pay for each checked bag.
Don’t worry too much about it. On most of those types of commuter planes if there’s a problem with space for carry-on baggage you’ll be able to gate check it. That means that you’ll be able to take it with you right to the loading gate, check it there, and retrieve it planeside when you land. In other words, you have the benefits of carry-on and avoiding the baggage carousel (and the wait for baggage there) at the end of the flight, but the necessity to give up the bag for the duration of the flight.
It shouldn’t be a problem, but you might want to have a small bag for the things you absolutely don’t want out of your grasp, such as cash, credit cards and ID, medications, camera, phone, etc.
I should have just read @Rarebear‘s response and saved some typing.
@CWOTUS OK thanks for that clarification of terminology!
Take it from someone who in the past made the same mistake over and over of taking many pounds more than I needed: Carry the smallest, lightest bag you own or can buy. The plane will probably be very small and cramped, but even if it’s bigger, you can’t go wrong toting the absolute minimum. You can always buy or borrow whatever you don’t take.
No it won’t cost any extra.
You could catch a bus from the Denver airport to Colorado Springs and not worry :-)
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