| Metroliner | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The Metro is a low wing, twin turboprop, small airliner with a retractable undercarriage | |
| General information | |
| Type | Regional airliner |
| Manufacturer | Fairchild |
| Status | In service |
| Primary users | Ameriflight |
| Number built | >600 |
| History | |
| Manufactured | 1968–2001 |
| Introduction date | 1972 |
| First flight | August 26, 1969 |
| Developed from | Swearingen Merlin |
| Variants | Fairchild C-26 Metroliner |
The Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner (previously the Swearingen Metro and later Fairchild Aerospace Metro) is a 19-seat, pressurized, twin-turboprop airliner first produced by Swearingen Aircraft and later by Fairchild Aircraft at a plant in San Antonio, Texas.