page_title: Travel Air 5000
section_title: Specifications (Travel Air 5000)
hierarchical_section_title: Travel Air 5000 / Specifications (Travel Air 5000)
caption_attribution_description: English: Pilot Ernie Smith in unregistered prototype Travel Air 5000
context_page_description: The Travel Air 5000 was an early high-wing monoplane airliner and racing monoplane designed by Clyde Cessna and is chiefly remembered for being the winner of the disastrous Dole Air Race from California to Hawaii.
context_section_description: Data from Travel Air Restorers Association
  General characteristics
  Capacity: 4 passengers
  Length: 30 ft 5 in (9.27 m)
  Wingspan: 51 ft 7 in (15.72 m)
  Height: 8 ft 5 in (2.57 m)
  Wing area: 312 sq ft (29.0 m²)
  Airfoil: M6
  Empty weight: 2,160 lb (980 kg)
  Gross weight: 3,600 lb (1,633 kg)
  Fuel capacity: 75 US gallons or 425 US gallons for Dole Racers
  Powerplant: 1 × Wright J-5 Whirlwind  9-cylinder radial, 220 hp (164 kW)
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 107 kn (123 mph, 198 km/h)
  Cruise speed: 94 kn (108 mph, 174 km/h)
  Stall speed: 48 kn (55 mph, 89 km/h)
  Service ceiling: 13,600 ft (4,100 m)
  Rate of climb: 750 ft/min (3.8 m/s)
caption: Pilot in prototype Travel Air 5000
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