Douglas A-4 Skyhawk (A4)
ICAO A4 Medium Jet

Douglas A-4 Skyhawk

Single jet

The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk (A4) is a single-engine jet aircraft classified as m wake category. Operating envelope: 0 kg MTOW. SkyMeter has observed 31 flights operated by this type across 13 airframes and 4 carriers. The largest observed operator is DRAKEN INTERNATIONAL LLC (JES).

ACTIVE AIRFRAMES
13
last 7 days
🏢
OPERATORS
4
unique airlines
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FLIGHTS
31
tracked
AVG DURATION
1h 4m
per flight
INCIDENT RATE
3.2%
1 flagged

Safety in context

The incident rate counts flights with ANY safety event detected by SkyMeter: go-arounds (a routine response, not a failure), unstable-approach gate flags (advisory thresholds), rejected takeoffs (the system working as designed), and runway events. It is NOT an accident rate or fatality rate. For accident statistics, refer to the NTSB Aviation Accident Database (USA) or the Aviation Safety Network. See methodology for what each event type measures.

Performance

Speed envelope & approach

Vref
Vref range
Vmo
Mmo
Approach category

Dimensions

Airframe geometry

Wingspan
Length
Tail height
Wheelbase
Gear width
Wake category
M

Weight & identification

Operating limits

MTOW
MALW
Manufacturer model
A-4 Skyhawk
FAA designator
Registered

Recent incidents

Flagged flights of A4

20
08/27/2026
40m
△ Low approach-stability score
08/21/2026
36m
△ Low approach-stability score
08/20/2026
1h 28m
△ Low approach-stability score
08/17/2026
1h 20m
△ Low approach-stability score
08/14/2026
42m
△ Low approach-stability score
08/14/2026
1h 15m
△ Low approach-stability score
08/13/2026
1h 32m
△ Low approach-stability score
08/13/2026
1h 54m
△ Low approach-stability score
08/13/2026
20m
△ Low approach-stability score
08/10/2026
1h 29m
△ Low approach-stability score

Recent flights

Real flights of A4 · airborne ≥ 20 min

30
08/28/2026
45m
No alerts
08/28/2026
48m
No alerts
08/28/2026
1h 21m
No alerts
08/28/2026
1h 26m
No alerts
08/28/2026
2h 32m
No alerts
08/27/2026
38m
No alerts
08/27/2026
1h 6m
No alerts
08/27/2026
1h 0m
No alerts
08/27/2026
40m
△ Low approach-stability score
08/27/2026
1h 22m
No alerts
08/27/2026
47m
No alerts
08/27/2026
1h 0m
No alerts
08/27/2026
2h 3m
No alerts
08/27/2026
1h 35m
No alerts
08/26/2026
45m
No alerts
08/25/2026
1h 19m
No alerts
08/25/2026
1h 42m
No alerts
08/25/2026
1h 53m
No alerts
08/25/2026
32m
No alerts
08/25/2026
28m
No alerts
08/25/2026
1h 33m
No alerts
08/25/2026
43m
No alerts
08/25/2026
1h 38m
No alerts
08/24/2026
1h 28m
No alerts
08/24/2026
1h 10m
No alerts
08/24/2026
2h 6m
No alerts
08/21/2026
1h 8m
No alerts
08/21/2026
1h 8m
No alerts
08/21/2026
36m
△ Low approach-stability score
08/21/2026
1h 14m
No alerts
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