Airbus A300-600ST Beluga (A3ST)
The Airbus A300-600ST Beluga — ICAO type designator A3ST — is a twin-engined jet aircraft. It seats about 2 passengers, flies up to 2,780 km and cruises around 405 knots. Its card in the Skydex collection is mythical. In Skydex one pilot logged a single airframe of the Airbus A300-600ST Beluga.
Heard by the network
2 different airframes of the Airbus A300-600ST Beluga picked up by 5 Skydex receivers (near Hamburg, near Arnhem), 19 sightings since 26 Aug 2026, last on 10 Nov 2026.
- Skydex #1 - Hamburg — 🇩🇪 Germany · near Hamburg · run by @ess — 2 airframes, 11 sightings, last 2026-11-05
- fr-wolfheze — 🇳🇱 Netherlands · near Arnhem · run by @youri-tromp — 2 airframes, 11 sightings, last 2026-11-05
- Apeldoorn Matendonk — 🇳🇱 Netherlands · near Arnhem · run by @hendry-scholing — 2 airframes, 7 sightings, last 2026-11-04
- Braunschweig, Gartenstadt — 🇩🇪 Germany · Lower Saxony · run by @thatred — 2 airframes, 4 sightings, last 2026-11-05
- Fips — 🇩🇪 Germany · Baden-Württemberg · run by @fips — 2 airframes, 3 sightings, last 2026-10-22
Operators
- 🇫🇷 Airbus Transport International (BGA) — 2 airframes
Distinct airframes per operator, from the callsigns our receivers hear (recorded since 7 Oct 2026) and from caught aircraft. The operator is the latest one heard, not an ownership history.
- ICAO type code
- A3ST
- Manufacturer
- Airbus
- Engines
- 2 × jet
- Typical seats
- 2
- Range
- 2,780 km
- Cruise speed
- 405 kt
- Wingspan
- 44.8 m
- Length
- 56.1 m
- MTOW
- 155 t
- Card rarity
- mythical