Airbus Helicopters AS350 Écureuil (AS50)
The Airbus Helicopters AS350 Écureuil — ICAO type designator AS50 — is a single-engined turboshaft aircraft. It seats about 6 passengers and flies up to 662 km. The Airbus Helicopters AS350 Écureuil is not in anyone's collection yet; the first sighting is up for grabs.
Heard by the network
846 different airframes of the Airbus Helicopters AS350 Écureuil picked up by 3 Skydex receivers (near Solothurn, near Sydney, near Melbourne), 6,259 sightings since 24 Aug 2026, last on 11 Nov 2026.
- 1337hium — 🇨🇭 Switzerland · near Solothurn · run by @michael-ruedi — 41 airframes, 279 sightings, last 2026-11-09
- North Ryde — 🇦🇺 Australia · near Sydney · run by @churchi — 25 airframes, 200 sightings, last 2026-11-11
- djbrookau — 🇦🇺 Australia · near Melbourne · run by @j-s — 25 airframes, 179 sightings, last 2026-11-10
Operators
- REH (REH) — 9 airframes
- 🇺🇸 Bristow US (BTZ) — 8 airframes
- 🇲🇽 AVIACSA-Consorcio Aviaxsa (CHP) — 4 airframes
- HDB (HDB) — 4 airframes
- 🇺🇸 Airlift International (AIR) — 3 airframes
- PDG (PDG) — 3 airframes
- SWC (SWC) — 3 airframes
- 🇬🇧 Boscombe Down DERA (BDN) — 2 airframes
- ETP (ETP) — 2 airframes
- HWS (HWS) — 2 airframes
- 🇪🇸 Aeroclub Barcelona-Sabadell (BSO) — 1 airframe
- 🇺🇸 Airbus Industrie (AIB) — 1 airframe
- HSY (HSY) — 1 airframe
- 🇪🇸 Iberia (IBE) — 1 airframe
- KNM (KNM) — 1 airframe
- OOK (OOK) — 1 airframe
- SGE (SGE) — 1 airframe
- 🇦🇲 South-Airlines (STH) — 1 airframe
- TBL (TBL) — 1 airframe
- 🇬🇧 TUI Airways Limited (TOM) — 1 airframe
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. Also heard: 2 military (not named), 512 private (not named), 337 without an operator callsign yet.
- ICAO type code
- AS50
- Manufacturer
- Airbus Helicopters
- Engines
- 1 × turboshaft
- Typical seats
- 6
- Range
- 662 km
- Card rarity
- common