-44 seats
-215 mph
-73,000 lb. max. gross take-off weight
-2500 mile range

Pan Am replaced its Boeing 314s on the California-Honolulu route with DC-4s. This cut the flight time in half from 20 hours to 10 hours and the ticket price from $278 one way to $195 one way.

This plane marked the transition from flying boats to land planes for overseas flight.