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The Consolidated Commodore was a flying boat built by Consolidated Aircraft and used for passenger travel in the 1930s mostly in the Caribbean operated by companies like Pan American Airlines. A pioneer of long haul passenger aircraft industry the Commodore Clipper grew out of a Navy design competition in the 1920s to create an aircraft capable of nonstop flights between the mainland of the United States and Panama Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands.

A rare Consolidated Commodore, pictured at Dinner Key in 1940 (courtesy of Ruth Straw).1
Consolidated Commodore - 22-passenger commercial flying boat (1930) - tourist flights to Caribbean, Rio in early 30s Consolidated PB2Y Coronado - long-range flying boat bomber (1937) Consolidated NY-1 2
Consolidated Commodore is not known. NC 659M, Consolidated Commodore, notes: C/n 3, originally delivered to NYRBA, named Havana. Then to Pan Am on 15 September 1930.3
fourteen Consolidated Commodore flying boats and flew them on the first Pan Am routes to South America beginning in 1930.4
short edges, showing its Consolidated Commodore flying boat (NC662M) in the water with a boat nearby. Could be as early as December 1930. $10.5
The Consolidated Commodore was a flying boat built by Consolidated Aircraft and used for passenger travel in the 1930s, mostly in the Caribbean operated by companies like Pan 6

Made by Consolidated Aircraft.

It is the successor of the Consolidated P2Y .

the graceful Consolidated Commodore, a sleek, 22 seat flying boat with a range of 1000 miles, NYRBA launched it's first major Argentine mail contract flight from Buenos Aires to Miami.7
The S-40, S-38, Consolidated Commodore, and Ford Tri-Motor flights of the Atlantic Division and Latin America route network were subsequently detailed.8
when a Pan American Consolidated Commodore twin engine flying boat landed in Kingston Harbour.9
wmv3:14 The Consolidated Commodore was a flying boat built by Consolidated Aircraft and used for passenger travel in the 1930s, mostly in the Caribbean operated by companies 10
wmv3:14 The Consolidated Commodore was a flying boat built by Consolidated Aircraft and used for passenger travel in the 1930s, mostly in the Caribbean operated by companies like Pan 11
Empty Weight Lb
12769
Wing Area Sqm
141
Predecessor
Consolidated P2Y
Eng 1 Type
Pratt & Whitney Hornet radial piston
Ceiling Ft
16100
Eng 1 Kw
429
Developed From
Consolidated P2Y
Gross Weight Lb
25266
Capacity
22
Number Built
14
Empty Weight Kg
5792
Gross Weight Kg
11460
Height In
1
Range Km
1899
Manufacturer
Lists
*List of seaplanes
Max Speed Mph
139
Max Speed Kmh
224
Height Ft
19
Span Ft
100
Wing Area Sqft
1514
Met Or Eng
eng
Span M
30
Length Ft
61
Height M
6
Ceiling M
4905
Eng 1 Hp
575
Eng 1 Number
2
Category
Length In
9
Length M
19
Range Miles
1180

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