Author Topic: Aircraft Classes (Read 230 times)

scooby · « **on:** March 03, 2002, 02:15:03 AM »

ok so heres my question..
what aircraft are in what class....
theres the Heavy, medium and small classes, which go where?..
i kno that the 747 and DC-10 and L1011 go in the heavy, ...does the 737 go into meduim or small, what about a320..?!?!

can anyone answer this for me plz

thanks:)

mora · « **Reply #1 on:** March 03, 2002, 02:54:41 AM »

A320 is about the size of a 737.

Creamo · « **Reply #2 on:** March 03, 2002, 05:16:06 AM »

Interesting. Maybe they class by weight?

I always thought it was by "Wide-Body, or Narrow-body" concerning commercial jets. Course guys always use "United 345 heavy clear of 36R" all the time. Never thought about it.

The difference in wide and narrow is best I can describe is how many aisles a plane has. 1 is narrow, 2 is wide.

For instance, a 757 seems pretty heavy of a jet, but seats 3 and 3, Left and Right, one aisle between them. It's STILL a narrow-body jet.

A 767 however has 2 aisles, and depending on the coach class seats, is like 2 -4- 2, hence, "wide-body."

A DC-10, 777, L1011 etc. fits that class.

Remember, a 737 has alot of variants, the 200 is smaller with old tube looking engines, the -800 which I work on regular is quite a bit larger, longer, with powerful engines (they look different too, big and round like they could eat a ramper, and they have ,heh) and pretty big actually, but it's still a "narrow-body".

Hope that helps. Maybe pilots could answer.

What you need to know is the small RJ jets are job takers, and I call them heaps of toejam, respectively.

scooby · « **Reply #3 on:** March 03, 2002, 09:42:39 AM »

ya i guess that answers it, i was wondering because of FS2K2 and it's different gates(small meduim and heavy) and i never really know where to park my aircraft, i just naturally guessed that 747, 777, DC-10, L1011, A340 were heavy, 757, 767, 737, a320, a319, a321(etc), a330, were all medium, and 727, and the RJ's, along with maybe Dash-8, size aircraft were all for the small gates....

somehting like that..
hhe
thanks
Scooby:)

Dago · « **Reply #4 on:** March 03, 2002, 10:46:20 AM »

Terms like "widebody" and "narrowbody" are often used, and one of the more common ways to categorize these aircraft would be by the number of aisles in the aircraft. An aircraft with a single center aisle is typically a "narrowbody", with two aisles through the seats, you would have a "widebody".

For the purposes of Air Traffic Control Wake Seperation minimum, the following classifications are assigned:

The use of "heavy" refers to any aircraft capable of takeoff weights or more than 255,000 pounds, whether or not they are operating at this weight during any phase of flight.

"Large" aircraft are between 41,000 pounds up to 255,000 pounds.

"Small" aircraft are up to 41,000 max certified takeoff weight.

I hope this helps you understand classification of airline size aircraft.

Dago