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weight and performance calculations for the Airbus A330-300 WV25
Turkish Airlines A330-300 taking of from RW18L (Aalsmeerbaan), Schiphol airport, 9 November 2023 Turkish airlines is one of the main users of the A330 with 62 aircraft in its fleet © bvdz
Airbus A330-300 WV25
role : wide-body airliner
importance : ****
first flight : 2 November 1992 operational : January 1994 (Air Inter)
country : EU-consortium
production : 776 aircraft
general information :
Derivate of the A300, developed along with the A340, which has the same fuselage, main structure and wing components. It has fly-by-wire controls and a glass cockpit. It was the first Airbus airliner to offer 3 engine optionse : the GE CF-6-80E1, PW4000 or the RR Trent 700.
It was the heaviest twin jet airliner till the arrival of the 777-200.
primary users : Air Inter, Cathay Pacific, Malaysia Airlines, Thay Airlines, Turkish
Airlines(62), KLM, Delta Airlines (57), China Eastern Airlines (55), Air China (54) ,
China Southern Airlines (40)
Accommodation:
flight crew : 2 cabin crew : 9
passengers : seating for 300 in two class : 36 business class and 264 economy class seats
( 32 -in pitch) exit limit : 440 passengers, high density seating for 423 passengers
engine : 2 General Electric CF6-80E1A2 turbofan engines of 310.0 [KN] (69689.6 [lbf])
dimensions :
wingspan : 60.3 [m], length overall: 63.67 [m], length of fuselage : 61.78 [m]
height : 16.85 [m] wing area : 361.6 [m^2] fuselage exterior width : 5.64 [m]
weights :
empty weight : 118480 [kg]
operating empty weight : 123400 [kg] max. structural payload : 45600 [kg]
Zero Fuel weight (ZFW) : 169000 [kg] max. landing weight (MLW) : 179000 [kg]
max. take-off weight : 217000 [kg] weight fuel : 76561 [kg] (97530 [litres])
performance :
Max. operating Mach number (Mmo) : 0.86 [Mach] (930 [km/hr]) at 9450 [m]
critical Mach speed : 0.83 [Mach]
max. cruising speed : 880 [km/hr] (Mach 0.83 ) at 11000 [m] (32 [%] power)
economic cruising speed : 871 [km/hr] (Mach 0.82 ) at 11000 [m]
service ceiling : 12500 [m]
range with max fuel and MTOW : 10186 [km] (ATA domestic fuel reserves - 370.0 [km]
alternate)
description :
cantilever mid-wing monoplane with retractable landing gear with nose wheel.
engines attached with pylons to the wing, main landing gear attached to the wings, fuel
tanks in the wings and tail
Wings : tapered multi-cellular fail safe wing with aluminium alloy stressed skin,
with Fowler-type double slotted trailing edge flaps with full-span slotted LE flaps (slats)
with spoilers (outboard) and airbrakes (inboard) and with winglets made from Carbon
Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) airfoil : Airbus, average thickness/chord ratio : 12.3 [%],
sweep angle 3/4 chord: 30.0 [°]
calculation : *1* (dimensions)
wing chord at root : 10.56 [m]
wing chord at tip : 2.51 [m]
taper ratio : 0.238 [ ]
mean wing chord : 6.00 [m]
wing aspect ratio : 10.06 []
Oswald factor (e): 0.703 []
seize (span*length*height) : 64692 [m^3]
calculation : *2* (fuel consumption)
oil consumption : 16.7 [kg/hr]
fuel consumption (econ. cruise speed) : 6317.2 [kg/hr] (8047.4 [litre/hr]) at 30 [%] power
distance flown for 1 kg fuel : 0.14 [km/kg] at 11000 [m] height, sfc : 33.8 [kg/KN/h]
total fuel capacity : 97530 [litre] (76561 [kg])
calculation : *3* (weight)
weight engine(s) dry : 10184.0 [kg] = 16.43 [kg/KN]
weight 284.2 litre oil tank : 24.16 [kg]
oil tank filled with 3.9 litre oil : 3.5 [kg]
oil in engine 7.6 litre oil : 6.8 [kg]
fuel in engine 33.8 litre fuel : 24.80 [kg]
weight fuel lines : 97.5 [kg]
weight engine cowling : 1612.0 [kg]
weight thrust reversers : 930.0 [kg]
total weight propulsion system : 12883 [kg](5.9 [%])
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Accommodation cabin facilities:
typical 2-class cabin layout for 300 passengers : economy : pitch : 81.3 [cm] 32.0 [-in]
( 2+4+2 ) seating in 38.1 rows
weight passenger seats : 1859.5 [kg]
weight cabin crew seats : 45.0 [kg]
weight flight crew seats : 42.0 [kg]
weight 2 jump seats in the cockpit :14.0 [kg]
high density seating passengers : 423 [pax] at mainly 9 -abreast seating in 53.5 rows, pitch
77.2 [cm] 30.4 [-in]
pax density, normal seating : 0.86 [m2/pax], high density seating : 0.61 [m2/pax]
weight 7 lavatories : 222.7 [kg]
weight 8 galleys : 729.0 [kg]
weight overhead stowage for hand luggage : 105.0 [kg]
weight 3 wardrobe closets : 30.0 [kg]
weight 300 entertainment LCD screens in back of seats : 150.0 [kg]
weight 89 windows (41 x 28 cm) made of acrylic glass : 244.3 [kg]
weight 4 (1.93 x 1.07 [m]) Type A main entry doors : 297.6 [kg]
weight 2 (1.83 x 1.07 [m]) galley service doors : 141.1 [kg]
weight 3 (main door size : 1.71 x 2.44 [m]) freight doors (belly) : 594.7 [kg]*
total belly baggage/cargo hold volume : 196.4 [m3]
underfloor belly hold can accommodate : 32 LD3 containers, netto volume : 143.5 [m3]
and : 19.7 [m3] bulk cargo
cabin volume (usable), excluding flight deck : 661 [m3]
passenger compartment volume : 372 [m3]
passenger cabin max width : 5.26 [m] cabin length : 49.40 [m] max cabin height : 2.54 [m]
floor area : 256.6 [m2]
weight cabin facilities : 4400.9 [kg]
safety facilities:
weight 2 type I emergency exits (0.61 x 1.60 [m]): 70.3 [kg]
evacuation time with 423 passengers : 60 [sec]
weight 14 hand fire extinguisher : 42 [kg]
weight cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR): 20.0 [kg]
weight oxygen masks & oxygen generators : 195.0 [kg]
weight emergency flare installation : 10 [kg]
weight 6 emergency evacuation slides : 384.5 [kg]
weight safety equipment & facilities : 722 [kg]
fuselage construction:
fuselage aluminium frame : 27379 [kg]
floor loading (payload/m2): 178 [kg/m2]
weight rear pressure bulkhead : 451.3 [kg]
fuselage covering ( 874.0 [m2] duraluminium 3.49 [mm]) : 8144.3 [kg]
weight floor beams : 3393.1 [kg]
weight cabin furbishing : 3720.2 [kg]
weight cabin floor : 3682.3 [kg]
weight (sound proof) isolation : 691.2 [kg] TO-noise level : 97.4 [EPNdB]
weight fuel lines to tail fueltank :57.3 [kg]
The A330-300 has 2 or optional 3 potable water tanks of 350 litre each
weight empty 1050 [litre] potable water tanks : 92.9 [kg]
weight empty waste tank : 37.6 [kg]
weight fuselage structure : 47649.3 [kg]
Avionics:
weight VHF radio and Selcal : 9.0 [kg]
weight flight and service attendants intercom : 5.0 [kg]
weight dual cloud-collision radar : 25.0 [kg]
weight monochromatic weather X-band (3.2cm wavelength) radar system : 25.0 [kg]
Cockpit A330-343 Lufthansa D-AIKB
weight VOR/ILS,RMI,DME,radio altimeter, ASI, time clock : 20.0 [kg]
weight Avionic Flight Control System : 33.0 [kg]
weight CAT IIIA auto-landing system : 10.0 [kg]
weight EFIS (4 Rockwell Collins CRT screens ADI/PFD+HSI/ND displays) : 20 [kg]
weight ground proximity warning system (GPWS) : 6 [kg]
weight engine monitoring system ECAM : 24 [kg]
weight reserve ADI, ASI, alti-meter, compass, engine temp. and rpm indicators : 15 [kg]
weight avionics : 154.0 [kg]
Systems:
Air-conditioning and pressurization system maintains sea level conditions up to 6525 [m]
and gives equivalent of 2250 [m] at 11885 [m]. pressure differential : 0.59 [bar] (kg/cm2)
pressurized fuselage volume : 1056 [m3] cabin air refreshment time : 3.7 [min]
weight air-conditioning and pressurization system : 488 [kg]
weight APU / engine starter: 155.0 [kg]
weight lighting : 99.0 [kg]
weight triple redundant 207 bar hydraulic system : 215.6 [kg]
weight engine-driven 40kVA electricity generators : 75.0 [kg]
weight ram air turbine for emergency electric power : 5.0 [kg]
weight three 24V 25Ah nickel-cadmium batteries : 31.8 [kg]
weight controls (sidestick FBW): 17.0 [kg]
weight systems : 1081.4 [kg]
total weight fuselage : 54008 [kg](24.9 [%])
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total weight aluminium ribs (1792 ribs) : 7502 [kg]
weight engine mounts : 310 [kg]
weight 4 wing fuel tanks empty for total 91300 [litre] fuel : 1370 [kg]
weight 390 [litre] vent surge tanks : 47 [kg]
weight wing covering (painted aluminium 3.88 [mm]) : 7578 [kg]
total weight aluminium spars (multi-cellular wing structure) : 14771 [kg]
weight wings : 29851 [kg]
weight wing/square meter : 82.55 [kg]
weight thermal leading-edge anti-icing : 66.3 [kg]
weight ailerons made of graphite hybrid composites (14.81 [m2]) : 489.8 [kg]
weight fin (57.79 [m2]) : 2389.6 [kg]
weight rudder (24.02 [m2]) : 953.7 [kg]
Fuel : (innertank 42000 litre + outertank 3650 litre ) x 2 + trimtank 6230 litre = 97530 litre, optional fuel center tank 41560 litre make total capacity 139090 litre
weight 6230 [litre] tail fuel trim tank empty : 155.7 [kg]
weight tailplane (stabilizer) (63.94 [m2]): 2908.4 [kg]
weight elevators (16.31 [m2]): 364.08 [kg]
weight flight control hydraulic servo actuators: 107.8 [kg]
weight trailing-edge double slotted flaps (70.51 [m2]) : 2479.0 [kg]
weight track-mounted light alloy construction leading edge slats (36.41 [m2]) : 804.9 [kg]
weight fly-by-wire operated spoilers of graphite composite construction (9.0 [m2]) : 164.3 [kg]
weight airbrakes (4.5 [m2]) : 95.9 [kg]
weight winglets : 200 [kg]
total weight wing construction : 42757 [kg] (34.6 [%])
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tire pressure main wheels : 14.20 [Bar] (nitrogen), ply rating : 29 PR
tire speed limit : 389 [km/hr]
total tyre footprint : 1.12 [m2]
Runway LCN at MTOW (0.76m radius of rigidity) : 50 [ ]
Aircraft Classification Number (ACN), MTOW on rigid runway and medium subgrade
strength (B) : 36 [ ] Can also operate from unpaved runways subgrade B
wheel pressure : 23870.0 [kg]
weight 8 Dunlop 55 x 21 main wheels (1400 [mm] by 530 [mm]) : 1809.9 [kg]
weight 2 nose wheels : 226.2 [kg]
weight hydraulic disc wheel-brakes : 169.0 [kg]
weight Duplex anti-skid units : 9.0 [kg]
weight oleo-pneumatic shock absorbers : 225.3 [kg]
weight wheel hydraulic operated retraction system : 2145.0 [kg]
weight undercarriage struts (four-wheel bogies) with axle 6033.3 [kg]
total weight landing gear : 10617.7 [kg] (4.9 [%]
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calculated empty weight : 120265 [kg](55.4 [%])
weight oil for 13.9 hours flying : 243.5 [kg]
weight lifejackets : 135.0 [kg]
weight 5 life rafts : 187.5 [kg]
weight catering : 675.0 [kg]
weight water : 928.8 [kg]
weight crew : 891 [kg]
weight crew luggage, nav. chards, flight doc., miscell. items : 74 [kg]
operational weight empty : 123400 [kg] (56.9 [%])
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weight 300 passengers : 23100 [kg]
weight luggage : 4800 [kg]
weight cargo : 17700 [kg] (cargo + luggage/m3 belly : 108 [kg/m3])
zero fuel weight (ZFW): 169000 [kg](77.9 [%])
weight fuel for landing (1.6 hours flying) : 10000 [kg]
max. landing weight (MLW): 179000 [kg](82.5 [%])
max. fuel weight : 199961 [kg] (92.1 [%])
payload with max fuel : 183 passengers + luggage 17039 [kg]
published maximum take-off weight : 217000 [kg] (100.0 [%])
Turkish Airlines A330-300 taking off from Schiphol, Aalsmeerbaan at sunset, March 2024
calculation : * 4 * (engine power)
power loading (Take-off) : 350 [kg/KN]
power loading (Take-off) 1 PUF: 700 [kg/KN]
max. total take-off power : 620.0 [KN]
calculation : *5* (loads)
manoeuvre load : 1.0 [g] at 9000 [m]
limit load : 2.5 [g] ultimate load : 3.8 [g] load factor : 1.2 [g]
design flight time : 4.50 [hours]
design cycles : 14390 sorties, design hours : 64755 [hours]
max. wing loading (MTOW & flaps retracted) : 600 [kg/m2]
wing stress (2 g) during operation : 130 [N/kg] at 2g emergency manoeuvre
calculation : *6* (angles of attack)
angle of attack zero lift : -1.67 ["]
max. angle of attack (stalling angle, clean) : 12.11 ["]
max. angle of attack (full flaps) : 16.31 ["]
angle of attack at max. speed : 2.38 ["]
calculation : *7* (lift & drag ratios
lift coefficient at angle of attack 0° : 0.15 [ ]
lift coefficient at max. speed : 0.36 [ ]
lift coefficient at max. angle of attack (clean): 1.24 [ ]
max. lift coefficient full flaps : 2.10 [ ]
drag coefficient at max. speed : 0.0494 [ ]
drag coefficient at econ. cruise speed : 0.0485 [ ]
induced drag coefficient at econ. cruise speed : 0.0093 [ ]
drag coefficient (zero lift) : 0.0391 [ ]
lift/drag ratio at econ. speed : 7.38 [ ]
calculation : *8* (speeds
take-off decision speed (V1) : 242 [km/u] (131 [kt])
take-off rotation speed (VR) : 254 [km/u] (137 [kt])
KLM A330-303 PH-AKF c/n 1580 taking of from the Aalsmeerbaan at Schiphol, March 2024. The aircraft was delivered December 2014. Engines GE CF6-80E. © bvdz
lift-off speed (VLOF) : 273 [km/u] (147 [kt]) at pitch angle : 14.7 [°]
take-off safety speed (V2) : 276 [km/u] (149 [kt])
flap retraction speed (V3) at 500m (OW loaded : 210683 [kg]): 335 [km/u] (181 [kt])
steady initial climb speed (V4) : 302 [km/u] (163 [kt])
climb speed (to FL150 with 60 [%] power) : 457 [km/hr] (247 [kt])
max. endurance speed (Vbe): 418 [km/u] min. fuel/hr : 4980 [kg/hr] at height : 4572 [m]
max. range speed (Vbr): 799 [km/u] (0.75 [mach]) min. fuel consumption : 7.19 [kg/km]
at cruise height : 10973 [m]
max. cruising speed : 880 [km/hr] (475 [kt]) at 11000 [m] (power:31 [%])
max. operational speed (Mmo) : 930 [km/hr] (Mach 0.86 ) at 9450 [m] (power:41 [%])
airflow at cruise speed per engine : 416.0 [kg/s]
speed of thrust jet : 1719 [km/hr]
initial descent speed 10000 - 7315 [m]: Mach 0.82
descent speed 7315 - 3048 [m]: 537 [km/u] (290 [kt])
approach speed 3048 - 500 [m] (clean): 463 [km/u] (250 [kt])
minimum control speed (MCS) Vmca (clean): 354 [km/u] (191 [kt])
stalling speed clean at 500 [m] height at Max.Landing Weight : 179000 [kg]): 295 [km/u]
(159 [kt])
final approach speed (landing speed) at sea-level with full flaps VREF (max. landing weight):
253 [km/u] (136 [kt])
ICAO Aircraft Approach Category (APC) : C
stalling speed at sea-level with full flaps VSO (max. landing weight): 194 [km/u] (105 [kt]
rate of climb at sea-level ROC (loaded, 60 % power) : 725 [m/min]
rate of climb at sea-level ROC (loaded, 75 % power) : 1107 [m/min]
rate of climb at 1000 [m] with 1 engine out (PUF/MTOW, 100 % power on remaining
engines) : 365 [m/min]
rate of descent from FL240 to FL100 (7315m > 3048m): 914 [m/min] (2999 [ft/min])
rate of descent during approach with landing gear extended, with use of spoilers: 457
[m/min] (8 [m/s])
calculation : *9* (regarding various performances)
ICAO Aerodrome Reference Code : 4E
Brake kinetic energy capacity : 3075 [KW]
Take-off field length at MTOW 217000 kg at sea-level: 2200m
FAR TO runway length (TOFL) requirement at TOW 217000 [kg] standard day at SL (PUF after V1): 2209 [m]
+++ FAA certification landing distance : +++
landing weight : 179000 [kg], TE flap setting : 50 [°]
runway condition : dry , landing over 50ft (15m) at threshold at sea-level
without use of thrust reversers
FAR landing field length at MLW 179000 kg at s/l : 1700 [m]
FAA approved landing field length : 1698 [m] (5572 [ft])
landing distance (C.A.R.) from 15 [m] at SL, wet runway: 1938 [m] (6357 [ft])
max. lift/drag ratio : 11.91 [ ]
climb to 5000 [m] with max payload : 6.39 [min]
climb to 10000 [m] with max payload : 19.65 [min]
descent time from 10000 [m] to 250 [m] : 24.33 [min]
ceiling limited by max. pressure differential 14475 [m]
theoretical ceiling fully loaded (mtow- 60 min.fuel: 210683 [kg] ) : 15400 [m]
calculation *10* (action radius & endurance)
range with max. payload: 6385 [km] with 45600.0 [kg] max. useful load (62.7 [%] fuel)*
range with high density pax: 7272 [km] with 423 passengers (70.9 [%] fuel)*
range with typical two-class pax: 8913 [km] with 300 passengers (85.8 [%] fuel)*
Range with max payload : 4200 nm (7778 km), with max fuel (no center tank): 5500 nm (=10186 km), ferry range 6600 nm (12223 km)
range with max.fuel : 10510 [km] with 11 crew and 183 passengers and 100.0 [%] fuel*
ferry range (calculated): 10941 [km] with 2 crew and zero payload (100.0 [%] fuel)*
max range theoretically with additional fuel tanks total 122207 [litre] fuel : 13442 [km]*
* calculated ranges without fuel reserves
Available Seat Kilometres (ASK) : 2977452 [paskm]
useful load with range 1000km : 45600 [kg]
useful load with range 1000km : 423 passengers
production (theor.max load): 40128 [tonkm/hour]
production (useful load): 40128 [tonkm/hour]
production (passengers): 327272 [paskm/hour]
oil and fuel consumption per tonkm : 0.158 [kg]
calculation *11* (operating cost)
fuel cost per hour (8047 [litre]):4828 [eur] (41 [pax-km/litre fuel])
fuel cost per seat 1000km flight (372 [pax] 2-class seating): 14.75 [eur/1000PK]
oil cost per hour: 70 [eur]
crew cost per hour : 1500 [eur]
list price 2023 : 319 [mln USD]
average flying hours in 1 year : 3000 [hours] technical life : 22 [year]
real average service life : 16 [years]
Delta airlines A330-302 N831NW c/n 1783 taking off from Schiphol RW 18L, March 2024. The aircraft was delivered April 2017. Delta airlines is the main A330 operator with 69 aircraft in its inventory. © bvdz
depreciation - 20 [years] to 10% residual value
economic hours (expected total flying hours) : 60000 [hours]
financing interest per flying hour : 2390 [EUR]
write off per flying hour : 5516 [EUR]
time between engine failure : 14901 [hr]
can continue fly on 1 engine, low risk for emergency landing for PUF
workhours per day : 9.59 [hr]
average flight hours till crash : 37.25 [mln hr] (12416 service years)
safe flight hours till fatality : 5321143 [hr] (1773.7 service years)
reservation pax liability/flying hour : 0.02 [SDR*] (0.03 [eur])
insurance cost per hour : 39 [eur] insurance rate : 0.1 [%]
engine maintenance cost per hour : 2828.2 [eur]
Lufthansa flight attendants in traditional Dirndl in honour of the Oktoberfest
wing maintenance cost per hour : 176.8 [eur]
fuselage maintenance cost per hour : 86.33 [eur]
tire life (time till worn out) : 119 [cycles]
maintenance cost per hour (excluding engines): 2213 [eur]
direct operating cost per hour: 19384 [eur], DOC per km : 22.26 [eur]
DOC per seat 1000km flight (372 [pax] 2-class seating): 59.23 [eur/1000PK]
DOC per seat 1000km flight (high density seating): 52.11 [eur/1000PK]
DOC per kg cargo for a 1000km flight : 0.48 [eur/kg] (= DOC/tonkm)
passenger service charge (depart at Schiphol): 11.34 [eur]
security service charge (depart at Schiphol): 10.08 [eur]
airport take-off fee / passenger : 3.87 [eur/pax]
airport landing fee / passenger : 3.87 [eur/pax]
retour ticket price 1000km trip : 194.48 [eur/pax]
price retour ticket Schiphol-Barcelona : 227.05 [eur/pax]
accidents with fatalities > see the accident file
Literature :
Air international April’94 page 200
Luchtvaart maart 1986 page 67
Luchtvaart oktober 1995 page 4
Luchtvaart September 1990 page 253 – 257
A330-Water_and_Waste.pdf (smartcockpit.com)
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https://www.airbus.com/en/airport-operations-and-technical-data/aircraft-characteristics
confidence rating regarding source data : medium - all information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
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Calculated performance and weight may not correspond with actual weights
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