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weight and performance calculations for the Airbus A320-200 (CFM56 engines)

Lufthansa A320-214 D-AIZD landing at Schiphol RW36R 13 June 2023, CFM56-5B4 engines © bvdz

Airbus A320-200 CFM56

role : jet airliner

importance : ****

first flight : June 1988 operational : February 1989

country : EU-consortium

ICAO aircraft type designator : A320

production : 4752 aircraft, final assembly at Toulouse-Blagnac and Mobile (US), last

A320ceo was delivered from the assembly line at Airbus Mobile in Alabama December

2021. Estimated 65% of the aircraft has CFM engines > 3088 aircraft, making it one of

the most successful medium size airliner types

general information :

The primary differences with the -100 were the -200's  wingtip fences  and increased fuel

capacity, providing increased range.

The A320 was the first airliner equipped with fly-by-wire control. The control commands are no longer transmitted with cables but by means of electronic signals that are first assessed by the computer. The pilot also no longer has a steering column but a side-stick. The fuselage is wider than that of the 737, giving passengers more comfort in a 3+3 layout. In March 1984 it was decided to develop the A320.

A prestigious order came from Panam for the A320, to the shock of Boeing, but the airliner went bankrupt before the aircraft could be delivered.

Aerospatiale in France builds the front part of the fuselage and is responsible for the final assembly. The rear fuselage with tail and interior is built by Deutsche Airbus. British Airways is building the wing. Belairbus and CASA build smaller parts.

Air Canada A320-214 with test registration F-WWDI and CFM56-5B4 engines

The A320-200 was also delivered with the V2500 engine, which entered service in May 1989 (see there)

As of December 2022, a staggering total of 16,785 A320s (including A320neo) had been  ordered  and 10,692  delivered , of which 10,029 aircraft were in service with more than 340 operators. The global A320 fleet had completed more than 158 million flights over 292 million block hours since its entry into service. 

primary users : Lufthansa, Air France (first customer 1981), Air Canada, Northwest

Airlines, All Nippon, Ansett Australia, Austrian airlines, American Airlines, China

Eastern

Accommodation:

flight crew : 2 cabin crew : 5

passengers : seating for 150 in two class : 12 business class and 138 economy class seats

( 32 -in pitch) high density seating for max 180 passengers (equal to exit limit)

engine : 2 GE-Snecma CFM56-5A1 turbofan engines of 111.0 [KN] (24953 [lbf])

Measured chord at root : 6.21 [m] at tip : 1.62 [m] measured tail-angle 11.5°

dimensions :

wingspan : 34.1 [m], length overall: 37.57 [m], length of fuselage : 37.57 [m] height :

11.76 [m] wing area gross : 122.4 [m^2] fuselage exterior width : 3.95 [m]

weights :

operating empty weight : 41310 [kg] max. structural payload : 19190 [kg]

Zero Fuel weight (ZFW) : 60500 [kg] max. landing weight (MLW) : 64500 [kg]

max. take-off weight : 73500 [kg] weight usable fuel : 19004 [kg] (24209 [litres])

performance :

Max. operating Mach number (Mmo) : 0.822 [Mach] (884 [km/hr]) at 10000 [m]

critical Mach speed : 0.78 [Mach]

max. cruising speed : 870 [km/hr] (Mach 0.81 ) at 10000 [m] (31 [%] power)

economic cruising speed : 837 [km/hr] (Mach 0.78 ) at 10000 [m]

service ceiling : 11900 [m]

range with max fuel and MTOW : 5600 [km] (ATA domestic fuel reserves - 370.0 [km] alternate)

description :

*Cantilever low-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 fuselage

*Wings : two main spar fail-safe wing structure with double slotted trailing edge flaps

with full-span slotted LE flaps (slats) ,with spoilers and airbrakes and with wingtip

fences. airfoil : Airbus average thickness/chord ratio : 10.0 [%], sweep angle 3/4 chord:

25.0 [°] incidence at root : 3.00 [°], dihedral : 5.2 [°]

*Fuselage : Pressurized aluminium-alloy stressed-skin structure of elliptical 0 section

calculation : *1* (dimensions)

wing chord at root : 6.07 [m]

measured wing chord at tip : 1.62 [m]

taper ratio : 0.267 [ ]

mean wing chord : 3.59 [m]

wing aspect ratio : 9.50 []

Oswald factor (e): 0.704 []

seize (span*length*height) : 15066 [m^3]

calculation : *2* (fuel consumption)

oil consumption : 0.7 [kg/hr]

fuel consumption (econ. cruise speed) : 2664.4 [kg/hr] (3394.1 [litre/hr]) at 20 [%] power

distance flown for 1 kg fuel : 0.31 [km/kg] at 10000 [m] height, sfc : 60.8 [kg/KN/h]

total fuel capacity : 24209 [litre] (19004 [kg])

calculation : *3* (weight)

Northwest airlines A320-212 N360NW c/n 903 with CFM56-5A3 engines at Detroit airport, October 2007

weight engine(s) dry : 4540.0 [kg] = 20.45 [kg/KN]

weight 11.0 litre oil tank : 0.94 [kg]

oil tank filled with 1.4 litre oil : 1.3 [kg]

oil in engine 2.7 litre oil : 2.4 [kg]

weight all fuel lines and pumps containing 72 litres fuel : 47.7 [kg]

weight engine cowling : 577.2 [kg]

weight thrust reversers : 333.0 [kg]

total weight propulsion system : 5503 [kg](7.5 [%])

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Accommodation cabin facilities:

typical 2-class cabin layout for 150 passengers : economy : pitch : 81.3 [cm] 32.0 [-in]

( 3+3 ) seating in 26.0 rows

business class pitch : 91.4 [cm] 36.0 [-in] at 4 -abreast

weight passenger seats (width 53.7 [cm]) : 748.0 [kg]

weight cabin crew seats : 25.0 [kg]

weight flight crew seats : 42.0 [kg]

high density seating passengers : 180 [pax] at mainly 6 -abreast seating in 31.0 rows,

pitch 73.7 [cm] 29.0 [-in]

pax density, normal seating : 0.678 [m2/pax], high density seating : 0.565 [m2/pax]

weight 3 lavatories : 79.7 [kg]

weight 2 galleys : 91.8 [kg]

Air France A320-211 F-GFKZ interior

weight overhead stowage for hand luggage (total : 8.4 [m3] = 174 55x35x25cm carry-on

trolleys) : 130.6 [kg]

weight 54 windows (47x38cm) made of acrylic glass: 229.5 [kg]

weight 4 (1.85 x 0.81 [m]) main entry doors : 163.0 [kg]

weight 2 (main door size : 1.25 x 1.82 [m]) freight doors (belly) : 134.5 [kg]*

total usable belly baggage/cargo hold volume : 37.4 [m3]

cabin volume (usable), excluding flight deck : 198 [m3]

passenger compartment volume : 139 [m3]

Air France A320-214 F-GKXT c/n 3859 approaching the gate Schiphol April 2025 © bvdz

passenger cabin max width : 3.70 [m] cabin length : 27.50 [m] max cabin height : 2.22

[m] floor area : 92.4 [m2]

weight cabin facilities : 1644.1 [kg]

safety facilities:

weight 4 type III over wing emergency exits (0.51 x 1.02 [m]): 61.5 [kg]

evacuation time with 180 passengers : 45 [sec]

weight 4 hand fire extinguisher : 11 [kg]

weight cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR): 20.0 [kg]

weight oxygen masks & oxygen generators (deploy cabin alt.>4267m): 97.5 [kg]

weight emergency flare installation : 10 [kg]

weight 4 emergency evacuation slides : 134.7 [kg]

weight safety equipment & facilities : 335 [kg]

fuselage construction:

fuselage aluminium frame : 8367 [kg]

floor loading (payload/m2): 208 [kg/m2]

weight rear pressure bulkhead : 169.6 [kg]

fuselage covering ( 353.8 [m2] duraluminium 2.65 [mm]) : 2464.8 [kg]

weight paint fuselage : 74.3 [kg]

weight aluminium floor beams : 549.4 [kg]

weight cabin furbishing : 852.9 [kg]

weight cabin floor : 1306.4 [kg]

weight (sound proof) isolation : 263.7 [kg] TO-noise level : 96.0 [EPNdB]

weight 8250 [litre] main central fuel tank empty : 165.0 [kg]

weight empty 181 [litre] potable water tanks : 16.0 [kg]

weight empty waste tank : 8.9 [kg]

weight fuselage structure : 14238.1 [kg]

China Eastern A320-214 B-6262 c/n 2627 March 2009 at Shanghai. China Eastern is a large operator of the A320 with 370 aircraft in its fleet.

Avionics:

weight VHF radio and Selcal : 9.0 [kg]

weight flight and service attendants intercom : 5.0 [kg]

weight monochromatic weather X-band (3.2cm wavelength) radar system : 25.0 [kg]

weight VOR/ILS,RMI,DME,radio altimeter, ASI, time clock : 20.0 [kg]

weight Cat IIIB auto-landing system : 10.0 [kg]

A320-214 cockpit

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 EICAS + 1 LCD display : 18 [kg]

weight reserve ADI, ASI, alti-meter, compass, engine temp. and rpm indicators : 15 [kg]

weight avionics : 138.0 [kg]

Air France A320-214 F-HEPD c/n 4295 at Schiphol airport April 2025 © bvdz

Systems:

Air-conditioning and pressurization system maintains sea level conditions up to 6400 [m]

and gives equivalent of 2440 [m] at 12200 [m]. pressure differential : 0.58 [bar] (kg/cm2)

pressurized fuselage volume : 330 [m3] cabin air refreshment time : 2.9 [min]

weight air-conditioning and pressurization system : 191 [kg]

weight APU / engine starter : 55.5 [kg]

weight lighting : 49.5 [kg]

weight 207 bar hydraulic system : 75.3 [kg]

weight engine-driven 40kVA electricity generators : 37.5 [kg]

weight ram air turbine for emergency electric power : 5.0 [kg]

weight 22Ah battery : 28.5 [kg]

weight controls (sidestick FBW): 10.7 [kg]

weight systems : 447.6 [kg]

total weight fuselage : 16803 [kg](22.9 [%])

American airlines is the largest A320 operator with 467 aircraft in its inventory. Here is Airbus A320-214 N125UW landing with spoilers and thrust reversers deployed. It has CFM56-5B4 engines

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total weight aluminium ribs (40 ribs) : 2509 [kg]

weight engine mounts : 111 [kg]

Fuel capacity : wing tanks 6925 + 880 = 7805 litre x 2 = 15610 litre + center tank 8250 litre = 23860 litre, usable fuel according Airbus airplane characteristics 24209 litre...difference in wing usable fuel capacity for CFM engines = 15959 litre and for IAE engine it is 15609 litre !

weight 4 wing fuel tanks empty for total 15959 [litre] fuel : 239 [kg]

weight 97 [litre] vent surge tanks : 12 [kg]

weight wing covering (painted aluminium 5.92 [mm]) : 3910 [kg]

total weight aluminium spars (multi-cellular wing structure) : 2904 [kg]

weight wings : 9324 [kg]

weight wing/square meter : 76.17 [kg]

weight bleed air thermal leading-edge anti-icing : 37.5 [kg]

weight ailerons (2.7 [m2]) : 83.7 [kg]

weight fin (16.3 [m2]) : 622.0 [kg]

weight rudder (5.2 [m2]) : 190.2 [kg]

weight tailplane (horizontal stabilizer) (24.8 [m2]): 1042.5 [kg]

weight elevators (6.2 [m2]): 126.9 [kg]

weight paint wing & tail surfaces : 68.7 [kg]

weight flight control hydraulic servo actuators: 25.1 [kg]

Easyjet A320-214 OE-IZG approaching Schiphol June 2023 © bvdz The A320-214 has CFM56-5B4 engines. Note the winglets ! Easyjet is a large operator of the A320 with 331 aircraft.

weight trailing-edge double slotted flaps (21.1 [m2]) : 689.1 [kg]

weight leading edge slats (12.6 [m2]) : 267.9 [kg]

Lufthansa A320-214(WL) D-AIUD c/n 6033 landing at Schiphol, Aalsmeerbaan April 2025, the aircraft was delivered March 2014 to Lufthansa © bvdz

weight aluminium honeycomb spoilers (8.6 [m2]) : 153.8 [kg]

weight airbrakes (2.4 [m2]) : 50.2 [kg]

weight wingtip fences : 50 [kg]

total weight wing construction : 13243 [kg] (32.1 [%])

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tire pressure main wheels : 11.80 [Bar] (nitrogen), ply rating : 23 PR

tire speed limit : 364 [km/hr]

total tyre footprint : 0.33 [m2]

Runway LCN at MTOW (0.76m radius of rigidity) : 59 [ ]

Aircraft Classification Number (ACN), MTOW on rigid runway and medium subgrade

strength (B) : 39 [ ] Can also operate from unpaved runways subgrade B

wheel pressure : 16170.0 [kg]

wheel track : 7.59 [m] wheelbase : 12.64 [m]

weight 4 Dunlop 45.0 x 16.4 main wheels (1143 [mm] by 416 [mm]) : 532.5 [kg]

weight 2 nose wheels : 133.1 [kg]

weight multi-disc wheel-brakes : 71.2 [kg]

weight Hydro-air flywheel detector type anti-skid units : 5.4 [kg]

weight oleo-pneumatic shock absorbers : 80.7 [kg]

weight wheel hydraulic operated retraction system : 927.9 [kg]

weight undercarriage struts with axle 2842.1 [kg]

total weight landing gear : 4592.9 [kg] (6.2 [%]

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calculated empty weight : 40141 [kg](54.6 [%])

weight oil for 7.7 hours flying : 5.7 [kg]

unusable fuel in engine and tanks 96.8 litre fuel : 76.0 [kg]

weight lifejackets : 67.5 [kg]

weight 3 life rafts : 93.8 [kg]

weight catering : 116.1 [kg]

weight water : 160.2 [kg]

weight crew : 567 [kg]

weight crew luggage, navigation chards, flight docs (NOTOC), manuals, miscellaneous

items : 82 [kg]

operational weight empty : 41310 [kg] (56.2 [%])

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weight 150 passengers : 11550 [kg]

weight luggage : 2400 [kg]

weight cargo : 5240 [kg] (cargo + luggage/m3 belly : 167 [kg/m3])

zero fuel weight (ZFW): 60500 [kg](82.3 [%])

weight fuel for landing (1.5 hours flying) : 4000 [kg]

max. landing weight (MLW): 64500 [kg](87.8 [%])

max. fuel weight : 60314 [kg] (82.1 [%])

payload with max fuel : 142 passengers + luggage 13186 [kg]

published maximum take-off weight : 73500 [kg] (100.0 [%])

All Nippon A320-211 JA203A c/n 2061 at Osaka, March 2005. In the background a wall is being built to block high waves from the sea, but this was not enough as Osaka Kansai (KIX) airport was flooded in 2018 by typhoon Jebi closing the airport for 10 days.

calculation : * 4 * (engine power)

power loading (Take-off) : 331 [kg/KN]

power loading (Take-off) 1 PUF: 662 [kg/KN]

max. total take-off power : 222.0 [KN]

calculation : *5* (loads)

manoeuvre load : 0.9 [g] at 9000 [m]

limit load : 2.5 [g] ultimate load : 3.8 [g] load factor : 1.8 [g]

design flight time : 1.53 [hours]

design cycles : 35000 sorties, design hours : 53550 [hours]

max. wing loading (MTOW & flaps retracted) : 600 [kg/m2]

wing stress (2 g) during operation : 145 [N/kg] at 2g emergency manoeuvre

calculation : *6* (angles of attack)

angle of attack zero lift : -1.69 ["]

max. angle of attack (stalling angle, clean) : 12.14 ["]

max. angle of attack (full flaps) : 19.88 ["]

angle of attack at economic cruise speed : 3.48 ["]

calculation : *7* (lift & drag ratios

lift coefficient at angle of attack 0° : 0.15 [ ]

lift coefficient at max. speed : 0.44 [ ]

lift coefficient at max. angle of attack (clean): 1.23 [ ]

max. lift coefficient 50 [° ] flap setting : 2.31 [ ]

drag coefficient at max. speed : 0.0348 [ ]

drag coefficient at econ. cruise speed : 0.0321 [ ]

induced drag coefficient at econ. cruise speed : 0.0101 [ ]

drag coefficient (zero lift) : 0.0220 [ ]

lift/drag ratio at econ. speed : 12.76 [ ]

calculation : *8* (speeds

minimum control speed (Vmc) equal to V1

minimum unstick speed (Vmu) at TO angle 14.5 ° : 267 [km/u] (144 [kt])

take-off decision speed (V1) : 262 [km/u] (141 [kt])

take-off rotation speed (VR) : 275 [km/u] (148 [kt])

lift-off speed (VLOF) : 304 [km/u] (164 [kt]) at pitch angle : 10.9 [°]

Iberia Express A320-216(WL) EC-LYE c/n 5729 taking off from Schiphol, Aalsmeerbaan March 2025 © bvdz. The winglets were later fitted, it has CFM5-5B6 engines.

Vueling Airbus A320-214 EC-MYB c/n 2902 taking of at Schiphol, Aalsmeerbaan April 2025 © bvdz

take-off safety speed (V2) : 307 [km/u] (166 [kt])

flap retraction speed (V3) at 500m (OW loaded : 70836 [kg]): 336 [km/u] (182 [kt])

steady initial climb speed (V4) : 332 [km/u] (180 [kt])

climb speed (to FL150 with 66 [%] power) : 637 [km/hr] (344 [kt])

max. endurance speed (Vbe): 586 [km/u] min. fuel/hr : 2473 [kg/hr] at height : 7315 [m]

max. range speed (Vbr): 820 [km/u] (0.78 [mach]) min. fuel consumption : 3.05 [kg/km] at

cruise height : 11582 [m]

max. cruising speed : 870 [km/hr] (470 [kt]) at 10000 [m] (power:22 [%])

max. operational speed (Mmo) : 884 [km/hr] (Mach 0.82 ) at 10000 [m] (power:23 [%])

airflow at cruise speed per engine : 234.4 [kg/s]

speed of thrust jet : 1242 [km/hr]

initial descent speed 10000 - 7315 [m]: Mach 0.75

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): 366 [km/u] (198 [kt])

stalling speed clean at 500 [m] height at Max.Landing Weight : 64500 [kg]): 305 [km/u]

(165 [kt])

Lufthansa A320-214(WL) D-AIWJ landing at Schiphol, Aalsmeerbaan, February 2025 © bvdz Probably it was later retrofitted with winglets.

final approach speed (landing speed) at sea-level with 50 [°] flaps VREF (max. landing

weight): 250 [km/u] (135 [kt])

ICAO Aircraft Approach Category (APC) : C

stalling speed at sea-level with full flaps VSO (max. landing weight): 192 [km/u] (104 [kt]

rate of climb (max. continuous power) at sea-level ROC (loaded, 66 % power) : 1332

[m/min]

rate of climb at sea-level ROC (loaded, 75 % power) : 1666 [m/min]

rate of climb at 1000 [m] with 1 engine out (PUF/MTOW, 66 % power on remaining

engines) : 236 [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])

Lufthansa Airbus A320-211 D-AIPA c/n 069 “Buxtehude” in flight, it was Lufthansa’s first A320.

Lufthansa retired D-AIPA in 2019 after 30 years of service

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calculation : *9* (regarding various performances)

Brake kinetic energy capacity : 1876 [KW]

Take-off runway length at MTOW (73500 kg/162000 lb) standard day, dry runway, sea level : 6000 ft > 1825m. Calculations could not get take-off run lower than 1938m (6350 ft).

According to Jane’s all the world aircraft 1991-92 T-O distance at S/L, ISA +15°C : 2340m, Airbus T-O graph gives T-O distance ISA + 15° : 6300 ft > 1920 m, so additional T-O distance for +15°C is around 100m, making Jane’s T-O distance for a standard day around 2240m...much higher as the Airbus figures. Wikipedia gives T-O distance at S/L, MTOW, ISA : 2100m and eurocontrol 2190m..average : 2085m..

FAR TO runway length (TOFL) requirement at TOW 73500 [kg] standard day at SL

(PUF after V1): 2062 [m]

Take-off flap setting : 10 [° ]

+++ FAA certification landing distance : +++

landing weight : 64500 [kg], TE flap setting : 50 [°]

runway condition : dry , landing over 50ft (15m) at threshold at sea-level

with use of thrust reversers, glideslope : 3.5 [°]

Landing field length (= actual distance/0.6) at MLW 64500 kg (142195 lb) , at sea-level, standard day, dry runway : 4800 ft > 1465m. With max flaps 50°, glideslope 3.5° and high descent rate lowest calculation is 1467m.

FAA approved landing field length at SL, dry runway : 1467 [m] (4813 [ft])

FAA approved landing field length at SL, wet runway: 1677 [m] (5502 [ft])

max. lift/drag ratio : 15.44 [ ]

climb to 5000 [m] with max payload : 3.47 [min]

climb to 10000 [m] with max payload : 10.69 [min]

descent time from 10000 [m] to 250 [m] : 24.33 [min]

max. ceiling fully loaded (mtow- 60 min.fuel): 70836 [kg] ) : 14900 [m]

ceiling limited by max. pressure differential 14125 [m]

max. theoretical ceiling (OWE + 60 min.fuel) : 17500 [m] with flying weight :43974 [kg]

calculation *10* (action radius & endurance)

range with max. payload: 3964 [km] with 19190.0 [kg] max. useful load (68.4 [%] fuel)*

range with high density pax: 4769 [km] with 180 passengers (81.3 [%] fuel)*

range with typical two-class pax: 5709 [km] with 150 passengers (96.0 [%] fuel)*

Range with max. payload : 1750nm > 3240 km

Range with max fuel (MTOW 73500 kg) : 3150 nm > 5830 km

Ferry range : 3750 nm > 6945 km

range with max.fuel and MTOW : 5970 [km] with 7 crew and 142 passengers and 0

[kg] cargo*

ferry range (calculated): 6793 [km] with 2 crew and zero payload (100.0 [%] fuel)*

max range theoretically with additional fuel tanks total 41874 [litre] fuel : 11036 [km]*

* calculated ranges without fuel reserves

Available Seat Kilometres (ASK) : 855900 [paskm]

useful load with range 1000km : 19190 [kg]

useful load with range 1000km : 180 passengers

production (theor.max load): 16695 [tonkm/hour]

production (useful load): 16695 [tonkm/hour]

production (passengers): 130157 [paskm/hour]

oil and fuel consumption per tonkm : 0.160 [kg]

calculation *11* (operating cost)

fuel cost per hour at econ.speed (3394 [litre]):2036 [eur] (37 [pax-km/litre fuel])

fuel cost per seat 1000km flight (150 [pax] 2-class seating): 16.26 [eur/1000PK]

oil cost per hour: 3 [eur]

crew cost per hour : 900 [eur]

list price 2024 : 99 [mln USD]

average flying hours in 1 year : 2700 [hours] technical life : 20 [year]

real average service life : 20 [years]

depreciation : 20 [years] to 10% residual value

financing interest per flying hour : 826 [EUR]

write off per flying hour : 1525 [EUR]

China Southern A320-214 B-6702. China Southern has 312 A320’s in its fleet.

mean time between engine failure (MTBF) : 18801 [hr]

insufficient engine reliability for ETOPS flights

can continue fly on 1 engine, low risk for emergency landing for PUF

workhours per day : 11.02 [hr]

average flight hours till crash : 23.83 [mln hr] (8826 service years)

safe flight hours till fatality : 248964 [hr] (92.2 service years)

reservation pax liability/flying hour : 0.52 [SDR*] (0.65 [eur])

insurance cost per hour : 19 [eur] insurance rate : 0.1 [%]

engine maintenance cost per hour : 604.7 [eur]

wing maintenance cost per hour : 176.0 [eur]

fuselage maintenance cost per hour : 302.27 [eur]

tire life (time till worn out) : 83 [cycles]

maintenance cost per hour (excluding engines): 1016 [eur]

direct operating cost per hour: 6931 [eur], DOC per km : 8.28 [eur]

DOC per seat 1000km flight (150 [pax] 2-class seating): 53.25 [eur/1000PK]

DOC per seat 1000km flight (high density seating): 44.26 [eur/1000PK]

DOC per kg cargo for a 1000km flight : 0.42 [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 : 3.28 [eur/pax]

airport landing fee / passenger : 3.28 [eur/pax]

retour ticket price 1000km trip : 178.69 [eur/pax]

price retour ticket Schiphol-Barcelona : 207.98 [eur/pax]

accidents with fatalities > see the accident file

notes : shortest aircraft of all classic narrowbody jetliners with 37.57 [m] (is equal for all A320’s including the neo. Longest landing distance of its category with 1523 [m]

Literature :

Airbus A320 family - Wikipedia

https://contentzone.eurocontrol.int/aircraftperformance/default.aspx?

https://www.airbus.com/en/airport-operations-and-technical-data/aircraft-characteristics

Air International feb’98 page 124

Luchtvaart mei’87 page 140

Luchtvaart sep’90 page 257

Jane’s all the world aircraft 1991-92 page 111,112

Jane’s all the world aircraft 2000-2001 page 195

confidence rating regarding source data : medium - all information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

On 1 February 2025 I flew with Lufthansa and Air Dolomiti from Schiphol (AMS) via Frankfurt (FRA) to Innsbruck (INN). The first leg AMS – FRA was operated by Lufthansa A320-214 D-AIZD. In the picture you see the slats deployed while we taxi out at Schiphol at 15:14 with a delay of 30 minutes.

Take off at 15:23 took 30 seconds to get airborne, here the aircraft is climbing with the Westeinderplassen in the back ground. View from my 9A seat.

Eltville along the rhine, with Wiesbaden in the back ground. Cruise height was around 5000m. At 15.44 descent is started which is a little bumpy due to clear air turbulence (CAT).

Mainz am Rhine. Shortly after 16:00 we land at FRA

DISCLAIMER Above calculations are based on published data, they must be

regarded as indication not as facts.

Calculated performance and weight may not correspond with actual weights

and performances and are assumptions for which no responsibility can be taken.

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