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BOEING 747-8 Freighter


USA

Aircraft variants
NONE

Noise levels (EPNdb) General Electric GEnx2B67 engines

Take off ICAO B (with cutback)


Sideline N/A
Approach N/A

General dimensions
Wingspan 68.5 m (224’ 7”)
Length 76.4 m (250’ 8”)
Height 19.5 m (64’ 2”)

Freight deck/cabin dimensions


Length 48.6 m (159’ 4”)
Width 6.1 m (20’ 1”)
Width at floor 4.98 m (16’ 4”)
Height 3 m ( 10’)
Volume 604.5 m3 (30,177 ft3)

Freight door dimensions


Main 3.41 m x 3.05 m (11’ 6” x 10’)
Forward 2.64 m x 1.68 m (8’ 8” x 5’ 6”)
Aft 2.64 m x 1.68 m (8’ 8” x 5’ 6”)
Bulk A 1.12 m x 1.19 m (3’ 8” x 3’ 11”)
Nose 2.64 m x 2.49 m (8’ 8” x 8’ 2”)

Weights
EOW N/A
MZF 321 600 kg (709 000 lb)
MTOW 439 985 kg (970 000 lb)
MLW 339 740 kg (749 000 lb)

Operating data
Typical cruise speed 0.845 Mach @ 35 000’
Fuel capacity 215 105 litres (39 876 gal) 56 825 US gal
Fuel burn N/A
Runway required T/O N/A
Runway required Ldg N/A
Range 8 275 km (4 475 nm)

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Long range freighter


4 turbofans • First flight proposed 2008

Payload
BOEING 747-8
134 000 kg (295 200 lb)
Total payload volume of 854.3 m3 (30 177 ft3)
34 standard 96” x 125” pallets – 27 are 10ft (3.1m) high units on the main freight deck
The lower deck holds have a combined volume of 165.7 m3 (5 850 ft3) and can carry 12 standard
96” x 125” pallets and 2 LD-1 containers, and bulk storage of 14.7 m3 (520 ft3)
Additional information
I Typical city pairs serviced by the aircraft would be: London - Singapore, New York - Hong
Kong, Los Angeles - Mumbai

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