Aircraft Class question

DavCo

DavCo

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I had a friend ask me about aircraft classes... And not your typical Airplane, Rotorcraft so on and so forth. It seems he may be looking at it from an runway planners perspective. He is doing a paper on the A380 and whether or not it can land at certain airports. He says its classed as a class 6... I don't know what that means. Anyone shed some light on this?

Thanks
 
DavCo said:
I had a friend ask me about aircraft classes... And not your typical Airplane, Rotorcraft so on and so forth. It seems he may be looking at it from an runway planners perspective. He is doing a paper on the A380 and whether or not it can land at certain airports. He says its classed as a class 6... I don't know what that means. Anyone shed some light on this?

Thanks
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I'm not positive, but I believe that has to do with the size of aircraft an airport is certified to accept. I've read a document in the past, but can't remember what it was called, or where to look it up. Sorry.
 
PeterPilot said:
The most common use of “Class 6” is as it pertains to hazardous material.

AC 150/5210-22 Airport Certification Manual discusses the different
classes of airports, however, there is no “Class 6” airport.

http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_G...0cf5be086256e9a00685567/$FILE/150-5210-22.pdf
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Yeah, you are right about the HAZMAT and Airport classes... but I think the Aircraft is class 6... It might have to do with the weight or the wingspan... the search continues.
 
I know I've seen it before, I just can't remember where. Although for some reason, I seem to remember the terminology being "category", but then again, the last I saw was referencing a taxiway capability...
 
Try looking in the Airport Design Circular AC150/5300-13. Change 14 is the latest revision. Airplanes are classifed into airplane design groups like (I-A or III-D) by wingspan and approach speed to determine the required offsets between runways, runways and taxiways, hold short lines, runway protection zones, obstacle free zones, etc...

It's in the advisory circulars sections of the faa website.

http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/resources/advisory_circulars/
Type in airport design for keywords. then search
 
woodreau said:
Try looking in the Airport Design Circular AC150/5300-13. Change 14 is the latest revision. Airplanes are classifed into airplane design groups like (I-A or III-D) by wingspan and approach speed to determine the required offsets between runways, runways and taxiways, hold short lines, runway protection zones, obstacle free zones, etc...

It's in the advisory circulars sections of the faa website.

http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/resources/advisory_circulars/
Type in airport design for keywords. then search
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Nice work airman! I appreciate it...
 
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