Aircraft Data for: Airbus A300 600 | Updated: Nov. 22nd 2008 |
| Summary: | The A300 is a twin engined short/medium range wide-body airliner.It was the first airliner designed and built by Airbus,developed through a range of improved versions, Many have been converted to freighters. Production ceased in 2007. The A300-600 was the ultimate version, it had the tail-end of the A310, which increased capacity. The -600 was the first airliner to gain 180 minute ETOPS approval for over-water operations. All late deliveries were freighters. | | |
Country of origin: France
First flight: 1983
No. built: 313
No. in service: 310 (approx.)
Crew: 2
Passengers: 266
- 336
| | | | Power: | 2 x General Electric CF6 (41500 - 69800 lbf), Pratt & Whitney JT9D (45800 - 56000 lbf) or Pratt & Whitney PW4000 (52000 - 99040 lbf) turbofan engines |
| | Typical engine fit would be the CF6-80C2A1 at 59000lb thrust, or the PW4158 at 58000lb. |
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| Dimensions: |
| Length: | | 177 ft. 5 in.
| | Wing Span: | | 147 ft. 1 in.
| | Height: | | 54 ft. 1 in.
| | Empty Weight: | | 200,700 lbs.
| | Max. Weight: | | 375,855 lbs.
(Weights for -600R with CF6 engines)
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| | | Performance: |
| Max. speed: | | 484
kts | | Cruise speed: | | 472
kts | | Ceiling: | | 35,000 ft.
| | Normal range: | | 2,650
nm | | Max. range: | | 4,090
nm (Range at Max take-off weight version of -600R)
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Location Data for: London Heathrow Airport (LHR / EGLL) | Updated: Jan. 23rd 2009 |
| Summary: | Heathrow is the largest and busiest airport in the United Kingdom and is the primary hub of British Airways, bmi and Virgin Atlantic. It is the world's third busiest airport for passenger traffic and handles more international passengers than any other | | |
Class: Civil
Operator: BAA
Opened: 1946
| | | | Statistics: |
Commercial movements: 481,476 (2007)
Passengers: 66.91 million (2008)
Cargo: 1.45 million tons (2007)
| | | | Location: |
London,
Middlesex,
United Kingdom Elevation: 83 ft. | | |
| Runways: |
| Direction | | Length | | Surface | | Notes |
| 27L/09R | |
12001 ft. |
| Asphalt | |
| 27R/09L | |
12802 ft. |
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