How much fuel does a standard passenger aircraft hold?

Question

We have to settle a fight between my husband and his friend. If you have a website that gives the specifics that would be cool so we can print off proof.

Answer 1

now that all depends on the type(boeing, mcdonnell douglas,

or airbus)model(747,777,dc-9,dc-10,md-11,73... and

is it an extended range or a standard. you can find out some of the info at the boeing website. just look up boeing and you can find out this info.an example is the mcdonnell douglas dc-8-72 has a range of 13,000 mile with the cfm-50c2 turbofans

and the 747-400 roughly the same with pw4000 series engines. hope this helps. good luck

Answer 2

To turn Ron's answer into gallons, divide the fuel load by 6.7, this is how much fuel weighs.

Answer 3

How's this...

Here are a few, fuel weight is based on 6.7 lbs per gallon:

747-200B, 361,700 lbs.

DC-10-10, 178,534 lbs.

DC-10-30, 254,700 lbs.

A300B4-200,108,020 lbs.

A300B4-600, 118,390 lbs.

A310-202, 94,800 lbs.

757-200, 78,658 lbs.

767-200, 104,252 lbs.

767-300, 127,300 lbs.

707-320B, 159,898 lbs.

727-200, 70.920 lbs.

737-200, 34,572 lbs.

737-300, 35,912 lbs.

DC-8-55, 156,733 lbs.

DC-8-73, 162,643 lbs.

L-1011-1, 159,560 lbs.

L-1011-200, 178,360 lbs.

L-1011-500, 213,640 lbs.

DC-9-10, 24,273 lbs.

DC-9-50, 28,596 lbs.

DC9-80, 38,725 lbs.

Answer 4

If I remember correctly, an aircraft such as a 747-400 can have up to 170 tonnes of fuel.

Try looking at boeing's data on their website.