id: 1.3-aircraft-categories title: 1.3 Aircraft Categories meta: An overview of aircraft categories within the Scenery Editor of Infinite Flight. order: 3 #

1.3 Aircraft Categories #

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: Aircraft categories will be relevant in the process of editing taxiways (see 6.1 below) and start locations (see 7.1 below)

1.3.1 #

The following table outlines the different aircraft categories and how they are defined:

Aircraft Category Wing Span (meters) Outer Main Gear Wheel Span (meters)
A < 15 < 4.5
B 15 but < 24 4.5 but < 6
C 24 but < 36 6 but < 9
D 36 but < 52 9 but < 14
E 52 but < 65 9 but < 14
F 65 but < 80 14 but < 16

1.3.2 #

The following table outlines what aircraft within Infinite Flight fall into each aircraft category:

Aircraft Category Current Aircraft in Infinite Flight
A C172, SR22, F-14, F-16, F/A-18, F-22, Spitfire, TBM-930, XCub
B A-10, C208, Citation X, CRJ, P-38
C A220, A318/319/320/321, B717, B737, Dash-8 Q400, E170/175/190/195
D B757, B767, C-17, C-130, MD-11, DC-10
E A330, A340, A350, B747-200/400, B777, B787
F A380, B747-8