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The Art of Turning Around an Airplane
- davidf18 11y agoA B777: 4:23 AM landing to 12:26 PM takeoff -- about 8 hours for turnaround which surprises me because it seems like a very long time. 1 hour 15 mins for 236,000 pounds of jet fuel to be loaded on the plane which has a maximum takeoff weight of 656,000 pounds.
- cmurf 11y agoI think this is a hub turn around, where they do more cleaning and maintenance, which doesn't happen every turn around. I know Lufthansa FRA-DEN-FRA turns that 747 around in Denver in about 2.5 hours.
- t0mas88 11y agoThat amount of fuel sounds about right. The usual for a jet that size is between 25% and 40% of take off weight. The turn around included maintenance which isn't always done. And it's quite a big plane requiring more time for boarding and restocking. If you look at for example easyjet turning around a much smaller airbus A320 for a short haul within the EU, they do it in 25 to 30 minutes.