Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) MD-11F

Type (Muster)
Long-range freighter (Frachtflugzeug)

Country (Land)
USA

Manufacturer (Hersteller)
Boeing (Douglas Products Division)
3855 Lakewood Boulevard
Long Beach, California 90846
USA

Phone: 001-496/7474
Fax: 001-496/8720

General (Allgemeine Angaben)
Crew (Besatzung): 2
Freight (Fracht): The main cabin holds up to 440 cubic meters of palletized cargo. Its lower compartments will hold an additional 158 cubic meters of container and bulk cargo. All standard industry containers can be accommodated side-by-side in the lower deck.

Power plant (Antrieb): 3 x high-bypass turbofans, either Pratt & Whitney PW4460 or PW4462 or General Electric CF6-80C2D1F
Thrust (Schub): 3 x 267 kN (60000 lbs) for PW4460, or 276 kN (62000 lbs) for PW4462 or 274 kN (61500 lbs) for CF6-80

Dimensions (Abmessungen)
Length (Länge): 61,62 m (with GE engines) or 61,24 m (with Pratt engines)
Height (Höhe): 17,60 m
Fuselage diameter (Rumpfdurchmesser): 6,02 m
Span (Spannweite): 51,97 m over winglets
Wing area (Flügelfläche): 338,9 sq m

Weights (Massen)
Operating weight empty (Einsatz-Leermasse): 113920 kg
Payload (Nutzlast): 93230 kg
Fuel (Kraftstoff): 146174 litres
Max. Zero fuel weight (Max. Masse ohne Kraftstoff): 204700 kg
Max. take-off weigth (Max. Startmasse): 273314 kg or 285990 kg as an option
Max. landing weight (Max. Landemasse): 218407 kg

Performance (Flugleistungen)
Max. level speed (Höchstgeschwindigkeit): Mach 0.87 / 945 km/h
Take-off field length (Startstrecke): 3115 m
Landing field length, sea level (Landestrecke): 2323 m
Range (Reichweite): 7800 km at max. payload

Customers (Kunden)
The MD-11F freighter has been ordered by

China Eastern: 1 (1 option)
Eva Air: 9 (5 options)
Federal Express: 22 (19 options)
ILFC: 3 (3 options)
Lufthansa Cargo: 8 (2 options)
Martinair: 5
Saudia: 4 (3 options)

Competition (Konkurrenz)
There is currently no other pure freighter of this size

Remarks (Bemerkungen)
The MD-11F was offered as a variant of the MD-11 from the beginning. This version was actually the first to fly, on January 10, 1990, at Long Beach.
Main features are a main deck barrier net, as well as galley, toilet and palletised courier-seat module behind the flight deck.

Last updated 20 July 1998

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