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Aircraft classification groups aircraft according to their attributes in order to facilitate various aspects of modern aviation.
International
[edit]Type of Commercial Service
[edit]Regional Jets and more generally, all Regional airliners.
Size of Commercial Aircraft Cabin
[edit]United States
[edit]In the US, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) classifies aircraft according to several different methods.
Airplane Design Group (ADG)
[edit]Design Approvals
[edit]Category (Airmen certification)
[edit]Airplane, Rotorcraft, Glider, Lighter than air, Powered lift, Powered Parachute, Weight-shift-control, Rocket[5]
Category (Aircraft certification)
[edit]Transport, Normal, Utility, Acrobatic, Limited, Restricted, Provisional [5]
Class
[edit]Airplane, Rotorcraft, Glider, Balloon, landplane, seaplane [5]
Separate classes (Fixed-wing, Gyrocopter, Helicopter, Remotely Piloted Aircraft, Tilt-rotor, amphibians, seaplanes) [6]
Engines
[edit]By number (0-4) and type (Electric, Piston, Turboprop/Turboshaft, Jet, Rocket) [6]
Type Designator
[edit]Example: CL60 covers 14 Challenger-model aircraft across two brands: Bombardier and Canadair. [6]
Special designators include:
a. BALL – Balloon. b. GLID – Glider/sailplane. c. GYRO – Micro-/ultra-light gyrocopter. d. SHIP – Airship. e. UAUH – Micro-/ultra-light autonomous unmanned helicopter. f. UAUL – Micro-/ultra-light autonomous unmanned aircraft. g. UHEL – Micro-/ ultra-light helicopter. h. ULAC – Micro-/ultra-light aircraft. i. UOPH – Micro-/ultra-light optionally piloted helicopter. j. UOPL – Micro-/ultra-light optionally piloted aircraft. k. URPH – Micro-/ultra-light remotely piloted helicopter. l. URPL – Micro-/ultra-light remotely piloted aircraft. m. ZZZZ – Aircraft type not yet assigned a designator, with a description of the type in Item 18 (Other Information) of the ICAO flight plan or Remarks of a NAS flight plan.
FAA Weight Class
[edit]Small, Large, Heavy, and Super (which, as of March 2017, includes only the Airbus A380-800, and the Anotov AN-225). [6]
Wake Category
[edit]Category A (max wingspan, certified takeoff weight, and wake turbulence) through Category F (minimum) which includes powered sailplanes. [6]
Same Runway Separation
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References
[edit]- ^ Aircraft Classifications, Dr. Antonio A. Trani, http://128.173.204.63/courses/cee5614/cee5614_pub/acft_classifications.pdf
- ^ Airplane Design Group (ADG), https://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/Airplane_Design_Group_(ADG)
- ^ https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/150_5300_13_chg10.doc
- ^ https://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert/design_approvals/small_airplanes/categories/
- ^ a b c http://www.cfinotebook.net/notebook/rules-and-regulations/aircraft-categories-and-classes
- ^ a b c d e f https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/2017-03-07_FAA_Order_JO_7360.1B_Aircraft_Type_Designators.pdf