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Airbus BelugaXL payload and cargo capacity
BelugaXL · A337
Aircraft information
This technical reference for Airbus BelugaXL includes available capacity, performance, dimensions, and loading data.
Key figures
- Max payload
- 50,500 kg
- Cargo volume
- 2,209 m³
- Range at max payload
- 5,402 km
Charter
Specifications
Cargo & performance
- Max payload
- 50,500 kg
- Cargo volume
- 2,209 m³
- Range at max payload
- 5,402 km
- Ferry range
- 8,500 km
- Cruise speed
- 737 km/h
Dimensions
- Overall length
- 63.1 m
- Wingspan
- 60.3 m
- Main deck length
- 46.8 m
- Main deck width
- 8.1 m
- Main deck height
- 7.5 m
Cargo doors & loading notes
Main deck side cargo door (dimensions not confirmed)
Weights
- Maximum takeoff weight (MTOW)
- 227,000 kg
- Maximum zero fuel weight (MZFW)
- 178,000 kg
- Maximum landing weight (MLW)
- 187,000 kg
- Operating empty weight (OEW)
- 127,500 kg
Aircraft
- Manufacturer
- Airbus
- Aircraft family
- Beluga
- ICAO type code
- A337
- Aircraft category
- Very large freighter
- Propulsion
- Jet
- Engines
- 2 × Trent 700
- Recorded operational status
- Active
Airport planning
ICAO type classification
Current Doc 8643 record for A337.
Official ICAO type-level classification mapped by the current Doc 8643 designator. Multiple aircraft variants may share one designator; this is not variant-specific operational approval.
- ICAO type designator
- A337
- Wake turbulence category
- H
- Wingtip clearance group
- B
- Aircraft configuration
- Land Plane · 2 × Jet
Source: ICAO · Doc 8643 — Aircraft Type Designators · Updated Sep 3, 2026
FAA airport planning characteristics
Mapped by ICAO type designator A337. FAA source record: Airbus A330-700 - Beluga XL.
FAA aircraft-type data mapped by ICAO designator. It is intended for airport planning and design; it is not variant-specific operational approval or a complete compatibility assessment.
- FAA approach category
- C
- Airplane design group
- V
- Taxiway design group
- 5
- Reference approach speed
- 137 kt
- Tail height
- 18.9 m
- Wheelbase
- 25.39 m
- Main gear width
- 12.62 m
- Reference MTOW
- 227,000 kg
Source: FAA · Aircraft Characteristics Database (October 2024) · Download source dataset
Published pavement requirements
Aircraft ratings at a reference mass of 227,900 kg. These are airport-planning values, not a complete operational compatibility assessment.
Official Airbus ACN and ACR values apply to A330-700L WV000 at 227,900 kg. The stored values are the conservative maxima across the published center-of-gravity positions. Takeoff and landing performance have not been assessed.
| System | Pavement | A | B | C | D | Tire pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACN | Flexible | 54 | 58 | 67 | 90 | X |
| ACN | Rigid | 49 | 57 | 68 | 79 | X |
| ACR | Flexible | 530 | 550 | 600 | 720 | X |
| ACR | Rigid | 570 | 650 | 730 | 820 | X |
Source: Airbus · A330-700L Aircraft Characteristics — Airport and Maintenance Planning · Revision 2025-12-01 · Dec 1, 2025
Table references: ACN — 7-9-0, page 2 · ACR — 7-10-0, page 2