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Boeing 737-800SF payload and cargo capacity
SF · B738
Aircraft information
This technical reference for Boeing 737-800SF includes available capacity, performance, dimensions, and loading data.
Key figures
- Max payload
- 23,905 kg
- Cargo volume
- 185.3 m³
- Range at max payload
- 3,700 km
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Specifications
Cargo & performance
- Max payload
- 23,905 kg
- Cargo volume
- 185.3 m³
- Containerized cargo volume
- 141.9 m³
- Range at max payload
- 3,700 km
- Ferry range
- 7,960 km
- Cruise speed
- 842 km/h
Dimensions
- Overall length
- 39.5 m
- Wingspan
- 35.8 m
- Main deck length
- 19.8 m
- Main deck width
- 3.3 m
- Main deck height
- 2.1 m
Cargo doors & loading notes
Main deck cargo door (LH): 356 × 218 cm
Weights
- Maximum takeoff weight (MTOW)
- 79,010 kg
- Maximum zero fuel weight (MZFW)
- 62,730 kg
- Maximum landing weight (MLW)
- 66,360 kg
- Operating empty weight (OEW)
- 38,745 kg
Aircraft
- Manufacturer
- Boeing
- Aircraft family
- 737
- ICAO type code
- B738
- Aircraft category
- Narrow-body freighter
- Propulsion
- Jet
- Engines
- 2 × CFM International CFM56-7B
- Recorded operational status
- Active
Airport planning
ICAO type classification
Current Doc 8643 record for B738.
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
- B738
- Wake turbulence category
- M
- Wingtip clearance group
- D
- 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 B738. FAA source record: Boeing 737-800.
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
- D
- Airplane design group
- III
- Taxiway design group
- 3
- Reference approach speed
- 144 kt
- Tail height
- 12.62 m
- Wheelbase
- 15.61 m
- Main gear width
- 7.01 m
- Reference MTOW
- 79,016 kg
Source: FAA · Aircraft Characteristics Database (October 2024) · Download source dataset