Charter DC-10-30F
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McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F payload and cargo capacity
DC-10-30F · DC10
Aircraft information
This technical reference for McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F includes available capacity, performance, dimensions, and loading data.
Key figures
- Max payload
- 69,385 kg
- Cargo volume
- 459.9 m³
- Range at max payload
- 6,100 km
Charter
Specifications
Cargo & performance
- Max payload
- 69,385 kg
- Cargo volume
- 459.9 m³
- Containerized cargo volume
- 445.3 m³
- Range at max payload
- 6,100 km
- Ferry range
- 10,600 km
- Cruise speed
- 876 km/h
Dimensions
- Overall length
- 55.5 m
- Wingspan
- 50.4 m
- Main deck length
- 27.8 m
- Main deck width
- 4.5 m
- Main deck height
- 2.5 m
Cargo doors & loading notes
Main deck side cargo door 356 × 259 cm | Lower deck forward cargo door 178 × 168 cm | Lower deck aft cargo door 178 × 168 cm
Weights
- Maximum takeoff weight (MTOW)
- 251,745 kg
- Maximum zero fuel weight (MZFW)
- 177,355 kg
- Maximum landing weight (MLW)
- 197,766 kg
- Operating empty weight (OEW)
- 107,970 kg
Aircraft
- Manufacturer
- McDonnell Douglas
- Aircraft family
- DC10
- ICAO type code
- DC10
- Aircraft category
- Wide-body freighter
- Propulsion
- Jet
- Engines
- 3 × GE CF6-50C2
- Recorded operational status
- Current / unconfirmed
Airport planning
ICAO type classification
Current Doc 8643 record for DC10.
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
- DC10
- Wake turbulence category
- H
- Wingtip clearance group
- C
- Aircraft configuration
- Land Plane · 3 × Jet
Source: ICAO · Doc 8643 — Aircraft Type Designators · Updated Sep 3, 2026
FAA airport planning characteristics
Mapped by ICAO type designator DC10. FAA source record: Boeing (Douglas) DC 10-10/30/40.
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
- IV
- Taxiway design group
- 5
- Reference approach speed
- 149 kt
- Tail height
- 17.71 m
- Wheelbase
- 22.07 m
- Main gear width
- 13.17 m
- Reference MTOW
- 263,084 kg
Source: FAA · Aircraft Characteristics Database (October 2024) · Download source dataset