Airbus A320neo
The re-engined A320: new fuel-saving engines and sharklets on the best-selling airliner family. Sidestick, fly-by-wire and flight-envelope protection.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 450 kt
- Max operating speed (VMO)
- 350 kt
- Max operating Mach (MMO)
- M 0.82
- Range
- 3,400 nm
- Service ceiling
- 39,800 ft
Fuel
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1 · Jet A
- Usable fuel
- 18,990 kg
- Total capacity
- 19,050 kg
- Wing tanks
- 2 × 6,200 kg
- Centre tank
- 6,600 kg
Turbine fuel is shown as mass, at a typical 0.80 kg/l, the way crews plan it.
Runway
- Minimum runway
- 1,950 m
- Take-off distance over 15 m (50 ft)
- 1,950 m
- Landing distance from 15 m (50 ft)
- 1,500 m
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Concrete
The longer of take-off and landing distance. At 79,000 kg, ISA, sea level, dry paved runway, no wind.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Glass cockpit
- Avionics
- Airbus EFIS/ECAM
- Systems
- Fly-by-wire · Sidestick · Autopilot · Autothrottle · FADEC engine control · Pressurised cabin · Retractable gear · TCAS collision avoidance · Terrain warning (TAWS) · Weather radar
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 194
- Minimum crew
- 2
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 79,000 kg
- Max landing weight
- 67,400 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- MPL(A) · CPL(A) · ATPL(A)
- Type rating required
- A320
- Extra training or endorsements
- Multi-crew cooperation (MCC)
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- Certified for IFR
- Approvals
- Night VFR · Known icing (FIKI) · RVSM · CAT II approaches · CAT III autoland
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Airbus
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 2× Jet
- ICAO type designator
- A20N
- Wake turbulence category
- M · Medium
- In service since
- 2016
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2020 · 2024
Scale drawing
- Length
- 37.57 m
- Wingspan
- 35.8 m
- Height
- 11.76 m
- Fuselage width
- 3.95 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Airbus A320neoLength 37.57 m
- Boeing 737-800Length 39.47 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- V1Decision speedLast moment to abort the take-off; past it you continue, even with an engine failure.
- 120–155 kt
- VRRotationSpeed at which you lift the nose wheel on take-off.
- 125–158 kt
- V2Take-off safety speedMinimum speed to climb at with one engine failed, reached by 35 ft above the runway.
- 130–162 kt
- VREFReference landing speedTarget speed over the threshold, typical value at maximum landing weight.
- 118–140 kt
- VFEMax flaps extendedHighest speed with flaps down. Top of the white arc.
- 177–230 kt
- VLEMax gear extendedHighest speed with the landing gear down.
- 280 kt
- VMOMax operating speedSpeed limit of a turbine aircraft in knots; higher up, the Mach limit (MMO) applies instead.
- 350 kt
- MMOMax operating Mach (MMO)
- M 0.82
A range runs from light to maximum weight, or across the flap settings for VFE. The exact speed depends on weight, flaps and conditions.
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
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