Airbus A330-200
The shortened, longer-range A330 with a taller fin and the centre fuel tank as standard. Fly-by-wire with sidesticks and a cockpit close to the A320, so A320 pilots convert with a short cross-crew course.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 470 kt
- Max operating speed (VMO)
- 330 kt
- Max operating Mach (MMO)
- M 0.86
- Range
- 7,250 nm
- Service ceiling
- 41,450 ft
Fuel
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1 · Jet A
- Usable fuel
- 111,270 kg
- Total capacity
- 111,620 kg
- Wing tanks
- 2 × 36,520 kg
- Centre tank
- 33,250 kg
- Trim tank
- 4,980 kg
Turbine fuel is shown as mass, at a typical 0.80 kg/l, the way crews plan it.
Runway
- Minimum runway
- 2,870 m
- Take-off distance over 15 m (50 ft)
- 2,870 m
- Landing distance from 15 m (50 ft)
- 1,730 m
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Concrete
The longer of take-off and landing distance. At 242,000 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
- 406
- Minimum crew
- 2
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 242,000 kg
- Max landing weight
- 182,000 kg
- Empty weight
- 120,600 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- MPL(A) · CPL(A) · ATPL(A)
- Type rating required
- A330
- 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 · ETOPS
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
- A332
- Wake turbulence category
- H · Heavy
- In service since
- 1998
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2024
Scale drawing
- Length
- 58.82 m
- Wingspan
- 60.3 m
- Height
- 17.39 m
- Fuselage width
- 5.64 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Airbus A330-200Length 58.82 m
- Airbus A330-300Length 63.66 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- VMOMax operating speedSpeed limit of a turbine aircraft in knots; higher up, the Mach limit (MMO) applies instead.
- 330 kt
- MMOMax operating Mach (MMO)
- M 0.86
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
Fly the Airbus A330-200 in the simulator
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