Airbus BelugaXL
An A330 with an oversized bubble fuselage that carries complete A350 wings between Airbus factories. It loads through a nose door above the lowered cockpit and is certified for CAT I approaches only.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 398 kt
- Range
- 2,300 nm
- Service ceiling
- 35,200 ft
Fuel
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1 · Jet A
- Usable fuel
- 73,040 kg
- Wing tanks
- 2 × 36,520 kg
Turbine fuel is shown as mass, at a typical 0.80 kg/l, the way crews plan it.
Runway
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Concrete
No published runway figures for this type yet.
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
- 4
- Minimum crew
- 2
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 227,000 kg
- Max landing weight
- 187,000 kg
- Empty weight
- 127,500 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
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
- A337
- Wake turbulence category
- H · Heavy
- In service since
- 2020
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2024
Scale drawing
- Length
- 63.12 m
- Wingspan
- 60.3 m
- Height
- 18.95 m
- Fuselage width
- 8.8 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Airbus BelugaXLLength 63.12 m
- Boeing 787-8 DreamlinerLength 56.72 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
Fly the Airbus BelugaXL in the simulator
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