Parking of A/C on the ground

Must be 80×80… A380 only just fits into that… wingspan is around 80m. Sorry!

That’s generally speaking, however most airports adapt to fit what type of operations run through there. For example at LPL stand 1 can take upto a B757, whereas 2-10 can take upto B738/A320 size aircraft as a rule of thumb, as this is the most common size running through there, hence why this summer the TOM B752 has ended up demoted all the way down to stand 11/12 with Empty stands in between the rest of the flightline (had previously used Stand 7A (across 7 and 8) or the new Tango apron (now home to Easyjet)).

Lets try parking at FL350 shall we?

Not quite that high, but I thought the Biggin hold was for parking inflight.

1L.

Or string the words together to make it bigger!

Hugh … take the J out of your name!

A delightful title. Lets try parking at FL350 shall we? I think you will find parking on the ground, under control, somewhat more relaxing.

Must be 80×80… A380 only just fits into that… wingspan is around 80m. Sorry!

In order to fit into a standard airport gate aircraft are designed to fit into a 90m x 90m square. The A380 would have a much longer wingspan if it was to achieve a higher efficiency but it has to fit into the 90×90 box to be able to be operated from current airports.

Is it not an 80×80 metre box :confused:

In order to fit into a standard airport gate aircraft are designed to fit into a 90m x 90m square. The A380 would have a much longer wingspan if it was to achieve a higher efficiency but it has to fit into the 90×90 box to be able to be operated from current airports.