Can airplanes carry shipping containers?
Can airplanes carry shipping containers? Air freight containers can be placed on either the main deck or the lower deck of a plane. Main-deck containers are taller and longer than lower-deck containers. Lower-deck containers have less allotted space, especially in the bellies of passenger planes.
How many 40ft containers fit on a cargo plane?
For example, a standard 40-foot container has a width of only 8 feet. As such, an aircraft may carry as many as 18 transversely oriented containers and have a length of about 200 feet, which is less than the length of many large passenger aircraft, such as Airbus A380, Airbus A340, Boeing 747, or Boeing 777.