What is included in aircraft payload?
What is included in aircraft payload? What is the payload of an aircraft? Payload is the available weight of passengers, cargo, and baggage. “Payload” gets its name from the freight that's being paid to be hauled. It's the amount of available weight that you can store on board and still safely fly.
Does useful load include full fuel?
Is the weight of the pilot, copilot, passengers, baggage, usable fuel, and drainable oil. It is the empty weight subtracted from the maximum allowable gross weight.
Does payload include fuel aircraft?
The payload does not include the fuel itself. Payload means the total weight of all passengers, their baggage and all cargo on board. If you add this payload weight to your OEW (Operating Empty Weight), you get the ZFW (Zero Fuel Weight).
Does payload include weight of passengers and their luggage?
Payload is everything your truck or SUV is carrying — including you and your passengers. A common misconception among truck buyers says that payload is the amount of weight in the bed. It isn't. It's the amount of weight in the bed and the cabin combined.