Airbus A340-200 A340-300 Aircraft Characteristics Airport and Maintenance Planning Manual – PDF

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Airbus A340-200 A340-300 Aircraft Characteristics Airport and Maintenance Planning Manual

The Airbus A340-200 A340-300 Aircraft Characteristics Airport and Maintenance Planning Manual is the complete AC document issued for the A340-200 and A340-300 basic versions. It supplies the reference data airport operators, airlines, and Maintenance/Repair Organizations need for airport facility planning, ground handling layout, and maintenance facility setup. This is Revision No. 26, dated Aug 01/19, and it is written in English with dual metric and imperial units throughout.

File Details

• Manual type: Aircraft Characteristics – Airport and Maintenance Planning (AC)
• Brand: Airbus
• Models covered: A340-200, A340-300
• Engines covered: CFM56-5C2, CFM56-5C3, CFM56-5C4 (CFM 56-5C series)
• APU: Garrett GTCP 331-350C
• Language: English
• Format: PDF
• Revision: No. 26
• Revision date: Aug 01/19

Chapters Covered

• Chapter 1 – Scope: Purpose, Glossary of abbreviations and design weight terminology
• Chapter 2 – Aircraft Description: General aircraft characteristics data, general dimensions, ground clearances, interior arrangements (plan view and cross section), lower deck cargo compartments, door clearances, escape slides, landing gear, exterior lighting, antennas and probes, engine and nacelle, auxiliary power unit, levelling/symmetry/alignment, jacking for maintenance, jacking of the landing gear, support of aircraft
• Chapter 3 – Aircraft Performance: General information, payload/range (ISA conditions), take-off weight limitation (ISA and ISA +15 C), landing field length, final approach speed
• Chapter 4 – Ground Maneuvering: Turning radii, minimum turning radii, visibility from cockpit, runway and taxiway turn paths (135, 90 and 180 degree turns), runway holding bay, minimum line-up distance corrections, aircraft mooring
• Chapter 5 – Terminal Servicing: Aircraft servicing arrangements, symbols used on servicing diagrams, typical ramp layouts (open apron and gate), full servicing turn round time, minimum servicing turn-round time, ground service connections layout, grounding (earthing) points, hydraulic, electrical, oxygen, fuel, pneumatic, oil, potable water and waste water servicing, cargo control panels, engine starting pneumatic requirements, ground pneumatic power requirements, preconditioned airflow requirements, ground towing requirements, de-icing and external cleaning
• Chapter 6 – Operating Conditions: Engine exhaust velocities and temperatures (ground idle, breakaway, takeoff power), danger areas of engines, APU exhaust velocities and temperatures
• Chapter 7 – Pavement Data: Landing gear footprint, maximum pavement loads, landing gear loading on pavement, flexible pavement requirements (US Army Corps of Engineers method), rigid pavement requirements (PCA method), ACN/PCN reporting system
• Chapter 8 – Scaled Drawings: Scaled A340-200 and A340-300 drawings
• Chapter 10 – Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting: Hazardous materials and components, batteries location and access, crew rest compartments, wheel/brake overheat safety areas, composite materials location, ground lock safety devices, emergency evacuation devices, doors and emergency exits, lower deck cargo doors, control panels, APU compartment access, ground clearances, structural break-in points

This A340-200 A340-300 Aircraft Characteristics manual is not a repair manual in the usual sense – it is the planning-grade reference that tells an engineering or airport planning team exactly how much space, ground clearance, pavement strength, and service connection the aircraft demands. It pairs dimensional data (door sill heights, wing and flap track clearances, turning radii, jacking point loads) with operational data (turn-round timing assumptions, de-icing surface areas, danger areas around engines and APU) so that a facility can be laid out and a ground operation scheduled against real numbers rather than estimates. Weight-variant tables for both the -200 and -300 give maximum taxi, ramp, take-off, landing and zero fuel weights, and pavement charts convert those weights into flexible and rigid pavement thickness requirements and ACN values.

What This Manual Helps You Plan and Verify

• Airport apron, gate, taxiway and holding bay geometry for the A340-200 and A340-300
• Ground support equipment positioning for open apron and gate turn-rounds
• Jacking, shoring cradle and safety stay positioning for maintenance and landing gear work
• Ground service connection locations for hydraulic, electrical, oxygen, fuel, pneumatic, oil, potable water and waste water systems
• Pavement loading evaluation using ACN/PCN, CBR and k-value subgrade methods
• Engine and APU danger area boundaries for ground crew protection

Why This Reference Matters

Ground layout and maintenance facility decisions made without the correct clearances, jacking loads, or pavement ratings can damage equipment, hold up approvals, or put personnel inside a danger area. The figures in this manual are the ones the aircraft was designed against, published by Airbus for exactly this purpose, so the numbers can be carried directly into planning documents and ramp procedures.

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