Airbus

Airbus A300-600F

Field marks

  1. Short and fat for a widebody — noticeably stubbier and stockier than an A330, despite the two-aisle cabin cross-section
  2. Small delta-shaped wingtip fences, simpler and smaller than the A320 family's, and nothing like the A330's upturned winglet
  3. Rounded, smoothly blended cockpit windows in classic Airbus style, unlike the boxier notched windshield of a similarly sized freighter like the MD-11F
  4. Almost always seen in FedEx purple or UPS brown — a passenger-liveried A300 in the wild today is a rare sight

Specs

Length
54.08 m
Wingspan
44.84 m
Engines
General Electric CF6-80C2A5 / Pratt & Whitney PW4158
Typical seats
Freighter only — no passenger seating

Variant notes

  • Airbus's first widebody and the basis for the A310 and A320 family wing design — the small delta wingtip fence seen here is the ancestor of the A320's larger sharklet-era fence
  • Almost entirely a freighter fleet today; FedEx is by far the largest operator, with UPS also flying a smaller number
  • Production ended in 2007; the survivors are aging but remain a fixture at cargo hubs

Commonly confused with