Overhead — Airbus A350-900

Field marks

Dark tinted "raccoon mask" band around the cockpit windows is the fastest A350 tell — no 787 or A330 has it
Smooth, round-edged engine nacelles with no saw-tooth trailing edge, unlike the chevron-edged 787
Four-wheel main gear bogies — the -1000's extra pair of wheels is the only reliable way to split the two A350 sizes
Blended, curved upturned winglet distinct from the 787's sharper raked tip

Specs

Length: 66.80 m
Wingspan: 64.75 m
Engines: Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84
Typical seats: 300–350

Variant notes

The base -900 is the most common A350 by far, ahead of the stretched -1000
The -900ULR (ultra-long-range, flown by Singapore Airlines) shares the exact same silhouette — extra fuel tanks are invisible from outside
Every A350 uses the same Trent XWB engine family, so nacelle size alone does not reliably separate variants

Commonly confused with