Airbus
Airbus A380
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Field marks
- The only airliner with a full double deck running nearly the entire fuselage length — unmistakable even at a distance
- Four huge underwing engines plus a wingtip fence rather than an upturned winglet, unlike every other quad-jet or twin in this fleet
- Mixed gear: four-wheel bogies under each wing plus two six-wheel bogies under the belly, for 20 main wheels total — no other jet mixes bogie sizes like this
- Simply the largest airliner most spotters will ever see — wingspan and tail height dwarf even a 747-8
Specs
- Length
- 72.72 m
- Wingspan
- 79.75 m
- Engines
- Rolls-Royce Trent 900 / Engine Alliance GP7200
- Typical seats
- 525–615
Variant notes
- Production ended in 2021 after 251 built — no freighter variant ever entered service
- A larger "A380plus" wingtip fence upgrade was proposed in 2017 but never launched, so every A380 flying has the original fence-style tip
- Seating varies hugely by operator (Emirates configures far denser than Singapore Airlines or Qantas), but the airframe outline never changes