B744
BOEING 747-400 (international, winglets)
BOEING 747-400 (international, winglets)
Aircraft
Name
747-400 (international, winglets)
Manufacturer
Body
Wide
Wing
Fixed Wing
Position
Low wing
Tail
Regular tail, mid set
WTC
H
APC
D
Type Code
L4J
Aerodrome Reference Code
4E
RFF Category
9
Engine
Jet
Engine Count
Multi
Position
Underwing mounted
Landing gear
Tricycle retractable
Manufactured as
BOEING YAL-1
BOEING 747-400 (international, winglets)
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B744
Long range, high capacity wide-body airliner. In service since 1989. The first 747 which did not require a flight engineer as part of the flight crew and as such the 'second generation' of the B747 family.
Technical Data
Wing span (metric)
64.40 m
Length (metric)
70.60 m
Height (metric)
19.40 m
Powerplant
4 x R-R RB211-524 G/H (258 kN) or
4 x P&W PW4056 (252.4 kN) or
4 x GE CF6-80C2B4 (257.5 kN) turbofans, and more.
Engine Model(s)
General Electric CF6
Pratt & Whitney PW4000
Rolls-Royce RB211
Indicative Performance Data
Take-Off
V2
185 kts
Distance
3300 m
MTOW
396890 kg
Initial Climb (to 5000 ft)
IAS
215 kts
ROC
1500 ft/min
Initial Climb (to FL150)
IAS
300 kts
ROC
1500
Initial Climb (to FL240)
IAS
300 kts
ROC
1500 ft/min
MACH Climb
MACH
0.75
ROC
1500 ft/min
Cruise
TAS
510 kts
MACH
0.85
Ceiling
450
Range
7260 NM
Initial Descent (to FL240)
MACH
0.85
ROD
1000 ft/min
Descent (to FL100)
IAS
300 kts
ROD
3000 ft/min
Descent (FL100 & below)
IAS
n/a
MCS
250 kts
ROD
n/a
Approach
Vapp (IAS)
160 kts
Distance
2130 m
Accidents & Serious Incidents involving
What Links Here (80)
- Krueger Flaps
- 18646
- 18666
- 18669
- 18687
- 18732
- 18758
- 18765
- 18809
- 18824
- 18828
- 18834
- 18841
- 18871
- 18976
- 18978
- 18989
- 19009
- 19010
- 19049
- 19057
- 19058
- 19059
- 19079
- 19122
- 19124
- 19139
- 19259
- 19265
- 19328
- 19524
- 19685
- 19885
- 19995
- B744, en-route, north of Anchorage AK USA, 1989
- B744 / A321, vicinity London Heathrow UK, 2000
- B744 / A306, vicinity London Heathrow UK, 1996
- B744, en-route, South China Sea, 2008
- B744, Gardermoen Norway, 2004
- B763 / B744, Amsterdam Netherlands, 1998
- B744 / MD90, New Chitose Japan, 2008
- B744, Sydney Australia, 2007
- B733 / B744, Chicago IL USA, 2006
- B738 / B744, Los Angeles USA, 2004
- B742 / B744, Chicago O'Hare IL USA, 1999
- A343 / B744, en-route, south of Newfoundland Canada, 1998
- B744 / A321, London Heathrow UK, 2004
- B744 / B763, Melbourne Australia, 2006
- A343 / B744, London Heathrow UK, 2007
- B744, Bangkok Thailand, 1999
- B744, Taipei Taiwan, 2000
- A319 / B744, en-route near Oroville WA USA, 2008
- B744, Montreal Canada, 2008
- B744, Johannesburg South Africa, 2009
- B744, Phoenix USA, 2009
- B744, Paris CDG France, 2003
- B744, en-route NNW of Bangkok Thailand, 2008
- B744, vicinity Dubai UAE, 2010
- B744, Mumbai India, 2009
- B744, Johannesburg South Africa, 2013
- B744, vicinity Bishkek Kyrgyzstan, 2017
- B744, en-route, southeast of Hong Kong SAR China, 2017
- B744, Maastricht-Aachen Netherlands, 2017
- B744 / Vehicle, Luxembourg Airport, Luxembourg 2010
- B744, en-route, East China Sea, 2011
- A124, Zaragoza Spain, 2010
- B744, Bagram Afghanistan, 2013
- RECAT - Wake Turbulence Re-categorisation
- En-route Wake Vortex Hazard
- Thrust Reversers: Flight Crew Guidance
- B747/DC10, Japan Airlines, Suruga Bay Japan, 2001 (Legal Process - Air Traffic Controller)
- Microburst
- 32112
- B744 / B773 / B773, en-route, Delhi India, 2018
- 32514
- B744, Halifax NS Canada, 2018
- 32558
- B744 / A333, Hong Kong China, 2017
- B744, Hong Kong China, 2018
- 32801
