A320
AIRBUS A-320
AIRBUS A-320
Aircraft
Name
A-320
Manufacturer
Body
Narrow
Wing
Fixed Wing
Position
Low wing
Tail
Regular tail, mid set
WTC
M
APC
C
Type Code
L2J
Aerodrome Reference Code
4C
RFF Category
6
Engine
Jet
Engine Count
Multi
Position
Underwing mounted
Landing gear
Tricycle retractable
Manufactured as
AIRBUS A-320
AIRBUS A-320 Prestige
AIRBUS Prestige (A-320)
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A320
Short to medium range single aisle airliner. In service since 1988. First airliner with a fly-by-wire-system with side stick controlling and an Electronic Flight Instrument System-cockpit. Total of 2532 aircraft ordered, 1563 delivered, 1542 in operation. There are total of 3469 aircraft from A320 family in operation (including 318/319/320/321 - May 2008). The A320 is a member of the A320 family of aircraft.
A new "neo" (new engine option) series of the A320 family was developed since 2010 with first aircraft being delivered in 2016. The "neo" aircraft feature new engines (PW 1100G or CFM LEAP-1A) and a new type of wingtips, called "sharklets". The existing aircraft are referred to as "ceo" by Airbus, meaning "current engine option".
Note: While a "ceo" aircraft may or may not be equipped with sharklets, all "neo" aircraft are equipped with sharklets. The sharklet version features a 1.7m wider wingspan.
Technical Data
Wing span (metric)
35.80 m
Length (metric)
37.57 m
Height (metric)
11.76 m
Powerplant
2 x CFM56-5A1 (111kN) or
2 x CFM56-5A3 (118kN) or
2 x IAE V2500 (125kN) turbofans.
Engine Model(s)
CFM International CFM56
International Aero Engines V2500
Indicative Performance Data
Take-Off
V2
145 kts
Distance
2190 m
MTOW
73500 kg
Initial Climb (to 5000 ft)
IAS
175 kts
ROC
2500 ft/min
Initial Climb (to FL150)
IAS
290 kts
ROC
2000
Initial Climb (to FL240)
IAS
290 kts
ROC
1400 ft/min
MACH Climb
MACH
0.78
ROC
1000 ft/min
Cruise
TAS
450 kts
MACH
0.79
Ceiling
410
Range
2700 NM
Initial Descent (to FL240)
MACH
0.78
ROD
1000 ft/min
Descent (to FL100)
IAS
290 kts
ROD
3500 ft/min
Descent (FL100 & below)
IAS
n/a
MCS
210 kts
ROD
n/a
Approach
Vapp (IAS)
137 kts
Distance
1440 m
Accidents & Serious Incidents involving
Further Reading
- Airbus reference document which provide to airlines, MROs, airport planners and operators the general dimensions of the aircraft, as well as the necessary information for ramp, servicing operations or maintenance preparation: Airbus A320: Airplane characteristics for airport planning AC, 01 May 2017
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- A320, vicinity Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 2003
- A320, vicinity Perpignan France, 2008
- A320, Ballykelly Northern Ireland UK, 2006
- CRJ1 / A320, Baltimore MD USA, 2007
- A320, Phoenix AZ USA, 2002
- A320 / Vehicle, London Heathrow UK, 2006
- A320, vicinity Bahrain Airport, Kingdom of Bahrain, 2000
- A320, en-route, Sydney Australia, 2007
- A320, Los Angeles USA, 2005
- A320, vicinity Frankfurt Germany, 2001
- A320, Bilbao Spain, 2001
- A320 / CRJ2, Sofia Bulgaria, 2007
- A320, Harstad/Narvik Norway 2004
- A320, vicinity LaGuardia New York USA, 2009
- A320, en-route, Denver CO USA, 2009
- A320, vicinity Sochi Russia, 2006
- B742 / A320, Frankfurt Germany, 2006
- A320, vicinity Melbourne Australia, 2007
- A320, vicinity Glasgow UK, 2008
- A320, Hamburg Germany, 2008
- A320, Toronto Canada, 2000
- A320, vicinity New York JFK NY USA, 2007
- A320 / B738, vicinity Launceston Australia, 2008
- A320, en-route, Kalmar County Sweden, 2009
- A320, Varadero Cuba, 2010
- A320, Oslo Norway, 2010
- A321, Manchester UK, 2011 (1)
- A320, Paris Orly France, 2013
- A320 / A139 vicinity Zurich Switzerland, 2012
- A320, en-route Alpes-de-Haute-Provence France, 2015
- CRJ2 / A320, vicinity Port Elizabeth South Africa, 2014
- A320, vicinity Auckland New Zealand, 2012
- A320 / B739, Yogyakarta Indonesia, 2013
- A320, vicinity Lyons Saint-Exupéry France, 2012
- A320, vicinity Abu Dhabi UAE, 2012
- A320, en route, north of Marseilles France, 2013
- A320/B738, vicinity Delhi India, 2013
- A320 / B738, vicinity Dubai UAE, 2012
- A320, Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg France, 2014
- A320 / GLID, vicinity Memmingen Germany, 2015
- A320, Porto Portugal, 2013
- A320 / CRJ2, Port Elizabeth South Africa, 2014
- A320, vicinity Naha Okinawa Japan, 2014
- A320, Hiroshima Japan, 2015
- A320 / F50, Adelaide Australia, 2016
- A319 / A320, Naha Okinawa Japan, 2012
- A320, vicinity Dublin Ireland, 2015
- A320, Jaipur India, 2014
- A320 / B738, en-route, near Córdoba Spain, 2014
- E195 / A320, Brussels Belgium, 2016
- E190 / A320, Toronto ON Canada, 2016
- A320, Brunei, 2014
- A320 / B789 / A343, San Francisco CA USA, 2017
- A320, vicinity Rapid City SD USA, 2016
- A320 / A321, vicinity Barcelona Spain, 2016
- A320, Singapore, 2015
- A320 / SW4, Calgary AB Canada, 2016
- A320, Tehran Mehrabad Iran, 2016
- A320, Lisbon Portugal, 2015
- A320, vicinity Tokyo Haneda Japan, 2016
- A320, Toronto ON Canada, 2017
- A320, Dublin Ireland, 2017
- A320 / AT76, Yangon Myanmar, 2017
- B763 / A320, Delhi India, 2017
- A320, vicinity Liverpool UK, 2018
- A320, vicinity Perth Australia, 2015
- A320 / B738, vicinity Delhi India, 2016
- A320, Brasilia Brazil, 2015
- A320, vicinity Delhi India, 2017
- A320 / B738, vicinity Barcelona, Spain 2018
- B738 / A320, Edinburgh UK, 2018
- A320, en-route, east of Cork Ireland, 2017
- A320, en-route, east of Miyazaki Japan, 2018
- A319 / A320, Paris CDG France, 2014
- A320, en-route, west southwest of Karachi Pakistan, 2018
- A320 / Vehicle, London Gatwick UK, 2018
- A320, Gold Coast QLD Australia, 2017
- A320, Malé Maldives, 2018
- A320, en-route, northeast of Granada Spain, 2017
- A320, vicinity Tallinn Estonia, 2018
- A320, Macau SAR China, 2018 (1)
- A320 / SF34, vicinity London Stansted UK, 2019
- A320, Perth Australia, 2018
- A320, Bristol UK, 2019
- A320, Macau SAR China, 2018 (2)
- A320, vicinity Karachi Pakistan, 2020
- A320, en-route, North East Spain 2006
- A388/A320, vicinity Frankfurt Germany, 2011
- A320/B773, Dubai UAE, 2012
- A320, Cochin India, 2011
- A332, vicinity Tripoli Libya, 2010
- B737 / A320, Los Angeles CA USA, 2007
- A320/B734, vicinity London Gatwick UK, 2012
- A320 / A320, Zurich Switzerland, 2011
- A320, en-route, north of Öland Sweden, 2011
- A320, vicinity Oslo Norway, 2008
- A320 / B738 Barcelona Spain, 2012
- A320 / A346, en-route, Eastern Indian Ocean, 2012
- A320 / C56X, vicinity Geneva Switzerland, 2011
- A320/E190/B712, vicinity Helsinki Finland, 2013
- A320, vicinity Tel Aviv Israel, 2012
- A320, en-route, north of Swansea UK, 2012
- A320, São Paulo Congonhas Brazil, 2007
- Aerodynamic Stall Awareness and Avoidance
- RECAT - Wake Turbulence Re-categorisation
- Runway Overrun Prevention System (ROPS)
- Induced Drag
- Thrust Reversers: Flight Crew Guidance
- Autoland
- Cross Wind Takeoff Hazards and Techniques
- Flight Control Laws
- Flight Data Recorder (FDR)
- Fly-By-Wire
- Spoilers And Speedbrakes
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- Aircraft Description (ICAO Doc 8643)
- Global Safety Improvement in 2012
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- A320 / B738, en-route, north northwest of Sofia Bulgaria, 2016
- A320, Pristina Kosovo, 2017
- A320, Raipur India, 2016
- A320, vicinity Jaipur India, 2016
- A320, London Stansted UK, 2019
- A320, vicinity Birmingham UK, 2019
- A320, vicinity London Heathrow UK, 2019
- A320, Calicut India, 2019
- A320, Lisbon Portugal, 2019
- A320 / E145, vicinity Barcelona Spain, 2019
- A320, Sylt Germany, 2017
- A320, Surat India, 2017
- A320 / E195, vicinity Brussels Belgium, 2018
- A320, en-route, north of Marseilles France, 2017
- A320, en-route, northwest Greece, 2017
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- A20N / A320, Amsterdam Netherlands, 2019
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- A320, vicinity Muscat Oman, 2019
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- A320, Brisbane QLD Australia, 2020
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- A320, en-route, northern Italy, 2016
- A359, Barcelona Spain, 2020
