Aircraft Capacity by Airport Reference Code

The purpose of this document is to help users of the Aviation Economic Impact Online Calculator estimate the seating capacity of new airport operations. This document provides examples of airplane types and seating capacities for each Airport Reference Code (ARC), but does not comprehensively cover all possible aircraft types.

This table is for estimating purposes only and should never be used to determine if your airplane can land at a specific airport.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Find the ARC listed for the airport under the “Changes in Flight Activity” section of the calculator. This field will only be populated if you have selected an airport in the “Airport Name” field.
2. Find the airport’s ARC in the table below.
1. All aircraft listed below the airport’s ARC can take off and land at the airport, including aircraft in sets listed below your airport’s ARC.
2. All airplanes listed above the airport’s ARC are too large or too fast for the airport’s current runway(s). Only assume these seating capacities if the sample project you are analyzing would allow the airport to handle new types of aircraft.

EXAMPLE SEATING CAPACITIES BY AIRPORT REFERENCE CODE

ARC	Aircraft Make	Aircraft Model	Seating Capacity	Representative Plane
D-V
	Airbus	A330	293
	Boeing	747	420-496
	Boeing	777	368-440
C-IV, D-IV
	Airbus	A300	269
	Boeing	757	143-186
	Boeing	767	216-269
	McDonnel Douglas	MD11F	298
C-III, D-III
	Airbus	A318	117
	Airbus	A319	134
	Airbus	A320	132-164
	Airbus	A321	185
	Boeing	727	134
	Boeing	737	108-184
	McDonnel Douglas	MD-83	172
	McDonnel Douglas	MD-88	172
	McDonnel Douglas	MD-90	158
C-II, D-II
	Bombardier	CRJ-200	50
	Bombardier	CRJ-700	70
	Canadair	RJ 100/200	50
	Canadair	RJ 900	90
	Canadian Regional Jet	700	70
A-III, B-III
	De Havilland Canada	DHC-8	39-78
A-II, B-II
	Cessna	208 Caravan	9
	De Havilland Canada	DHC-3 Turbo Otter	9
	Embraer	E120	30
	Embraer	EMB-120	19
	King Air	200	9
	Pilatus	PC-12	9
B-I
	Piper	PA-31	10
A-I
	Cessna	207B	5
	Piper	PA-34	6