Aircraft Dimensions
747-400 Length 70.6 metres,Wingspan 59.6 metres Tail height 19.4 metres
787 Length 57 metres, Wingspan 60 metres, Tail height 17 metres
A380 Length 73 Metres, Wingspan 79.8 metres, Tail height 24 metres.
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I can confirm that the A380 will not fit into any of our existing hangars at LHR without modifications/extensions to accommodate the tail due to it's height. As pointed out the A380 tail is nearly 5m higher than the
B747-400.
Due to it's wingspan the A380 will not able to pass TBA to get into the East Pen whilst the perimeter road in it's current alignment.
To give people some idea of the scale of the A380 the span across the horizontal stabs on the A380 is greater than the wingspan of a B737-400 !
The B787, being smaller than the B777 will fit in to all our existing WB bays with some modifications to docking as necessary.
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_Strategic Support Manager
Commercial & Business Planning BA
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