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Old 25th Mar 2010, 02:36
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A mid cruise weight could be anything, so many variables due to passenger loads and fuel loading that any figure given would be arbitrary.

A simple rule of thumb would be a basic weight of 18,000kg, fuel anything from lets say 2,000kg to 4,000kg (you did say mid-cruise, and assuming we've burned some off already), and then a rule of thumb for passenger/baggage weights we use to guestimate what weight we'd be when tanking fuel would be for every 10 passengers you would have on board 1,000kg.

So for a flight with 50 passengers on board, fuel remaining of 3,000kg and a basic empty weight of 18,000kg you would have a cruise loading of

18,000kg
50/10 x 1,000 = 5,000kg
3,000kg

Total weight = 26,000kg

Hope this helps
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