Boeing 747-400F
Aircraft History: Boeing 747-400F
The Boeing 747-400F freighter is the all-cargo transport variant of the Boeing 747-400 family of aircraft. While using the updated systems and wing design of the passenger versions, it features the original short upper deck found on the classic 747s to save weight. Boeing has stated that there are about 300 747 freighters in operational service, carrying about half of the world’s freighter air cargo. The 747 family of freighters makes up two-thirds of the world’s wide-body freighter fleet.
The model’s first flight was on May 4, 1993, and it entered service with Cargolux on November 17, 1993. Major customers included Atlas Air, Cargolux, China Airlines, Korean Air, Nippon Cargo Airlines, Polar Air Cargo, and Singapore Airlines. The −400F can be easily distinguished from the passenger −400 by its shorter upper-deck hump and lack of windows along the main deck.
Specifications
The 747-400F has a main deck nose door and a mechanized cargo handling system. The nose door swings up so that pallets or containers up to 40 ft (12 m) can be loaded straight in on motor-driven rollers. An optional main deck side cargo door (like the 747-400M (Combi)) allows the loading of dimensionally taller cargo modules. A lower deck (“belly”) side door allows the loading of unit load devices (ULD) up to 163 cm in height. Boeing delivered 126 Boeing 747-400F aircraft with no unfilled orders as of November 2009. The last −400F was delivered to Nippon Cargo Airlines on August 2, 2008.
The 747-400 is equipped with a two-crew glass cockpit, which dispenses with the need for a flight engineer, along with more fuel-efficient engines, an optional fuel tank in the horizontal stabilizer, and revised fuselage/wing fairings. The aircraft also features an all-new interior with upgraded in-flight entertainment architecture.
Aircraft Data for the 747-400F
- ICAO Code: B744
- Manufacturer: Boeing Commercial Airplanes
- Model Types: Freighter
- Crew: 2
- Passengers: 30 pallets on the main deck and 32 LD1 containers in the lower hold.
- Engines: Four 252.4kN (56,750lb) Pratt & Whitney PW-4056 turbofans or 266.9kN (60,000lb) PW-4060s, or 275.8kN (62,000lb) PW-4062s, 252.4kN (56,750lb) General Electric CF6-80-C2B1Fs or 273.6kN (61,500lb) CF6-80-C2B1F1s or -80-C2B7Fs, or 258.0kN (58,000lb) RollsRoyce RB-211-524G or -524Hs, or 262.4 to 266.9kN (59 to 60,000lb) RB-211-524G/H-Ts.
- Max Speed: 939km/h
- MTOW: 13,491km (7284nm)
- Max Range: 11,380 km
- Max Flight Level: FL450/45,100 ft
RocketRoute has added advanced performance data for the following profiles:
- Climb (Hight Speed, Normal, climb 340/.84 Enroute Climb, climb GEAR DOWN 240/.60 Enroute Climb)
- Cruise (Max Speed, Normal, Long Range, 1 ENGINE INOP GEAR DOWN Long Range Cruise, 1 ENGINE INOP Long Range Cruise, GEAR DOWN Long Range Cruise, Long Range Cruise, Mach .85M Cruise)
- Descent ( descent .84/290/250 Descent, descent .84/320/250 Descent, descent .86/340/250 Descent, descent .88/340/250 Descent, descent GEAR DOWN .66/240 Descent)
- Holding (Anti-Ice On, Anti-Ice Off, holding 1 ENGINE INOP GEAR DOWN Holding Flaps Up, holding 1 ENGINE INOP Holding Flaps Up, holding GEAR DOWN Holding Flaps Up, holding Holding Flaps 1, holding Holding Flaps Up)
- Mass and Balance