Useful Load

The weight an aircraft can carry beyond its empty weight, including crew, passengers, baggage, usable fuel, and drainable oil; it is gross weight minus empty weight.

“The weight of the pilot, copilot, passengers, baggage, usable fuel, and drainable oil.”

FAA-H-8083-25C · Glossary, Useful load

Tested on

Private Pilot Commercial ATP

Practice with

Weight & Balance Sandbox

Related terms

Center of Gravity (CG)Weight and Balance

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