Flight Plan: Suvarnabhumi Airport to Hamad International Airport

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2.1 Aircraft Technical Specification

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Figure 2.1: Qatar Airways B777-300ER

The aircraft that will be used in this flight plan is Boeing 777-300ER. It is manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is a long-range wide-body aircraft. Boeing 777-300ER is derived from B777-300 version. It is built with raked wing for additional altitude and range. It has the same fuselage as B777-300, but wider wingspan because of the raked wingtips (Boeing, 2015).

Table 2.1: Boeing 777-300ER Specification

FEATURES

DIMENSIONS

Overall length

73.86 m

Height

18.50 m

Wing span

64.80 m

Range

7,370 nm

Maximum Speed

588.29 knots

Maximum Taxi Weight

352.441 tons

Maximum Take-off Weight

351.534 tons

Maximum Landing Weight

251.290 tons

Maximum Zero Fuel Weight

237.682 tons

Dry Operating Weight

167.829 tons

Maximum Fuel Capacity

181,283 litres

Engines

2 x GE90-115B1

Thrust

512 kN

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Based on the Table 1 shown in previous page, the dimension of Boeing 777-300ER is 73.86 m long and 18.50 m high. The wingspan of this aircraft is 64.80 m. B777-300ER can fly up until 7,370 nm with maximum speed of 588.29 knots. The maximum fuel capacity of this aircraft is 181,283 litres. The engine that will be used by this aircraft is GE90-115B1 with 512 kN thrust. According to the calculation above, this aircraft will burn 7.78 tons of fuel per hour. Meanwhile, the maximum endurance of B777-300ER is 12.53 hours. Therefore, this aircraft is the most suitable aircraft to be used for this flight.

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CHAPTER 3: ROUTES AND AIRWAYS

Table 3.1: Routes and airways

NO

WAYPOINT

AIRWAYS

HEADING (M°)

NAVIGATIONAL AIDS & FREQUENCY (MHz)

ATC/ACC CALL SIGN & FREQUENCY (MHz)

DISTANCE (nm)

TAS (knots)

GROUND SPEED (knots)

FLIGHT LEVEL

WIND COMPONENT (knots)

TIME TAKEN (min)

ETA (UTC) (h:mm:ss)

1

VTBS

ANTI1B

195°

SUVARNABHUMI VOR/DME 111.4

SUVARNABHUMI TWR 119.0

0.0

180

165

FL0

-15

0.00

3:00:00

2

ROVEN

ANTI1B

236°

DAWEI VOR/DME 112.0

BANGKOK APP 125.2

4.7

250

262

FL20

+12

1.08

3:01:05

3

BS521

ANTI1B

295°

DAWEI VOR/DME 112.0

BANGKOK APP 125.2

8.9

250

256

FL40

+6

2.09

3:03:10

4

BS522

ANTI1B

295°

DAWEI VOR/DME 112.0

BANGKOK APP 125.2

8.0

300

309

FL60

+9

1.55

3:04:43

5

BS523

ANTI1B

330°