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You are about to depart for a commercial flight within the European region. As part of your pre-flight calculations and given the following information, you need to calculate the Traffic Load in accordance with the standard passenger (use all adult) and baggage masses, as defined in the annex.

Flight crew: 4 male & 3 female
Male passengers: 55
Female passengers: 44
Children: 4 sat on their own seat
Infants: 5 (2 sat with their parents / 3 on their own seat)
Baggage: 52 items
Standard mass for a flight crew member: 85 kg
Non-revenue load: 540 kg
Cargo compartments: Forward hold 1800 kg, Aft hold 1200 kg
Additional bulk cargo: 525 kg

  • A

    13 302 kg

  • B

    12 777 kg

  • C

    13 197 kg

  • D

    12 937 kg

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Note: Another version of this classic question, reported with a slight rewrite. This time there are 3 infants on their own seat and also 525 kg of additional bulk cargo to include.


Traffic Load is the total mass of passengers, baggage and cargo including any non-revenue load.

Points to note from this question:

  • Flight crew members are not part of the Traffic Load so ignore their details.
  • According to the annex, aircraft with more than 30 seats may use an "all adult" standard mass of 84 kg.
  • Children will be 35 kg standard mass.
  • Infants (ages less than 2 years) using the same seat as their parents, count as 0 kg towards the load. Infants on their own seat count as a child (35 kg)
  • From the annex, European flights use 13 kg standard mass for baggage
  • DO NOT forget to add in the non revenue load and also the bulk cargo load.

For the calculation:

  • 99 Adults = 99 x 84 kg = 8316 kg
  • 4 Children = 4 x 35 kg = 140 kg
  • 3 Infants on their own seat = 3 x 35 kg = 105 kg
  • 52 baggage items = 52 x 13 kg = 676 kg
  • Non-revenue load = 540 kg
  • Cargo load = 3000 kg
  • Bulk cargo = 525 kg

Traffic load = 8316 kg + 140 kg + 105 kg + 676 kg + 540 kg + 3000 kg + 525 kg = 13 302 kg.

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