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You are about to depart for a commercial flight. 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: 70
Female passengers: 35
Infants: 3 seated on their own seat
Infants: 2 seated with their parents
Baggage: 62 items
Standard mass for a flight crew member: 85 kg
Non-revenue load: 575 kg
Cargo compartments: three carrying 1800 kg, 1500 kg and 500 kg respectively

  • A

    14 106 kg

  • B

    14 176 kg

  • C

    14 701 kg

  • D

    14 771 kg

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Traffic Load is the total mass of passengers, baggage, cargo (or freight), including any non-revenue load (Flight crew members are not part of the Traffic Load).

For this question, the Traffic Load consists of the passengers, their baggage (62 items - it doesn't say the type of flight, so use "All other"), non-revenue load (575 kg) and cargo load (1800 kg + 1500 kg + 500 kg = 3800 kg).

According to the annex, the standard mass values for the passengers and their baggage of an aircraft having more than 30 passenger seating capacity, are:

  • All Adults: 84 kg
  • Children: 35 kg
  • Infants: (ages less than 2 years) using the same seat as their parents then their weight is not counted.
  • Baggage: 13 kg

Therefore, the Traffic Load will be: Traffic Load = 105 Adults (70 Male Passengers + 35 Female Passengers) + 3 Infants on their own seats (count as children) + 62 Baggage items + Non-revenue load + Cargo load

  • 105 Adults = 105 x 84 kg = 8820 kg
  • 3 Infants on their own seats = 3 x 35 kg = 105 kg
  • 62 baggage items = 62 x 13 kg = 806 kg
  • Non-revenue load = 575 kg
  • Cargo load = 3800 kg

Traffic load = 8820 kg + 105 kg + 806 kg + 575 kg + 3800 kg = 14 106 kg.

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