UNCOMMON
A333
Airbus A330-300
The Three Hundred
“Airbus's long-haul workhorse.”
Airbus · commercial
Length
208 ft 11 in
Wingspan
197 ft 10 in
Max speed
470 kts
Range
6,350 nmi
Ceiling
41,100 ft
Engines
2x CF6-80E / PW4168 / Trent 772B
Crew
2
Max passengers
440
Typical config
277 (2-class)
Built
850+
The A330-300 is the stretched twin-aisle that makes transatlantic and transpacific routes profitable. Not as flashy as the A350, but far from retired.
Fun fact
Delta operates one of the largest A330 fleets in the world.
How to spot one
Longer than -200. Most common A330 variant. Four-wheel main gear bogies.
Crews call it
The Long Thirty
Sounds like
Trent 700s give a distinctive medium-frequency hum on approach
Related
One might be overhead right now.
Bogey turns the The Three Hundred from a dot in the sky into a card in your logbook. Coming to iOS and Android.
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