The A321 is the largest member of the Airbus A320 Family. The basic A321-100 features a reduction in range compared to the A320, an extra fuel tank was not added to the initial design to compensate for the extra weight.
- Role: Narrow-body jet airliner
- National origin: European Multi-national
- Manufacturer: EADS/Airbus
- Production line: Hamburg – Finkenwerder, Germany
- First flight: March 11, 1993. F-WWIA
- Introduction: January 27, 1994 to Lufthansa, D-AIRA
- Status: In service
- Produced: 1993–present
- Number built: 1,036 February 2015
Variants A320 family
Specifications
General characteristics
- Cockpit crew: 2
- Seating capacity: – 199 one class
- Overall length: 44.51 m (146 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 34.10 m (111 ft 11 in) (35.8 m (117 ft 5 in) with sharklets)
- Overall height: 11.76 m (38 ft 7 in)
- Fuselage width: 3.95 m (13 ft 0 in)
- Fuselage Height: 4.14 m (13 ft 7 in)
- Operating empty weight: 48,500 kg (106,900 lb)
- Maximum landing weight: 77.8 t (172,000 lb)
- Maximum take-off weight: 93.5 t (206,000 lb)
- Engine (× 2):
- – CFM International CFM56-5A1 rated 111.2 kN.
- – CFM International CFM56-5A3 rated 117.88 kN.
- – CFM International CFM56-5B4 rated 117.9 kN.
- – International Aero Engines V2500-A1 rated 111.2 kN.
- – International Aero Engines V2527-A5 rated 117.9 kN.
Performance
- Service ceiling: 12,000 m (39,000 ft)
- Cruising speed: Mach 0.78 (828 km/h/511 mph at 11,000 m/36,000 ft)
- Maximum speed: Mach 0.82 (871 km/h/537 mph at 11,000 m/36,000 ft)
- Range fully loaded: 3,200 nmi (5,900 km; 3,700 mi) with sharklets
