can a 737/ A320 land into a carrier????

Question

really curious about this..... can a passenger plane possibly land .....like 737 or A320 into a carrier????

Answer 1

Hate to tell you Oh....... It would take the carrier doing about 170 knots into the wind to get the ground speed down to 50 knots. (the actual top speed is around 30) the 737 lands at about 120.
. If it had a tail hook and SUPER reinforced landing gear, it would be possible, but I don't think the cat is strong enough to push that much weight to take of speed to launch it so it would be stuck. Besides that, it would be wingless for the superstructure would be in the way upon landing>

Answer 2

there is anything out there equipped to do so at the moment. if they did some major improvements on carriers and 737 or a320 they could. they would need to widen aircraft carrier alot. i mean alot. they would probably have to add a few more arresting wires too. on the plane they would have to strip down all unnecessary weight, strengthen the landing gear, and add a super strong tailhook. 737 and a320 much heavier than planes they are landing on carriers now. they would have to make everything super duty, probably even adding support to the deck of the carrier to handle such massive weight crashing down. one thing though, if 737 or 320 doesnt hook the arresting wires, then i dont think they would have enough power to take off again and go around.

Answer 3

Theoretically possible...with the airplane at absolute minimum weight and the carrier running full-tilt into the wind. You'd arrive at the carrier at about 50 knots ground speed...full reverse, spoilers, RTO braking and the carrier's crash barrier deployed....you'd walk away...to look for a job with a different airline. A lightly loaded B-737NG can come to a stop from 50 knots in about 700 feet. Vso in an empty B-737NG is about 95 KIAS. Wingspan is 117"5"...and is extremely efficient...but you'd need to aim off-center of the deck a little bit so as to not scare the fighter-jocks too much!

A B-25 wingspan is 85' and a C-130 wingspan is 133'


(The airliner would have to be relocated from the deck to become an artificial reef.)

I don't know much about the A320...but probably not. It seems to think it has artificial intelligence and would disregard any pilot's crazy idea to attempt such a stunt. As with all Airbus products, when an emergency arises, the airplane automatically returns to Toulouse...or something like that. Pilots are on-board only because of union rules and also to announce delays to the passengers.

Answer 4

as far as i know the largest plane to land on a carrier was a c-130 a very long time ago. im sure that the wingspan of the 737 is much too large for the deck of a carrier, and the weight is probably too much for the arresting gear. not to mention that the tail end is so high the tailhook would weight so much that it would most likely hinder the flight characteristics too much.

Answer 5

Depends on the mission profile, the A320 and the 737-800 i would say are evenly matched, though the order books seems to show that the A320 is preferred. As for the 737-900and A321, the 737-900 will be more efficient on longer range missions while the A321 will be more efficient on shorter missions carrying more people.

Answer 6

First off the wing span is to wide. The widest part of a carrier is the middle of the flight deck which is only 285ft wide but that is also where the island structure is.
Second the arresting cables could not stand the strain of slowing that large of an aicraft in under 300ft.
Third the airfram is not built to handle the impact that the aircraft will make when it lands. Like they say a landing on an aircraft carrier is equal to a controled crash.

Answer 7

You said into a carrier. Why not? The Japs did it in WWII and the little towellheads did it in the WTC. Oops, I'm sorry, it is not politically correct to call them little towellheads. You have to call them little sheetheads.

I don't know if you could land one on a carrier or not, but if you could manage to do it you would be fired. Not so much for landing on a carrier, but for making the passengers s**t all over their seats.

Answer 8

No and YES
As things stand currently NO. For the Reasons already given by others.
Now would it be POSSIBLE to modify both the Carrier and the A/C to do it? Yes, IF you have enough money time and pull with the powers that be. Don't know why you'd want to though.

Always remember Folks NOTHING is impossible, only Highly imporabler

Answer 9

The wingspan of an older model 737 is not as long as the C130, so it would fit. There are multiple barrier cables, so if it had a hook,it could probably land once, then as said above, be pushed over the side and used as an artificial reef.

Answer 10

No, first it does not have a tailhook to catch the arresting wire on the deck.. second.. the carrier is not nearly long enough or wide enough to fit the plane.