How big is the Airbus A380? How about a picture beside a 747?

Answer 1

I like that shot Hodgie posted

Here's one next to a 737
http://www.militaryaircraft.de/pictures/civilian/aircraft/A380/Airbus-A380_FRA_20051029_047_800.jpg

Here's a drawing,,comparing a 747 vs A380
It doesnt exactly dwarf the 747

http://www.aviationexplorer.com/pics/airbus_a380_and_boeing_747_dimensions.gif

Answer 2

(That 737/A380 picture has a huge perspective issue, just in case nobody noticed the 737 is about half as far from the camera.)

Have a look at the outline overlays on Wikipedia, they show that the A380 is a little wider but 747 is a little longer. The A380 was designed to fit in the same standard large aircraft ramps that the 747 uses and to have the same takeoff and landing performance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Giant_planes_comparison.svg

Funny that there isn't all this fuss about the An-225 that has been working heavy lift around the globe for years and is bigger than the A380, but then that doesn't compete head-on with Boeing does it?

Answer 3

b747-800 and a380

A 10-foot difference in length, a 15-foot difference in tail height, and a 38-foot difference in wingspan (that's only 19-feet of extra wing on each side) would be imperceptible if the 2 aircraft were parked side by side.

The a380 can NOT fly "non-stop around the world". It has an 8,000 nautical mile (nm) range just like the 747-800.

The Boeing 777 has the distinction of the commercial airliner with the longest range - 9,400 nm.


b747-800 numbers are first / followed by a380 numbers

length (nose to tail):
251ft / 240ft

height (to top of tail):
64ft / 79ft

wingspan:
225ft / 262ft

MTOW:
970,000 lbs / 1,235,000 lbs

cruise:
mach 0.855 / mach 0.8

range:
8,000 nm / 8,000 nm

seats (3-class):
467 / 555

seats (1-class):
--- / 853


With 853 passengers, or even 555 passengers, if an a380 crashes there will be "alot of meat" to clean up, AND it will be bye-bye for the a380 and bye-bye for the that airline - due to lawsuits and insurance claims filed by the victims families.

Do you remember PanAm Flight 103 that blew up over Lockerbie, Scotland??? Do you remember PanAm??? Do you remember TWA Flight 800 that blew up over the Atlantic??? Do you remember TWA???

Mark my words, the a380 is a nice, big, juicy target for terrorists.

Answer 4

http://x-plane.co.kr/data/free/a380_5%5b1%5d.jpg thats should give you an idea parked next to other planes..