How many troops can a C-5 Galaxy hold?

Answer 1

As of a year ago, I flew as a C5 Flight Engineer and this is what I remember about it:
Normally 73 in the back and yes they face backwards.
We on occasion could put an extra 5 or 15 people upfront with the crew if we had room.
And yes the C5 could be used as a troop transport, with the capabalitity to do airborne troop drops (hence the troop doors 7 left & 7 right) or they could go out the back. Part of our SOL II mission.
We had the capability to do an "airbus" configuration where more seats could be put on pallets and put those pallets in the cargo compartment, therefore you could have up to 270 more people on board. This was hardly done though, cause it got really cold in the cargo compartment in flight. Plus we also had the cargo (trucks, tanks, helicopters, or beans & bullets) to take along with the troops.
So if need be the max number could be upto 358 troops.

As for the Baby Lift crash of Vietnam referenced by John, the total number of people on board was 305 including crew of those 144 died in the crash.
In an extreme emergency situation we could have everyone standup in the cargo compartment and have cargo straps holding people up and I would have no idea what the number could be.

Answer 2

Galaxy Personnel

Answer 3

Normally a C-5 is used to transport equipment and cargo. But, I have this info for you, if it helps. You might want to look at a C-17 as far as troop movements go.

Primary Function: Outsize cargo transport

Prime Contractor: Lockheed-Georgia Co.

Power Plant: Four General Electric TF-39 engines

Thrust: 43,000 pounds, each engine

Wingspan: 222.9 feet

Length: 247.1 feet

Height: 65.1 feet

Cargo Compartment: height , 13.5 feet (4.11 meters); width, 19 feet (5.79 meters); length, 143 feet, 9 in (43.8 meters)

Pallet Positions: 36

Maximum Cargo: 270,000 pounds

Maximum Takeoff Weight: C-5B 769,000 pounds (348,818 kilograms) (peacetime), 840,000 pounds (381,024 kilograms) (wartime)

Speed: 518 mph
Range: 6,320 nautical miles (empty)

Crew: 7 (pilot, co-pilot, two flight engineers and three loadmasters)

Unit Cost: C-5A - $152.8 million (FY98 constant dollars) C-5B - $179 million (FY98 constant dollars)

Deployed: C-5A - 1969, C-5B - 1980

Inventory: Active and Reserve, 126

Answer 4

The C-5 isn't for troop transport.. it's for over-size cargo transport...It has an upper deck seating area for 73 passengers. The passengers face the rear of the aircraft, rather than forward.

When I rode in a C-5 with my SH-60B, passengers where NOT permitted in the cargo bay.

Answer 5

during an emergency evacution el put over 1000 people in a 747 sitting everywhere, my guess a c-5 could hold 1500 plus in an emergency,,,,


In vietnam america was flying them out at over a thousand people i know,, one crashed

Answer 6

I dunno (270,000 pounds worth if you go by wieght), but it can hold like 16 million ping pong balls.

Answer 7

enough