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CHARACTERISTICS UNITS 737–900
MAX DESIGN POUNDS 164,500 174,700
TAXI WEIGHT
KILOGRAMS 74,616 79,243
MAX DESIGN POUNDS 164,000 174,200
TAKEOFF WEIGHT
KILOGRAMS 79,016
Takeoff
MAX DESIGN POUNDS 146,300
Weight
LANDING WEIGHT
KILOGRAMS 66,361
MAX DESIGN POUNDS 138,300 140,300
ZERO FUEL WEIGHT
KILOGRAMS 63,639
OPERATING POUNDS Landing 94,580
Weight
EMPTY WEIGHT (1)
KILOGRAMS 42,901
MAX STRUCTURAL POUNDS 43,720 45,720
PAYLOAD
KILOGRAMS 19,831 20,738
SEATING CAPACITY (1) TWO-CLASS 177 177
ALL-ECONOMY 189 189
MAX CARGO CUBIC FEET 1,835 1,835
- LOWER DECK
CUBIC METERS 52.0 52.0
USABLE FUEL US GALLONS 6875 6875
LITERS 26,022 26,022
POUNDS 46,063 46,063
KILOGRAMS 20,894 20,894
NOTE: (1) OPERATING EMPTY WEIGHT FOR BASELINE MIXED CLASS CONFIGURATION.
CONSULT WITH AIRLINE FOR SPECIFIC WEIGHTS AND CONFIGURATIONS.
FIGURE 6-16 Boeing 737–900 general airplane characteristics (Boeing Corp. document
#D6-58325-3 and FAA AC 150/5325-4B).

These charts are designed for level runways. An adjustment for runway gra-
dient must be made by adding 10 ft of runway length for every foot of runway
gradient. In this example, an additional 200 ft of runway length is added, result-
ing in an adjusted runway length for landing of 6800 ft.
Second, estimation of required runway length for takeoff is performed using
the takeoff runway length performance chart for the aircraft. Oftentimes, an
aircraft will have multiple takeoff performance charts, typically for different
average high temperatures. The chart associated with the temperature nearest
the airport’s average high during the hottest month is used.