Aircraft Weight and Balance

Course details

Course Overview

• Aircraft weights.

Course Highlights

• Understand the basic principles of flight related to aircraft weight and balance.
• Become familiar with terms used in the field.
• Understand and identify the various weights used in the compilation of a load-sheet.
• Construct indexes and understand their use.
• Become familiar with the design of trim charts.
• Review the standard IATA manual load-sheet and drop line trim chart and the IATA standard electronic data processed load-sheet.
• Basic theory of flight.

Aircraft weights:

•  Basic aircraft weight.
•  Aircraft operating weight.
•  Aircraft structural and limiting weights.
• Theory of balance.
• Balance theory applied to aircraft.
• Load-sheet compilation.
• Drop line trim chart and its function.
• The manual load/trim sheet and the standard IATA EDP Load/trim sheet.

Accreditation & Certification

• Jordan Ministry Of Education
• Petra Travel & Tourism Institute

Pre-requisite: 

• Previous Airport Services Experience
• Secondary / High School Leaving Certificate / College Diploma / University Degree
• Basic Math Skills
• Good English Skills

Course Language: 

• Arabic
• English

Course Examination Language: 

• English