Design Group IV
Of the 364 types on this site, 20 are in Design Group IV, the band from 118 to under 171 ft of wingspan or 45 to under 60 ft of tail height. Boeing accounts for 8, Airbus for 4 and McDonnell Douglas for 2; 6 come from other makers. By engine type: 15 jets and 5 turboprops. Wingspan alone decides the group for 8 of them; for the other 12, the tail height lands in the same group too. Spans run from the Antonov An-12 up to the McDonnell Douglas MD-11.
Wingspan 118 to under 171 ft or tail 45 to under 60 ft · 20 types
- McDonnell Douglas MD-11span 170.5 ft · length 202.2 fttail 58.8 ft · IV-D
- Boeing 767-400span 170.3 ft · length 201.3 fttail 55.8 ft · IV-D
- Boeing C-17 Globemaster IIIspan 169.8 ft · length 174.0 fttail 55.1 ft · IV-B
- Boeing 767-300span 167.0 ft · length 180.3 fttail 52.6 ft · IV-C
- Ilyushin Il-76span 165.7 ft · length 152.9 fttail 48.4 ft · IV-B
- McDonnell Douglas DC-10span 165.3 ft · length 181.6 fttail 58.1 ft · IV-D
- Boeing 767-200span 156.1 ft · length 159.2 fttail 52.9 ft · IV-C
- Douglas DC-8-70span 148.4 ft · length 187.7 fttail 43.3 ft · IV-D
- Airbus A300-600span 147.1 ft · length 177.4 fttail 54.7 ft · IV-C
- Airbus A300B2/B4span 147.1 ft · length 175.5 fttail 54.9 ft · IV-C
- Boeing 707-300span 145.8 ft · length 152.9 fttail 42.1 ft · IV-C
- Airbus A310span 144.0 ft · length 153.2 fttail 52.3 ft · IV-C
- Airbus A400M Atlasspan 139.1 ft · length 148.0 fttail 47.9 ft · IV-C
- Boeing 757-300span 134.8 ft · length 178.6 fttail 44.8 ft · IV-D
- Boeing 757-200span 134.8 ft · length 155.3 fttail 45.1 ft · IV-C
- Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Herculesspan 132.6 ft · length 112.8 fttail 38.8 ft · IV-C
- Lockheed C-130 Herculesspan 132.6 ft · length 97.8 fttail 38.8 ft · IV-B
- Transall C-160span 131.2 ft · length 106.3 fttail 38.4 ft · IV-C
- Boeing KC-135 Stratotankerspan 130.8 ft · length 136.3 fttail 41.7 ft · IV-C
- Antonov An-12span 124.8 ft · length 111.6 fttail 34.6 ft · IV-C
One scale for every outline on this page, nose up. Codes read Design Group, then Approach Category.
Close to a line
Three types stop short of the 171 ft wingspan line: the MD-11 (0.5 ft), the 767-400 (0.7 ft) and the C-17 (1.2 ft). One type has its tail within 2.5 ft of the 60 ft height line: the DC-10 (1.9 ft).
Approach categories
By approach category the types split into 3 in Category B, 12 in Category C and 5 in Category D. The FAA reference approach speeds behind those categories run from 115 to 158 kt.
Background: Airplane Design Groups I–VI explained.
Source: FAA Aircraft Characteristics Database, October 2024 release. How we measure.