A contour — Main Deck Contour Limits

Main deck contour. Public letter summary only; ULDR drawings are paywalled and are not copied.

Industry label
A
IATA contour letter
A
Deck
Main Deck
Maximum height
243.8 cm / 96 in
Base width
Not published
Base length
Not published
Where the taper starts
Profile is modelled as rectangular

Permitted width at height

Read as: at the stated height above the pallet or container floor, this is the maximum overall width the build may occupy. A load that exceeds any single row is out of contour, even if it is under the maximum height.

No base width was published for this letter, so no width-at-height section is drawn. A taper is not inferred.

Verification status

Aircraft

Positions accepting this contour are recorded on: A300-600F, A330F, B747-400F, B747F, B767-300F, B777F. A main-deck contour is never a lower-deck limit — the same PMC that takes 116 in or 118 in on a freighter main deck is limited to about 64 in in a wide-body passenger belly.

AircraftTypeMain deckLower deck
Airbus A300-600F / A300F4-600FreighterPosition count not publishedPosition count not published
Airbus A330-200FFreighterPosition count not publishedPosition count not published
Boeing 747-400F / 747-400ERFFreighterPosition count not publishedPosition count not published
Boeing 747-8FFreighter34 published positionsPosition count not published
Boeing 767-300FFreighterPosition count not publishedPosition count not published
Boeing 777FFreighterPosition count not publishedPosition count not published

ULDs built to A

CodeAlso codedClassMax gross
AMAAMF/AMGContainer6,804 kg / 15,000 lb

Work a build against the A contourThe build-up guide takes the pallet step by step so each layer is checked against the contour before release.