P contour — Lower Deck Contour Limits

Lower deck / pallet-related contour letter. Public letter summary only; ULDR drawings are paywalled and are not copied.

Industry label
P
IATA contour letter
P
Deck
Lower Deck
Maximum height
162.6 cm / 64 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: A300-600, A310, B747-400F, B747-8, B747F, B757-200PF, B767-200, B767-300, B767-300F, B767-400ER, B777-200, B777-200LR, B777-300ER, B777F, B787-10, B787-8, B787-9. 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 A300-600 (pax)PassengerNo main-deck cargo positionPosition count not published
Airbus A310PassengerNo main-deck cargo positionPosition count not published
Boeing 747-400F / 747-400ERFFreighterPosition count not publishedPosition count not published
Boeing 747-8 (pax)PassengerNo main-deck cargo positionPosition count not published
Boeing 747-8FFreighter34 published positionsPosition count not published
Boeing 757-200PFFreighter15 published positions—
Boeing 767-200/-200ERPassengerNo main-deck cargo positionPosition count not published
Boeing 767-300/-300ERPassengerNo main-deck cargo positionPosition count not published
Boeing 767-300FFreighterPosition count not publishedPosition count not published
Boeing 767-400ERPassengerNo main-deck cargo positionPosition count not published
Boeing 777-200/-200ER/-300PassengerNo main-deck cargo positionPosition count not published
Boeing 777-200LRPassengerNo main-deck cargo positionPosition count not published
Boeing 777-300ERPassengerNo main-deck cargo positionPosition count not published
Boeing 777FFreighterPosition count not publishedPosition count not published
Boeing 787-10PassengerNo main-deck cargo positionPosition count not published
Boeing 787-8PassengerNo main-deck cargo positionPosition count not published
Boeing 787-9PassengerNo main-deck cargo positionPosition count not published

ULDs built to P

CodeAlso codedClassMax gross
ALPLD4/LD11Container—
P1PLD7/PAA/PAJ/PAP/P1APallet4,626 kg / 10,199 lb
AAPLD9Container—
RAP—Container—

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