AKH — Air Cargo Container Dimensions & Weight

LD3-45 / A320-family container

IATA / industry code
AKH
Class
Lower-deck container · Lower Deck
External
153.4 × 156.2 × 114.3 cm (60.4 × 61.5 × 45 in)
Usable volume
Not published in the source
Max gross weight
1,134 kg / 2,500 lb
Tare
~73 kg / 161 lbApproximate in the source; not used as an exact tare.
Net payload available
—Max gross minus published tare. Net weight is not in the public source, so it is not subtracted. A range or approximate tare leaves this blank.
Contour
H
Height limit
—
Door opening
—Pallet — no door; the hold entry profile governs instead
Tie-down points
—

Loadable payload

Payload is max gross minus the ULD’s own tare and its standard net.
Basiskglb
Structural max gross1,1342,500
Tare (approximate)~73161
Standard net0—
Net payload0—

Contour applied

The container’s own section fixes the limit; the deck it loads on fixes whether it fits at all.

ContourDeckMax heightBase (W × L)Verification
HLower Deck114.3 cm / 45 in243.8 × — cmpublic-letter-summary

Aircraft

Recorded as compatible with: A320, A321, A319. Compatibility here means the compartment accepts this ULD’s section and the position exists — it is not a statement that the deck’s height limit allows a full-height build.

Sources for this page

Air NZ Cargo public: AKH for A320/321, H=114 cm, MGW 1134 kg. Airbus AC A320 shows ULD counts but does not name AKH in extractable text—code from airline public page + industry LD3-45.

Check a AKH build against its contourOpen the ULD centre in the tool — no sign-up needed to look parameters up.