AMU / LD39 — Air Cargo Container Dimensions & Weight
LD-39 contoured on P6P
IATA / industry code
AMU · also coded LD39
Class
Lower-deck container · Lower Deck
External
243.8 × 317.5 × 162.6 cm (96 × 125 × 64 in)
Usable volume
Not published in the source
Max gross weight
5,035 kg / 11,100 lb
Tare
290 kg / 639 lb
Net payload available
4,745 kg / 10,461 lbMax 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
U
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.
Basis
kg
lb
Structural max gross
5,035
11,100
Tare
290
639
Standard net
0
—
Net payload
4,745
10,461
Contour applied
The container’s own section fixes the limit; the deck it loads on fixes whether it fits at all.
Contour
Deck
Max height
Base (W × L)
Verification
U
Lower Deck
162.6 cm / 64 in
472.4 × — cm
public-letter-summary
Aircraft
Recorded as compatible with: B747-8. 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
Boeing: AMU. Suitable 747 lower.
Boeing StartupBoeing — Cargo Pallets and Containers (https://www.boeing.com/content/dam/boeing/v2/company/startupboeing/CargoPalletsContainers.pdf, retrieved 2026-10-22)