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load factor
- Definição1
- The percentage of available capacity that is actually sold and used by revenue passengers and/or freight, on a single flight over a single flight sector.
- Fonte1
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Manual on the Regulation of International Air Transport. 2. ed. Montreal: ICAO, 2004. (Doc. 9626)
- Definição2
- The ratio of a specified load to the total weight of the aircraft. The specified load is expressed in terms of any of the following: aerodynamic forces, inertia forces, or ground or water reactions.
- Fonte2
- CRANE, Dale (ed.). Dictionary of aeronautical terms. 2nd ed. Renton: ASA, 1991.
- Definição3
- The ratio of a specified load to the total weight of the aircraft.
- Fonte3
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. Rotorcraft flying handbook (FAA-H-8083-21). Washington, DC: FAA, 2000. Disponível em: http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/media/faa-h-8083-21.pdf. Acesso em: 10 fev. 2012.
- Fonte4
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Manual of aircraft accident and incident investigation. Part III: investigation. 1st ed. Montreal, 2011. (Doc. 9756)
- Contexto
- Normally the wing structure is designed to be rigid enough that aileron effectiveness will not reverse in the normal speed and load factor operating envelope.
- Subárea1
- Aerodynamics
- Related Term
- design load factor
- seat factor
- Português
- fator de carga