What are the 4 categories of an aircraft?

For example, within the airplane category, there are four classes of airplanes, such as:
  • Single-Engine Land.
  • Single-Engine Sea.
  • Multi-Engine Land.
  • Multi-Engine Sea.




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Aircraft Categories
  • Airplane – Engine-driven, fixed-wing aircraft.
  • Lighter-Than-Air – Aircraft that uses a gas that is lighter than air in order to rise and remain in the air.
  • Powered Parachute – A powered type of aircraft that has a flexible wing, frame and wheels.


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Category A: less than 169 km/h (91 kt) indicated airspeed (IAS) Category B: 169 km/h (91 kt) or more but less than 224 km/h (121 kt) IAS. Category C: 224 km/h (121 kt) or more but less than 261 km/h (141 kt) IAS. Category D: 261 km/h (141 kt) or more but less than 307 km/h (166 kt) IAS.

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Configured in a single-class layout with 189 seats, Ryanair's Boeing 737-800s are the mainstay of the airline's fleet. Because of the low fares, I tend to think of Ryanair flights as like being on a bus in the air, as the seats do not recline and there is no in-flight entertainment.

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So to your original question, a person who has a current type rated for required pilot flight crewmember duties on a Boeing 747 cannot perform the same duties on a Boeing 787, 737, etc. without being type rated on those aircraft as well.

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Weight class is based are assigned by APO130 based on the TFMS observed aircraft codes. There are 6 categories -- (A) Heavy, (B) B757, (C) Large Jet, (D) Large Commuter, (E) Medium, (F) Small.

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