Useful load includes

Useful load includes

• A. Weight of people and cargo
• B. Empty weight
• C. Unusable fuel
• D. People, fuel, and cargo

Answer: (D)

In weight and balance, useful load is what you can add to the airplane above its empty weight. It includes both the payload (people and cargo) and the fuel that can actually be used on the flight. So the correct option is the one that lists people, fuel, and cargo together. Empty weight is the baseline aircraft weight and isn’t part of useful load, and unusable fuel isn’t counted because it can’t be used for flight.

In weight and balance, useful load is what you can add to the airplane above its empty weight. It includes both the payload (people and cargo) and the fuel that can actually be used on the flight. So the correct option is the one that lists people, fuel, and cargo together. Empty weight is the baseline aircraft weight and isn’t part of useful load, and unusable fuel isn’t counted because it can’t be used for flight.