How to look at the aircraft model, how to look at the flight number of the aircraft

If you can quickly tell the model of the airplane, let me tell you a few ways to quickly distinguish the model of the aircraft. (The premise is that the plane is not flying too high or has not yet taken off, and there is nothing you can do at an altitude of 10,000 meters.) ）

Tools Raw materials.

Eyes. Method steps.

At present, the main passenger aircraft are mainly divided into Airbus abbreviated as Airbus and Boeing, Airbus A320 series, A330, A380; The Boeing B737 family, the B747 family, and the newcomer B787 and so on. So the first thing to distinguish the model is whose aircraft it is.

How to quickly distinguish the type of aircraft.

Look at the windshield first. If the bottom is horizontal, then it is Airbus'; If the bottom is V-shaped, then it is Boeing's. (Also, this method does not apply to the Boeing 747 and Airbus 380, and the characteristics of the appearance of these two aircraft are too obvious to be judged by these two windshields.)

How to quickly distinguish the type of aircraft.

How can you tell whose plane it is at night? Another: That's only so much you can do at night.

How to quickly distinguish the type of aircraft.

The most distinctive and easily recognizable Boeing aircraft is the B747. Four engines, large forehead, (front double deck rear single deck). However, there are now new B747 aircraft, namely the 747-8 and 747-9, which are not much different in appearance, the main difference is that the old model has a serrated edge on the hood, and the large wings of the aircraft are streamlined, without the previous winglets.

How to quickly distinguish the type of aircraft.

B737-800, all 737-800 basically have this unique feature, that is, the winglets are curved upward, and the winglets are longer! As long as you have this feature, don't hesitate, 737!

How to quickly distinguish the type of aircraft.

A380 Needless to say, double-layered, four-shot! In the sky, it is obvious that the band is more than an order of magnitude fatter than other aircraft!

How to quickly distinguish the type of aircraft.

A320 series, winglet characteristics are obvious! There are pictures to prove it!

How to quickly distinguish the type of aircraft.

Another B787. The bonnet is zigzag, see, the wings are also streamlined. It definitely can't be mixed with the 747-8 9, because this one is a twin, and this is a narrow-body machine, which is two laps smaller than the 747!!

The flight number usually consists of two letters** plus 4 Arabic numerals for each airline. Among them, the two characters ** are the abbreviations of each airline, such as CA is China International Airlines, MU is China Eastern Airlines, CZ is China Southern Airlines, HU is He Wei Hainan Airlines, ZH is Shenzhen Airlines, MF is Xiamen Airlines, SC is Shandong Airlines, 3U is Sichuan Airlines, ......The first of the last four digits indicates the area where the flight operates from the base of departure; The second digit indicates the area of the base where the terminal of the flight is located; The third and fourth digits indicate the serial number of the flight: the odd number indicates the flight from the base to the outbound, and the even number indicates the flight returning from the outside.

However, if you apply the above rules, you may find that you can't explain the real route of CA1852 flight above. With the increasing number of new airlines and flights, many flight numbers can no longer be applied to the original pattern. Although the flight number is no longer strictly regular, it is not "traceless", at least two points have not changed, one is that the two words ** still represent the airline; Second, the third and fourth digits are still the flight serial number.

Similarly, the odd number represents the outward flight from the base, and the even number represents the return flight back to the base. In addition to this, the first two digits of the flight number still have a certain correlation with the base location and destination location of the airline. Judging from the statistics of the first and second digits of flights, the pattern of this "number corresponding to the region" is still traceable for Air China, China Southern Airlines, and China Eastern Airlines.

For example, Air China (CA) flights have the most flights starting with "1" (i.e., originally representing the North China base), accounting for 63%. China Southern Airlines (CZ) flights use the number "3" (which originally represents the South China Exciting Base) to start with the most numeric number, accounting for 53%. China Eastern Airlines (MU) flights use the number "5" (which originally represents the East China base) to start with the most numeric number, accounting for 53%.

While most flight numbers are two-word** with four Arabic numerals, you've probably come across some flight numbers followed by letters. If a flight is delayed, diverted, or cancelled due to weather, mechanical failure, etc., and a make-up flight is required, the airline will turn the last digit of the original flight number into a letter in order to distinguish between the original flight and the make-up flight.