Which weight value corresponds to the Zero Fuel Weight?

Which weight value corresponds to the Zero Fuel Weight?

• A. 21,430 lbs
• B. 21,500 lbs
• C. 22,000 lbs
• D. 21,000 lbs

Answer: (A)

Zero Fuel Weight is the aircraft’s weight with no usable fuel on board—the basic empty weight plus all payload (passengers, baggage, cargo). It defines the maximum weight you can carry before fueling, since fuel is added later up to the overall maximum takeoff weight. For the Citation Latitude used here, the official Zero Fuel Weight is 21,430 pounds. That exact figure is the one that corresponds to ZFW because it represents the fixed limit for payload plus empty weight with zero fuel. The other values don’t fit as ZFW because they either exceed the ZFW limit (21,500 and 22,000) or fall short of it (21,000). In practice, you’d plan to load payload up to the ZFW, then add fuel up to the MTOW as allowed.

Zero Fuel Weight is the aircraft’s weight with no usable fuel on board—the basic empty weight plus all payload (passengers, baggage, cargo). It defines the maximum weight you can carry before fueling, since fuel is added later up to the overall maximum takeoff weight.

For the Citation Latitude used here, the official Zero Fuel Weight is 21,430 pounds. That exact figure is the one that corresponds to ZFW because it represents the fixed limit for payload plus empty weight with zero fuel.

The other values don’t fit as ZFW because they either exceed the ZFW limit (21,500 and 22,000) or fall short of it (21,000). In practice, you’d plan to load payload up to the ZFW, then add fuel up to the MTOW as allowed.