The Maximum Ramp Weight (also known as the Maximum Taxi Weight (MTW)) is the maximum weight authorised for manoeuvring (taxiing or towing) an aircraft on the ground as limited by aircraft strength and airworthiness requirements. It includes the weight of taxi and run-up fuel for the engines and the APU.

It is greater than the maximum takeoff weight due to the fuel that will be burned during the taxi and runup operations.

The difference between the maximum taxi/ramp weight and the maximum take-off weight (maximum taxi fuel allowance) depends on the size of the aircraft, the number of engines, APU operation, and engines/APU fuel consumption, and is typically assumed for 10 to 15 minutes allowance of taxi and run-up operations.

See also

• Aircraft Gross Weight
  Aircraft gross weight
  The aircraft gross weight is the total aircraft weight at any moment during the flight or ground operation.The aircraft gross weight decreases during flight due to fuel and oil consumption...
  
  
• Maximum Takeoff Weight (MTOW)
• Maximum Landing Weight (MLW)
  Maximum Landing Weight
  The Maximum Landing Weight is the maximum aircraft gross weight due to design or operational limitations at which an aircraft is permitted to land...
  
  
• Maximum Zero Fuel Weight (MZFW)
  Maximum Zero-Fuel Weight
  The Zero Fuel Weight of an airplane is the total weight of the airplane and all its contents, minus the total weight of the fuel on board....
  
  
• Manufacturer's Empty Weight (MEW)

External links

• Synthesis of subsonic airplane design
• Aircraft weight and balance
• Aircraft Design Synthesis and Analysis
• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (2008)