Statistic of aspect ratio

Typical aspect ratios can be found in the following table:

Estimated geometric and aerodynamic characteristics of representative aircraft LOFTIN 1980

A	l / d	3.14d² / 4S	At / SW	L'	cD,0	cL,m	(L / D)max
Narrow-body transport
7.4	11.8	0.039	5.00	1.0	0.0131	0.51	19.4
7.5	13.59	0.051	5.95	1.0	0.0156	0.56	17.92
7.0	9.4	0.072	5.80	0.74	0.0160	0.55	17.10
7.0	11.1	0.072	6.29	0.74	0.0173	0.57	16.42
8.8	7.9	0.121	6.72	0.64	0.0190	0.67	17.59
8.7	9	0.111	6.93	0.64	0.0196	0.67	17.23
8.5	7.5	0.096	5.88	0.64	0.0166	0.61	18.49
Wide-body transport
7.0	10.3	0.069	5.95	1.34	0.0148	0.53	17.74
7.6	8.7	0.095	6.31	1.13	0.0162	0.57	17.70
7.0	9.1	0.088	6.23	1.07	0.0161	0.55	17.02
7.7	9.2	0.096	6.53	1.0	0.0171	0.59	17.33
Business jet
5.0	8.7	0.085	6.00	0.24	0.0199	0.52	12.94
6.0	9.4	0.072	5.80	0.47	0.0172	0.52	15.25

Wing span and aspect ratio of selected aircraft Jane's 1995-98

Aircraft	Airbus A 300-600B	Airbus A 310-300	Airbus A 320-200	Airbus A 340-300	Antonov AN 124	BAe (Avro) RJ85	Boeing B 737-600	Boeing B 747-400	Boeing B 777	Cessna 525 CitationJet	Learjet 60	McDonnell Douglas MD11	Tupolev TU 204
Wing span [ m ]	44.84	43.89	33.91	60.30	73.30	26.21	34.31	64.44	60.93	14.25	13.34	51.66	42.0
Aspect ratio [ - ]	7.7	8.8	9.4	10.0	8.6	9.0	9.4	7.7	8.7	9.1	7.2	7.9	9.7

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