Our system will generate a passenger load for you but you won’t know what the load is until you’ve finished your flight. That makes it hard to plan your flight so you know how much fuel to take.
The system picks a load based on the aircraft category. I’ve entered 74% as the average load factor which is the 2010 global average. It then adds or subtracts a random percentage of 10%. For example, if you select a route that uses the Jet 200 Pax category the system will generate a load that is 148 people +/- 10%. You may see anywhere from 133 to 162 passengers. However, if you fly the route in an aircraft with 150 seats you will probably have more passengers than you can carry.
In order to generate a realistic number of passengers you can take the number of seats in your selected aircraft and multiply by .74 rounding up the decimal place. If you choose this method then report that number of passengers in the comment section and we’ll make the change when approving the PIREP. Here are some loads for typical aircraft you may see.
19 seats = 14 pax
50 seats = 37 pax
70 seats = 52 pax
78 seats = 58 pax
90 seats = 67 pax
125 seats = 93 pax
150 seats = 111 pax
175 seats = 130 pax
190 seats = 141 pax
260 seats = 192 pax
335 seats = 248 pax
416 seats = 308 pax
525 seats = 389 pax
800 seats = 592 pax
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