# Procedures # AAVA Standard Passenger and Baggage Weights Policy #### **SUMMER & WINTER STANDARD WEIGHTS** ##### **AAVA Hub Operations • November 1, 2026** **STATUS:** AAVA HUB OPERATIONS POLICY — EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1, 2026 ##### **1. Policy purpose and scope** Establish uniform AAVA passenger and baggage planning weights for applicable passenger operations across American Airlines, partner and codeshare flying, regional affiliates, Heritage, charter, contractor and event divisions. Cargo-only operations use the applicable aircraft-specific weight-and-balance and cargo-loading data. Aircraft limits and any requirement to use actual weights take precedence over these planning averages. ##### **2. AAVA adopted planning weights**

Item	Summer	Winter
Season	May 1–October 31	November 1–April 30
Adult passenger	184 lb	189 lb
Carry-on bag (if separately entered)	19 lb	19 lb
Checked bag (per bag)	32 lb	32 lb

AAVA adopts the following simulation-planning values effective November 1, 2026. Seasonal passenger values reflect a five-pound winter clothing allowance difference. These are AAVA-selected standards, not FAA-mandated universal figures or a claim of real-world American Airlines certification. ##### **3. Flight planning and double-count prevention** · Determine whether the simulator or flight-planning system passenger weight already includes carry-on baggage. If included, do not add a separate 19 lb carry-on entry. · If the passenger weight excludes carry-on baggage, include the carry-on weight only where the profile supports a separate bag entry; document the basis. · Checked baggage must be counted consistently by number of bags and entered in the correct field; do not also duplicate the same mass as cargo. · Use actual or aircraft-specific weights where necessary for special passenger groups, unusual baggage, regional/light aircraft, or when standard averages are inappropriate. ##### **4. Implementation requirements** · For AAVA policy purposes, 184 lb (summer) and 189 lb (winter) represent the adult passenger including seasonal clothing but excluding the separately specified 19 lb carry-on. Add the carry-on only where the flight-planning system has not already included it in passenger or cabin baggage weight. · For small-capacity regional, turboprop, heritage and special-purpose aircraft, use actual or aircraft-specific weights whenever average weights are not operationally appropriate or required limitations cannot be demonstrated. · For flights dated November 1 through April 30, use winter values; for flights dated May 1 through October 31, use summer values. Set the correct values in SimBrief and other planning profiles, including custom profiles. Follow local flight date for seasonal selection. · Hub Operations will maintain this policy and communicate changes. Pilots and dispatchers are responsible for applying the appropriate values without duplicating baggage weight. ##### **5. Technical reference** FAA AC 120-27F, Aircraft Weight and Balance Control (May 6, 2019), Chapter 3, provides an example approach using seasonal clothing increments of 5 lb summer and 10 lb winter and discusses standard averages, actual weights, and the suitability of averaging for different cabin sizes. It does not supply the AAVA-adopted 184/189/19/32 lb values as universal FAA-required standards. AAVA is a simulation organization and does not claim FAA OpSpec A099 approval. FAA reference: https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory\_Circular/AC\_120-27F.pdf ##### **6. Scope and exceptions** The specified adult weight is an adult planning average; do not silently use it for child passengers, infants, or nonstandard passenger groups. Apply actual or appropriate aircraft-specific weights where available or required. This policy applies to AAVA simulation operations and does not constitute real-world FAA OpSpec A099 authorization.