{"id":397358,"date":"2026-04-01T01:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/inside-airbus-a321xlr-fuel-tank\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T01:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:00:18","slug":"inside-the-airbus-a321xlrs-fuel-tank-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=397358","title":{"rendered":"Inside The Airbus A321XLR’s Fuel Tank System"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is well known that commercial aircraft store their fuel in the wings, but while that is mostly true, it is not completely true. Some long-range variants have extra tanks installed, and at the heart of the Airbus A321XLR’s long range is the Rear Centre Tank. While the tank comes with some trade-offs and penalties, it allows the A321 to exploit the mid-sized aircraft market without having to design a cleansheet aircraft<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By adding the Rear Centre Tank, Airbus was able to increase the XLR’s range to 4,700 nautical miles allowing it to fill the Boeing 757’s shoes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[426,582,1778,396,19988],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-397358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airbus","category-airbus-a321","category-airbus-a321xlr","category-aircraft","category-fuel-tank"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t