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Aviation abbreviation

# Operating Empty Weight

ABBR · Operations

At a glance

## Meaning of Operating Empty Weight

The aircraft's operating empty weight, excluding payload and usable fuel.

### More about Operating Empty Weight

Operating Empty Weight includes the aircraft and the items defined by the operator's weight documentation.

People, baggage, cargo and usable fuel are added as appropriate when calculating flight mass. OEW should not be compared directly with MTOW without accounting for those other components.

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