FINAL DIMENSIONS & SPECIFICATIONS
Please Note: These Dimensions & Specifications are for the Model 2086 > Douglas DC-9 as It Was Proposed in 1962. However, Some of These Figures Changed As The DC-9 Evolved From A Proposal To An Actual Aircraft Between 1963-1965.

LENGTH: 100.3 Feet (30.57 Meters) WINGSPAN: 87.4 Feet (26.64 Meters)

MAXIMUM TAKEOFF WEIGHT: 77,000 Pounds (34,927 Kilograms)
MAXIMUM LANDING WEIGHT: 73,350 Pounds (33,271 Kilograms)
ZERO FUEL WEIGHT: 60,000 Pounds (27,216 Kilograms)

TAKEOFF RUNWAY LENGTH: 4,750 Feet (1,448 Meters) With a Full Load of Passengers

CRUISING ALTITUDE: 35,000 Feet (10,668 Meters)

CRUISING SPEED: 560 Miles Per Hour (901 Kilometers Per Hour)

POWER PLANT: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5 Turbofan Jet
THRUST PER ENGINE: 12,000 Pounds (5,443 Kilograms) Static Thrust

PASSENGER CONFIGURATION/CAPACITY:
All First Class: 55 Passengers in Four Abreast Seating*
All Coach Class: 77 Passengers in Five Abreast Seating*
* Both Configurations Using Conventional Airline Seats with Passenger Service Units (lights, air vents, flight attendant call button) located above the passenger, underneath the luggage rack (later replaced with luggage bins to store carryon luggage).

RANGE: 500 Miles (805 Kilometers) with 77 Passengers & Baggage or up to 1,100 Miles (1,770 Kilometers) with 55 Passengers & Baggage.

ADDITIONAL FEATURES:
* A self-contained stairway at the forward entry door for quicker turn-around times.
* A small baggage door located next to the forward entry door which utilized a pull-out style rack which passengers could place their carry-on baggage in as they boarded. This rack then slid back into the baggage compartment. At the destination it could be opened & pulled out for the passengers to pick-up their carry-on baggage upon deplaning. This feature was later dropped and the cargo/baggage area expanded instead.
* An Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) integrated into the airplane which would provide electrical and air pressure to start the engines rather than depend on ground electrical and air supply. This would speed up turn-around times.
* Aircraft was designed so it can easily be "stretched" for additional capacity & payload and therefore utilized as a future replacement for the Lockheed Constellations & Electras & Douglas DC-6s & DC-7s.

ESTIMATED PRICE: $3,100,000 USD

SOURCES FOR THIS DATA:
"Great Airliners Volume Four Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9" by Terry Waddington
Douglas Aircraft Company Publications & Press Releases