Reference
PLA Half Pallet
Half pallet with a contoured edge. The IATA code, rate class, weights, volume and aircraft fit are below.
- IATA code
- PLA half pallet with net
- Code prefixes
- PLB, FLA, P9A, P9B, P9P, P9R, and P9S
- Rate class
- Type 6
- Aircraft it fits
- 747, 777, 787 lower hold; 707F, 727F, 737F main deck with contoured load
- Max gross weight
- 3,175 kg (6,999 lb)
- Empty weight
- 91 kg (200 lb)
- AS1825 volume
- 7.1 m³ (250 ft³)
How the PLA Half Pallet is used
A contoured half pallet built to the PLA code, for lower holds and main decks.
The contour lets it sit in the curved lower-hold space. A standard-body freighter main deck will take it if the load itself is contoured. It is useful where a shipment does not fill a full pallet position.
Cargo it usually takes
How this family is arranged
- A half pallet with a contour, so it can serve both lower holds and main decks.
- A flat aluminium sheet base with hardened edge rails that lock into the aircraft restraint system.
- Cargo is built on the base and held by a net pulled onto the edge rails.
- A contoured build follows the hold profile. A squared-off build uses the full main-deck height.
- Wing variants add hinged or fixed-angle side extensions for cargo that hangs past the base.
Why operators pick it
- It takes cargo of almost any shape, because nothing encloses it.
- Empty weight is the lightest of any ULD for that footprint, so more of the allowance goes to cargo.
- Empty units stack flat, which keeps the cost of moving them back down.
Settle these points before you book
- The cargo is open and the net is the only restraint, so the quality of the build-up decides whether the load arrives whole.
- The finished load has to match the hold contour or it will not fit.
- Nets and edge rails wear. Both are checked before the unit is accepted.