Last updated June 28, 2008

The critical value for determining an AI aircraft parking spot minimum size in FSX is in the aircraft.cfg file - under the airplane geometry section - the wing_span= value is critical.

However, the model radius is still important because it determines how close aircraft models come to each other while in taxi behavior, and how large the 'bubble' around the AI and user aircraft is for crash detection.

Martin Gossman's Military Aircraft Parking Sizes

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FSX Parking - GA BizJets by Size

Default Parking for GA aircraft is woefully oversized and inadequate in FSX. Recommended GA Parking Spot Sizes 7.3 Ramp_GA_Small
Download an Excel Spreadsheet of this document     10.3 Ramp_GA_Medium
Personally, I increase the wing_span value of all BizJets to a minimum of 46.25 to keep them out of the smallest GA spots. 13.3 Ramp_GA_Large
I strongly recommend you set the aircraft in the first group to 46.25 for their wing_span value - and set their parking for 8M or larger 16.3 Ramp_GA
General Aviation Jet Aircraft     Enter this number in the Aircraft.cfg for wing_span=        Enter RAMP in the atc_parking_types= line for all regular GA aircraft.
AIRCRAFT Mfr   (Bold/Italic - an AI model exists for this aircraft) TYPE AI Class / ATC Parking Code Real World WingSpan Ft (from Airliners.net) Wing Span in Meters 1/2 Wing Span Value FSX Parking Spot Size Used Parking Spot Type
Adam A700 AdamJet GA2J 44.00 13.41 6.71 7.00 Ramp_GA_Small
Aerospatiale SN-601 Corvette GA2J 42.25 12.88 6.44 7.00 Ramp_GA_Small
Beech / Raytheon 390 Premier I GA2J 44.60 13.59 6.80 7.00 Ramp_GA_Small
Beech / Raytheon/ Mitsubishi BeechJet 400, Hawker 400XP, Mitsubishi Diamond GA2J 43.60 13.29 6.64 7.00 Ramp_GA_Small
Cessna Citation Mustang GA2J 43.16 13.16 6.58 7.00 Ramp_GA_Small
Cessna C-500 / C-501 / Citation GA2J 43.75 13.34 6.67 7.00 Ramp_GA_Small
Dassault Mystere Falcon 10 / Falcon 100 GA2J 42.92 13.08 6.54 7.00 Ramp_GA_Small
Eclipse Eclipse 500 GA2J 37.25 11.35 5.68 6.00 Ramp_GA_Small
Embraer Phenom 100 GA2J 40.33 12.29 6.15 7.00 Ramp_GA_Small
Honda HA-420 / Honda Jet GA2J 39.75 12.12 6.06 7.00 Ramp_GA_Small
IAI Westwind / Westwind II / 1123 / 1124 GA2J 44.42 13.54 6.77 7.00 Ramp_GA_Small
Lear Jet 23 / 24 / 25 / 25D / 28 GA2J 35.66 10.87 5.43 6.00 Ramp_GA_Small
Lear Jet 29 GA2J 43.83 13.36 6.68 7.00 Ramp_GA_Small
Lear Jet 31A GA2J 43.83 13.36 6.68 7.00 Ramp_GA_Small
Lear Jet 35A / 36A GA2J 39.50 12.04 6.02 7.00 Ramp_GA_Small
Lear Jet / Bombardier 55 / 60 GA2J 43.75 13.34 6.67 7.00 Ramp_GA_Small
Rockwell Sabreliner GA2J 44.25 13.49 6.74 7.00 Ramp_GA_Small
Sino Swearingen SJ-30-2 GA2J 42.33 12.90 6.45 7.00 Ramp_GA_Small
Beech / Raytheon / BAe Hawker HS-125-700, Hawker 800 GA2J 47.00 14.33 7.16 8.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Beech / Raytheon / BAe Hawker Hawker 800XP GA2J 51.42 15.67 7.84 8.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Beech / Raytheon Hawker 1000 GA2J 51.33 15.65 7.82 8.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Beech / Raytheon  Horizon / Hawker 4000 GA2J 61.75 18.82 9.41 10.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Bombardier BD-100 Challenger 300 GA2J 63.83 19.46 9.73 10.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Bombardier / Canadiar CL-600 - Challenger 600 GA2J 61.83 18.85 9.42 10.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Bombardier / Canadiar CL-600 - Challenger 601-1A / 601-3A / 604 GA2J 64.33 19.61 9.80 10.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Cessna CitationJet / CJ1 GA2J 46.83 14.27 7.14 8.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Cessna CJ2 GA2J 49.83 15.19 7.59 8.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Cessna Citation I / Citation 1 SP GA2J 47.08 14.35 7.17 8.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Cessna Citation II / Citation S/II GA2J 52.25 15.93 7.96 8.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Cessna Citation Bravo GA2J 52.17 15.90 7.95 8.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Cessna Citation III / VI / VII GA2J 53.50 16.31 8.15 9.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Cessna C-560 / Citation V / Citation Ultra GA2J 52.25 15.93 7.96 8.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Cessna C-560 / Citation Ultra Encore GA2J 54.08 16.48 8.24 9.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Cessna C-560XL / Citation Excel GA2J 55.83 17.02 8.51 9.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Cessna C-680 / Citation Sovereign GA2J 63.08 19.23 9.61 10.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Cessna C-750 / Citation X GA2J 63.92 19.48 9.74 10.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Dassault Mystere Falcon 20 / Falcon 200 GA2J 53.58 16.33 8.17 9.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Dassault Falcon 50 GA2J 61.92 18.87 9.44 10.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Dassault Falcon 2000 GA2J 63.42 19.33 9.67 10.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Dassault Falcon 900 GA2J 63.50 19.35 9.68 10.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Embraer Phenom 300 GA2J 53.10 16.18 8.09 9.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Hawker Siddeley HS-125-1 / 125-2 / 125-3 / 125-400 / 125-600 GA2J 47.00 14.33 7.16 8.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
IAI / Gulfstream IAI-1125 / Astra / G-100 GA2J 52.66 16.05 8.03 9.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
IAI / Gulfstream Astra SPX GA2J 54.58 16.64 8.32 9.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
IAI / Gulfstream IAI-1126 / Galaxy / G-200 GA2J 58.08 17.70 8.85 9.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Lear Jet / Bombardier 40 / 45 GA2J 47.83 14.58 7.29 8.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Lockheed Jetstar GA2J 54.42 16.59 8.29 9.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
VisionAire Vantage GA2J 47.50 14.48 7.24 8.00 Ramp_GA_Medium
Bombardier / Canadiar CL-600 - CRJ-100 / CRJ-200 GA3J 69.58 21.21 10.60 11.00 Ramp_GA_Large
Cessna C-850 / Citation Columbus GA3J 80.00 24.38 12.19 13.00 Ramp_GA_Large
Dornier / Fairchild J328 GA3J 68.83 20.98 10.49 11.00 Ramp_GA_Large
Embraer Legacy / ERJ-135 / ERJ-140 GA3J 65.75 20.04 10.02 11.00 Ramp_GA_Large
Embraer Legacy 600 GA3J 68.92 21.01 10.50 11.00 Ramp_GA_Large
Gulfstream / Grumman G-1159 / G-II GA3J 68.83 20.98 10.49 11.00 Ramp_GA_Large
Gulfstream / Grumman G-1159 / G-III / G-350 GA3J 77.83 23.72 11.86 12.00 Ramp_GA_Large
Gulfstream G-IV / G-IV SP / G-450 GA3J 77.83 23.72 11.86 12.00 Ramp_GA_Large
BAC 111-200/300/400 GA4J 88.50 26.97 13.49 14.00 RAMP_GA
BAC 111-500 GA4J 93.50 28.50 14.25 15.00 RAMP_GA
BAe / Avro RJ-70/146-100 GA4J 86.00 26.21 13.11 14.00 RAMP_GA
BAe / Avro RJ-85/146-200 GA4J 86.00 26.21 13.11 14.00 RAMP_GA
BAe / Avro RJ-100/146-300 GA4J 86.00 26.21 13.11 14.00 RAMP_GA
Bombardier BD-700 Global Express GA4J 94.00 28.65 14.33 15.00 RAMP_GA
Dassault Falcon 7X GA4J 86.00 26.21 13.11 14.00 RAMP_GA
Gulfstream G-V GA4J 93.25 28.42 14.21 15.00 RAMP_GA
Gulfstream G-500 / G-550 GA4J 93.50 28.50 14.25 15.00 RAMP_GA
Airbus ACJ / A319 BBJ0 111.83 34.09 17.04 18.00 GATE_SMALL
Airbus A318 Elite BBJ0 111.83 34.09 17.04 18.00 GATE_SMALL
Boeing BBJ BBJ0 117.42 35.79 17.89 18.00 GATE_SMALL
Boeing BBJ2 BBJ0 117.42 35.79 17.89 18.00 GATE_SMALL
Embraer Lineage 1000 BBJ0 118.92 36.25 18.12 19.00 GATE_SMALL