Aircraft overview
The Airbus A319 is a shortened, twin-engined member of the A320 family, intended for passenger routes that do not need the larger A320’s capacity. Its single-aisle cabin retains the family fuselage width, while its shorter body reduces the space available for passengers and cargo.
It entered airline service in 1996. The A319 combines a smaller cabin with the family’s shared cockpit and digital flight controls, allowing airlines to use a related aircraft on routes with different levels of demand.
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At a glance
A319-100 · original engines and wing-tip fences; July 2026 configuration examples, which may differ from individual aircraft in 1998
- Length
- 33.84 mA319-100.
- Wingspan
- 34.10 mWing-tip fences; the later Sharklet span is different.
- Outside fuselage width
- 3.95 mExternal body width, not internal cabin width.
- Engines
- Two CFM56 or IAE V2500 turbofansOriginal-engine installations; an aircraft has one selected engine type.
- Example passenger layouts
- 124 / 156 seatsTwo-class / high-density single-class examples; not universal limits or actual occupancy.
- Example maximum take-off mass
- 64,000 kgWV000 weight option.
- Example maximum landing mass
- 61,000 kgSame WV000 option.
In Air Defender
Role guidance · v0.8.16.0
Air Defender v0.8.16.0 includes the A319 as a commercial airliner. Its catalogue values appear in their own game-data section, separate from the aircraft specifications above.
Use Aircraft Data, flight-plan information and the identification guide together. A passenger-aircraft type does not establish the identity or intentions of a particular contact.
Game catalogue values · v0.8.16.0
In-game specifications
These figures come from the game’s general aircraft reference. A matching civilian register entry can supply different fields in Aircraft Data. How to read the two layouts →
- Role
- Commercial Airliner
- Category
- Commercial Airliner
- Service ceiling
- 39,800 ftA reference upper height. Read Flight Info for the contact’s present height.
- Maximum speed
- 537 knotsA reference maximum, not the speed the aircraft is flying now.
- Cruise speed
- 447 knotsA typical speed for the main part of a flight, not a guaranteed commanded speed.
- Stall speed
- 122 knotsA reference for specified conditions. Stalling means the wing loses lift, not that an engine stops.
- Typical crew
- 2
- Powerplant
- Twin turbofan engines (CFM56 or IAE V2500) Compare engine types →
- Manufacturer
- Airbus (Europe)
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In depth
Development and family design
The A319 is 33.84 m long, compared with 37.57 m for the A320 and 44.51 m for the A321. It retains the same 3.95 m outside fuselage width. Shortening the aircraft changes capacity without creating a completely unrelated cockpit or cabin cross-section.
Sidesticks and fly-by-wire
Sidesticks provide the pilots’ control inputs. Computers process those inputs, or commands from the autopilot, and send electrical signals to the actuators that move the flight-control surfaces. This is the principle of fly-by-wire.
Common cockpit design reduces the additional training needed when moving between family members. It does not make their weights, cabin capacities or performance identical.
Original-engine installations
CFM56 and IAE V2500 engines are alternative original-generation installations. Both are turbofans, mounted beneath the wings. The later label ceo means Current Engine Option and distinguishes this generation from neo, New Engine Option.
Cabin and airline configuration
One example cabin has 124 passenger seats: eight in first class and 116 in economy. A higher-density plan has 156 economy seats, arranged six abreast. The layouts also differ in lavatories and crew stations; they are alternatives, rather than a fixed load carried by every A319.
Weight limits and operating load
Take-off and landing limits apply to the whole aircraft, including its fuel and load. They are different structural limits, not interchangeable performance figures. WV000 identifies one weight option; it is not a single universal limit for the type.
These July 2026 configurations cover the original-engine A319-100. An individual aircraft’s cabin, weight option and equipment in 1998 may differ.
Variants
A319-100
Original-engine passenger model with CFM56 or V2500 engines. Weight options and cabin layouts vary.
A319neo
A later engine generation, distinct from the original-engine A319-100. Its equipment and performance are not a 1998 specification.
After 1998
Family developments · 2010–2016
The neo programme was announced in December 2010. The first A320neo was delivered to Lufthansa in January 2016. These family milestones belong after the game’s 1998 setting; they are not service-entry dates for every neo model.