Free printable
Weight & Balance Worksheet
A fill-in loading grid: item, weight, arm and moment, ramp weight through landing weight, and a CG line at each end. No aircraft-specific numbers are printed on this sheet — every weight, arm and limit comes from your airplane’s own current weight-and-balance record and POH/AFM. You can fill this in here and print it, or print it blank.
| Item | Weight (lb) | Arm (in) | Moment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic empty weight | lb | in | lb-in |
| Pilot and front passenger | lb | in | lb-in |
| Rear passengers | lb | in | lb-in |
| Baggage area 1 | lb | in | lb-in |
| Baggage area 2 | lb | in | lb-in |
| Fuel (gal × lb/gal per POH) | lb | in | lb-in |
| Ramp weight | lb | lb-in | |
| Taxi/run-up fuel burn (−) | lb | ||
| Takeoff weight | lb | lb-in | |
| Est. fuel burn to destination (−) | lb | ||
| Landing weight | lb | lb-in |
Center of gravity — CG = total moment ÷ total weight
Check your numbers
This sheet is for filling in by hand — it does no arithmetic and checks nothing against an envelope. Run the same numbers through the checked calculator for this sheet before you rely on them — it totals the weight and moment, computes CG, and flags a loaded point outside the envelope. Converting fuel gallons to pounds is what the flight computer’s fuel-weight tool is for.
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Layout, not limits. Layout follows the PHAK loading-table presentation: item, weight, arm, moment, and CG = total moment ÷ total weight. Source: FAA-H-8083-25C (July 2023) — Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, Chapter 10, Weight and Balance. This sheet contains no aircraft-specific weight, arm, or CG limit — those are never the same across airframes, and a type-generic number on a loading worksheet is exactly the mistake it exists to prevent.
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