Free tool
Weight & Balance Calculator
Enter your empty weight and CG, then each loading station — front seats, rear seats, baggage, and fuel — with the arm it acts on, and read back total weight, center of gravity, and whether the loaded point sits inside the CG envelope. The chart plots your loaded point and the zero-fuel point against the envelope so you can see the load walk forward as you burn off fuel.
The method is the same for any light single: each station's moment is its weight times its arm; total moment divided by total weight is the CG; that CG is checked against the forward and aft limits interpolated at your weight. The numbers here default to a clearly-labeled PA-28-140 example— because empty weight, station arms, and the envelope are aircraft-specific, every field is editable. Use your own aircraft's weight-and-balance form and POH.
Limits at 1,914 lb: CG must fall between 85.5–95.9 in. Max gross 2150 lb. Your CG is 86.7 in.
loaded · zero fuel · max gross. Burning fuel walks the point from loaded toward the zero-fuel mark — check that it stays inside the whole way down. Verify against your aircraft's W&B form before flight.
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One of a growing set of free pilot tools. For how weight and balance fits into preflight planning and the regulations behind it, see the study guide.