planeload

[ pleyn-lohd ]

noun

1. the amount of people or cargo an airplane can carry.

Example Sentences

A planeload of migrants that left Texas arrived in northern Illinois early on Sunday said Rockford government officials.

From Washington Times

A planeload of World Health Organization supplies has landed at Egypt’s el-Arish airport and is destined for Gaza when humanitarian access across the border is possible, the U.N. said Saturday.

From Washington Times

A day earlier, the International Committee of the Red Cross flew in a planeload of medical supplies to bring some relief to hospitals overwhelmed by the mayhem.

From Washington Times

But the presence of a planeload of business leaders accompanying Mr. Macron underscored how the visit was always as much about signing commercial deals as coaxing Mr. Xi to help end the war.

From Washington Post

An outspoken critic of the government, Álvarez was sentenced to 26 years in prison and stripped of his Nicaraguan citizenship on Feb. 10, the day after Ortega released and sent to the U.S. the planeload of opposition figures.

From Seattle Times