Aircraft carrier vs Cruise ship
Aircraft carrier vs cruise ship
Near enough equal on weight
Aircraft carrier and cruise ship are near enough identical on weight.
An aircraft carrier and a cruise ship can be compared on 5 measures. The figures below are typical adult or full-size values, with the larger of the two in bold.
Side by side
| Aircraft carrier | Cruise ship | |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | 101,600–106,300 t | 90,000–120,000 t |
| Height | 74 m | 73 m |
| Length | 332.8 m | 250–364.8 m |
| Width | 76.8 m | 48.5 m |
| Typical cost | 8,500,000,000 $ | 2,000,000,000 $ |
What the numbers say
- Aircraft carrier and cruise ship are near enough identical on weight.
- Aircraft carrier and cruise ship are near enough identical on height.
- Cruise ship is somewhat greater than aircraft carrier on length — about 1.1×.
- Aircraft carrier is 1.6× cruise ship on width.
- Aircraft carrier is 4.3× cruise ship on typical cost.
Weight compared.
Cruise ship 90,000–120,000 t
Aircraft carrier 101,600–106,300 t
Aircraft carrier
A US Navy Nimitz-class supercarrier, the standard against which "the size of an aircraft carrier" is measured.
Cruise ship
The largest class of cruise ship in service; figures are for Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas, the biggest afloat.
This is a comparison of published measurements, nothing more. It describes how two things differ on measures that have been recorded; it does not predict how they would fare against each other in any situation.
Common questions
- Which is bigger, aircraft carrier or cruise ship?
- Aircraft carrier and cruise ship are near enough identical on weight. Both figures are typical values; the full range for each is in the table above.
- How do aircraft carriers and cruise ships compare on height?
- Aircraft carrier: 74 m. Cruise ship: 73 m. Aircraft carrier and cruise ship are near enough identical on height.
- How do aircraft carriers and cruise ships compare on length?
- Aircraft carrier: 332.8 m. Cruise ship: 250–364.8 m. Cruise ship is somewhat greater than aircraft carrier on length — about 1.1×.
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Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation (CC0 1.0)
- Typical range compiled from manufacturer specifications — At One Place