C-5 Has A Maximum Takeoff Weight Of 769,000 lbs
41. It’s maximum takeoff weight is 769,000 lbs. but 840,000 lbs. during wartime. Just to give you an idea of how much weight that is. It would be equivalent to 2 Antarctic Blue whales, which are the largest animals on the planet. Another animal more widely known is the Elephant. The C-5 would be similar to the same weight of 65 Elephants.