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A method, system and computer program product for determining an estimate of the weight and balance of an aircraft automatically in advance and up to the point of take-off. A weight and balance system may receive information from a flight operating system, a reservation system, a bag loader and/or a

A method, system and computer program product for determining an estimate of the weight and balance of an aircraft automatically in advance and up to the point of take-off. A weight and balance system may receive information from a flight operating system, a reservation system, a bag loader and/or a pilot in advance and up to the point of take-off. The information received from the flight operating system, the reservation system, the bag loader and/or pilot is used to estimate the weight and balance of an aircraft automatically in advance and up to the point of take-off, such as via software. For example, the flight operating system may provide information related to fuel, weather, airplane, airports, and flight information. The reservation system may provide information related to passenger and bag information. The bag loader may provide additional information related to bag information.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A method for determining an estimate of the weight and balance of an aircraft automatically in advance and up to point of take-off, the method comprising the steps of:receiving information from a flight operating system, wherein said information received from said flight

The invention claimed is: 1. A method for determining an estimate of the weight and balance of an aircraft automatically in advance and up to point of take-off, the method comprising the steps of:receiving information from a flight operating system, wherein said information received from said flight operating system comprises fuel, weather, airplane and flight information;receiving information from a reservation system, wherein said information received from said reservation system comprises passenger and bag information;calculating, by a processor, an estimate of a weight and a balance of an aircraft in advance of take-off using said information received from said flight operating system and said information received from said reservation system; andupdating authorization of number of boarding passes to issue.