Correct answer is... 52 m. It is equal to 170 ft. Wingpan is calculated as stright line from one wingtip to another, so shape of the wing is not taken as factor during measurement. The biggest civil aircraft is 88 m (290 ft) wide, so Boeing C-17 Globemaster III has 59% percent of it's length. Typical jet airliners are about 34 m wide, so in the comparision Boeing C-17 Globemaster III has 62% of aircrafts like B737 or A320.
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