text: Chapter 6
  Container Delivery System
  6-27. Table 6-7 shows the CARP DZ sizes for the container delivery system.
  CDS (C-130)
  Number of Containers
  Altitude
  (AGL in Feet) Width Single Double Length
  To 600 feet AGL 400 yards 1 1 to 2 400 yards
  2 3 to 4 450 yards
  3 5 to 6 500 yards
  4 7 to 8 550 yards
  5 to 8 9 or more 700 yards
  Above 600 feet Add 40 yards to DZ width and length for each 100 feet above 600 feet (Add 20 yards to each
  side of the DZ).
  CDS (C-17)
  Number of Containers
  Altitude
  (AGL in Feet) Width Single Double Length
  To 600 feet AGL 450 yards 1 1 to 2 590 yards
  2 3 to 4 615 yards
  3 5 to 6 665 yards
  4 to 8 7 to 16 765 yards
  9 to 14 17 to 28 915 yards
  15 to 20 29 to 40 1,065 yards
  Above 600 feet Add 40 yards to DZ width and length for each 100 feet above 600 feet. Add 20 yards to each
  side of the DZ.
  High Velocity (HV) CDS (Using 12-, 22-, or 26-Foot, Ring-Slot Parachutes)
  Altitude
  (AGL in Feet) Width Length
  Less than or equal 580 yards or 660 yards or 604 meters
  to 3,000 feet AGL 530 meters Add 50 yards or 46 meters to the trailing edge for each additional row
  of containers
  More than 3,000 Add 25 yards or 23 meters to each side and 100 yards or 91 meters to each end for every
  feet AGL 1,000 foot increase in drop altitude.
  High Altitude Airdrop Resupply System (HAARS) CDS
  Altitude
  (AGL in Feet) Width Number of Containers Length
  Less than or equal 500 yards or 1 to 8 containers 1,200 yards or 1,098 meters
  to 3,000 feet AGL 457 meters
  9 or more containers 1,900 yards or 1,739 meters
  More than 3,000 Add 25 yards or 23 meters to each side and 50 yards or 46 meters to each end for every 1,000
  feet AGL foot increase in drop altitude.
  High Speed Low Level Aerial Delivery System (HSLLADS)
  Altitude
  (AGL in Feet) Width Length
  NA 300 yards or
  600 yards or 549 meters
  274 meters
  Table 6-7. Size criteria for tactical airlift drop zones, Container Delivery System.