text: Appendix E
  DROP ZONE SIZE
  E-2. The airlift mission commander is normally responsible for airdrop accuracy and safety-of-flight
  for all drop zones meeting Air Force minimum size criteria. Standard DZ sizes are shown in Table E-2. For
  more information, see AFI 13-217.
  1, 2 3
  Altitude (AGL) Width Length
  Container Delivery System (CDS), Container Release System (CRS), and Container Ramp Loads (CRL): C-130
  Single Containers Double Containers
  1 1 to 2 400 yards/366 meters
  2 3 to 4 450 yards/412 meters
  To 600 feet 400 yards/366 meters
  3 5 to 6 500 yards/457 meters
  4 7 to 8 550 yards/503 meters
  5 to 8 9 or more 700 yards/640 meters
  Add 40 yards/36 meters to width and length for each 100 feet above 600 feet
  Above 600 feet
  (20 yards/18 meters to each side of DZ, 20 yards/18 meters to each end).
  CDS: C-141, C-17
  Single Containers Double Containers
  1 1 to 2 590 yards/562 meters
  2 3 to 4 615 yards/540 meters
  To 600 feet 450 yards/412 meters 3 5 to 6 665 yards/608 meters
  4 to 8 7 to 16 765 yards/700 meters
  9 to 14 17 to 28 915 yards/837 meters
  15 to 20 29 to 40 1,065 yards/974 meters
  Add 40 yards/36 meters to width and length for each 100 feet above 600 feet
  Above 600 feet
  (20 yards/18 meters to each side of DZ, 20 yards/18 meters to each end).
  CDS: High Velocity (HV) (Using 12-, 22-, or 26-Foot Ring Slot Parachutes)
  660 yards/604 meters
  To 3,000 feet 580 yards/530 meters Add 50 yards/46 meters to trailing edge for each additional row
  of containers.
  Add 25 yards/23 meters to each side and 100 yrds/91 meters to each end for every 1,000-foot
  Above 3,000 feet
  increase in drop altitude.
  CDS: High Altitude Airdrop Resupply System (HAARS)
  1 to 8 containers 1,200 yards/1,098 meters
  To 3,000 feet 500 yards/457 meters
  9 or more containers 1,900 yards/1,739 meters
  Above 3,000 feet Add 25 yards/23 meters to each side and 50 yards/46 meters to each end for every 1,000-foot
  increase in drop altitude.
  High Speed Low Level Aerial Delivery System (HSLLADS)
  Unknown 300 yards/274 meters 600 yards/549 meters
  Personnel (Static Line)
  1 parachutist 600 yards/549 meters
  To 1,000 feet 600 yards/549 meters Additional Add 75 yards/69 meters the trailing edge for
  parachutists each additional parachutist
  (PI for ST/para-rescue personnel).
  Add 30 yards/28 meters to width and length for each 100 feet above 1,000 feet
  Above 1,000 feet
  (15 yards/14 meters to each side of DZ, 15 yards/13 meters to each end).
  Table E-2. Standard drop zone size criteria.