1. the number of passengers or amount of cargo that an airplane can carry or is carrying

Examples

• The charity sent a planeload of medical supplies to the disaster area.
• A planeload of tourists arrived at the airport this morning.
• The military transported a planeload of equipment to the base.
• They evacuated a planeload of civilians from the war zone.
• The airline scheduled an extra flight to handle the planeload of passengers.
• A planeload of relief workers departed for the hurricane-affected region.