What is the left cabin door near the tail of the plane referred to as?

What is the left cabin door near the tail of the plane referred to as?

• A. 2L
• B. 2R
• C. 1L
• D. 3L

Answer: (A)

On airplanes, doors are labeled by their position along the fuselage on each side, with L for left and R for right. The numbering goes from the front toward the tail, so the first pair is near the nose and the next pair sits behind it. The left door closest to the tail in a typical two-doors-per-side layout is the second door from the nose on the left side. That position is designated as 2L. In other words, the left-hand door toward the rear is the second door on the left, hence 2L.

On airplanes, doors are labeled by their position along the fuselage on each side, with L for left and R for right. The numbering goes from the front toward the tail, so the first pair is near the nose and the next pair sits behind it. The left door closest to the tail in a typical two-doors-per-side layout is the second door from the nose on the left side. That position is designated as 2L. In other words, the left-hand door toward the rear is the second door on the left, hence 2L.