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That depends on the airplane model. There is no definitive answer to this. Most commercial airplanes take on as much fuel as they need for the journey, as it's cheaper to fly with only as much fuel as you need. When aeronautics was in its early years people with daring took on as much fuel as they could to fly over great distances with quite inefficient engines.

I suppose the answer is: an airplane can hold as much fuel as the maximum take-off weight for that particular plane is. Of course, getting extra fuel tanks in there, and connecting them to the intake is huge work, and I don't think people much do long-distance flying with small planes these days, since all the records have been set, even for a non-refuel flight across the world.

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