 Together they had an approximate total area of .Hangar space was not greatly increased in comparison to "Sōryū" and both "Shōkaku" and "Zuikaku" could each carry just nine more aircraft than "Sōryū", giving them a normal operating capacity of seventy-two plus room for twelve in reserve.Unlike on "Sōryū", the reserve aircraft did not need to be kept in a state of disassembly, however, thereby shortening the time required to make them operational.