B787 "dreamliner" from Birmingham
I was under the impression that the 787 was designed to make more routes viable from airports like Birmingham. Clearly it is very complex to work out the exact range of the 787 as it will depend on wind, payload, runway length, temp, airpressure and ATC etc.
looking at the 787 brochure there is a pre-Flight estimate of takeoff feild length. It looks like the first model 787-8 is designed for full load operation at 3000m runway length. It looks like you would need to lose 20 tonnes off mtw for the current runway length. What would the viable range be assuming a full 230 pax but very little cargo.