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Old 24th November 2016 | 22:24
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Gilles Hudicourt
 
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What brought this question to my mind is the soon to be A321LR with a 97 tonne MTOW.
How much runway will it need at MTOW in hot conditions.
For example, our airline used to fly from Newcastle to Toronto with both the B757 (228 pax) and the A310 (240 pax), a westbound 3000 NM segment.
Newcastle just has a 7640 foot runway with obstacles in the climb-out path. Both aircraft could do it but were taxed when the winds were blowing the wrong way or if it was raining. It's never really hot there, but these were summer flights.

The A321LR claims ranges from 3000 to 4000 NM but can it do it from such a short runway like the B757 and A310 could ?

This is why I was wondering if a 4 wheel bogie would help the accelerate-stop performance.
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