Gonzalo From Chile, joined Aug 2005, 1675 posts, RR: 0 Posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 4 days ago) and read 6477 times:
Hello guys, I can't find reliable information about this, so please if some of you have first hand info about this, it will be very welcomed.
( Please note that I'm talking about nonstop flights, so that excludes all the flights with tech stops between the initial and final destination ) Thanks in advance !!
azstar From United States of America, joined May 2005, 541 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 6056 times:
Lloyd Aero Boliviano used to fly a 727 nonstop between Panama City, R.P. and Santa Cruz Bolivia.
tpaewr From United States of America, joined May 2001, 440 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 6040 times:
bobnwa From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 5977 posts, RR: 9 Reply 6, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 6028 times:
I seem to remember Northeast having a 727 non-stop from MIA-LAX a long time ago.
ckfred From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 4654 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 5866 times:
AA used to fly 727-200s on ORD-SJU in the late 80s and early 90s. That's 2072 statute miles.
XA744 From Mexico, joined Mar 2004, 734 posts, RR: 3 Reply 10, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 5815 times:
Hi, Gonzalo...
I flew Mexicana a few times, in the mid 80s, on their MEX-SJU (2162 nm ) nonstop, on-board those magnificent 727-264ADV, specially fitted with "Jattos" or rockets, for a full payload performance out of high and hot airports.
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EWRandMDW From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 379 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 5719 times:
I don't recall the names, but there was one, maybe 2, carriers that scheduled non-stop transcontinental services with 727-100s in an all-first-class configuration. LA area to NYC area is about 2500 miles.
AC flew some long distance 722 flights, perhaps YVR-YYZ which are > 2000 miles. Also WA/DL flew East Coast - SLC with 722s, also > 200 miles. And finally, didn't MX fly 722s between MEX and NYC area nonstop, distance combined with altitude at MEX?
longhauler From Canada, joined Mar 2004, 4281 posts, RR: 36 Reply 12, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 5653 times:
Quoting XA744 (Reply 10): on their MEX-SJU (2162 nm ) nonstop
1879 nm
Quoting EWRandMDW (Reply 11): AC flew some long distance 722 flights, perhaps YVR-YYZ which are > 2000 miles
AC's longest domestic B727 route was YUL-YVR, 1994 nm.
Quoting EWRandMDW (Reply 11): I don't recall the names, but there was one, maybe 2, carriers that scheduled non-stop transcontinental services with 727-100s in an all-first-class configuration. LA area to NYC area is about 2500 miles.
MGM Grand Air flew the B727-100 JFK-LAX non-stop, 2151 nm.
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azstar From United States of America, joined May 2005, 541 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 5433 times:
Quoting azstar (Reply 4): Lloyd Aero Boliviano used to fly a 727 nonstop between Panama City, R.P. and Santa Cruz Bolivia.
tb727 From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 1375 posts, RR: 4 Reply 15, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 5383 times:
PHNL-NTSU is a haul at 2259nm(2600sm) and that was with a bunch of freight on board and aux tanks.
The longest I ever did was BWI-ONT which was 1984nm(2283sm) with just standard fuel set up of 51k and fairly light payload. That was pretty cool, we blocked just over 5 into the wind.
BY738 From US Minor Outlying Islands, joined Sep 2000, 1983 posts, RR: 1 Reply 16, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 5288 times:
Danish Sterling did flights over the Atlantic I think on a 727, not sure where it stopped enroute though or where to.
Dan-Air used to do some stretches in their 727's also
747fan From United States of America, joined Jun 2007, 1165 posts, RR: 1 Reply 17, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 5268 times:
There's a good video on YouTube of a Piedmont 727 flying from CLT-SFO back in 1989. From what I read in a thread on here recently, Piedmont had some 727's fitted with extra fuel tanks for transcons from CLT during the '80's.
IAHFLYR From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 4722 posts, RR: 25 Reply 18, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 4847 times:
Quoting 747fan (Reply 17): There's a good video on YouTube of a Piedmont 727 flying from CLT-SFO back in 1989. From what I read in a thread on here recently, Piedmont had some 727's fitted with extra fuel tanks for transcons from CLT during the '80's.
PI flew CLT-SEA with the B722 which is something like 2280 NM IIRC. Fun departure from CLT on those steamy summer days!
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nutsaboutplanes From United States of America, joined Jul 2010, 319 posts, RR: 6 Reply 19, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 3885 times:
Toward the end of the 727's days at DL, I flew a couple of SEA-ATL-SEA trips on the 727 (early 2000's). That always seemed like quite a haul for a 727.....long take off roll.
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B777LRF From Luxembourg, joined Nov 2008, 1006 posts, RR: 3 Reply 20, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 3556 times:
Speaking of Sterling Airways, they also did CPH-LPA non-stop which is a GC distance of 2055NM. Well, sometimes they had to stop in Faro on the way down, sometimes even both ways. But on paper it was non-stop, and on a good day it could do it. Just.
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swabrian From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 299 posts, RR: 2 Reply 21, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 2441 times:
Quoting nutsaboutplanes (Reply 19): Toward the end of the 727's days at DL, I flew a couple of SEA-ATL-SEA trips on the 72
Delta also flew PDX-ATL nonstop. WA and DL flew PDX-ANC nonstop.
LAXintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22053 posts, RR: 51 Reply 22, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 2350 times:
MGM Grand did JFK-LAX, 2475mi with the 727-100.
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Birdwatching From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 3573 posts, RR: 52 Reply 23, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 2320 times:
In 1993 I flew on this 727 GYE-SCL-GYE nonstop, a 1936nm flight.
NorthstarBoy From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 1713 posts, RR: 1 Reply 24, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 2299 times:
Didn't a a hijacked TWA 727 once fly from Boston-Paris? I recall reading in an aviation book when I was a kid about the plane being hijacked and the hijackers wanted to fly to Paris, so TWA dispatched a 707 to escort the 727 across the atlantic because the 727 Captain had never done any international flying before and wanted the 707 crew as a safety net.
The longest 727 ride I ever took was Den-Mia on UA back in the 1980s.
I could have elite status if I wanted it, but flying the same airline all the time is boring.
25 Gonzalo: Ahhh the good old days of LADECO... I flew with them too, but only in their 732, nice airline... many good memories involved Rgds. G.
26 Viscount724: That was TWA flight 355 in September 1976, hijacked by Croatian separatists (Croatia was of course then part of Yugoslavia) on a LGA-ORD flight (cont
27 NorthstarBoy: Viscount724, thanks for the interesting information, i've added you to my RU list.
28 SASMD82: Wow, those are all pretty long flights (of around 4,000 km). How much fuel do these flights require on a B727 (with those thirsty JT8D-17 engines) com
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