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IST-LAX Possible Non-stop With A343?  
User currently offlineEmrecan From Turkey, joined Feb 2000, 914 posts, RR: 8
Posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 2946 times:

Hi everyone.

I just wondered with an A340-300 , is it possible to fly to LAX from Istanbul non-stop?

It is a simple question but I don't know the distance betweem Los Angeles and Istanbul.

THNXXXXX

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User currently offlineLeskova From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 6075 posts, RR: 72
Reply 1, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 2930 times:

There's always this nice little site for questions such as this one:

http://gc.kls2.com/

IST-LAX is 6871 miles, 5971 nautical miles or 11058 kilometers.

Regards,
Frank


Smile - it confuses people!
User currently offlineLaxintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22023 posts, RR: 51
Reply 2, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 2909 times:

Sure its certainly possible, however with a payload hit that would make the route not economic.

One of the limiting factors of such a long flight from Istanbul is the airports relatively short 9800ft runways combined with the A340s somewhat poor field length performance.


From the desert to the sea, to all of Southern California
User currently offlineBlueShamu330s From UK - England, joined Sep 2001, 2514 posts, RR: 25
Reply 3, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 2874 times:

Hmmm, must have missed something here, 'cos it's always got me in and out of wherever we're flying - and I'm not going down the route yet again of why its performance seems so leisurely - if you need it, it's got it...... but as the song also goes...... It aint what you got, it's the way that you do it  Big grinD


So I drive a 4x4. So what?! Tax the a$$ off me for it...oh, you already have... :-(
User currently offlineGigneil From United States of America, joined Nov 2002, 16215 posts, RR: 89
Reply 4, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2699 times:

Quoting Laxintl (Reply 2):
One of the limiting factors of such a long flight from Istanbul is the airports relatively short 9800ft runways combined with the A340s somewhat poor field length performance.

The A340 has a similar field performance profile to a 777.

That being said, 9800 feet is somewhat short.

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