Longest CRJ2 routes

SonomaFlyer · Sun Aug 26, 2018 8:52 pm

It looks like the upcoming DEN-MRY and DEN-STS will be the world's longest CRJ2 routes....ack! West-bound to STS is blocked at 3h10m.

Here's to wishing fervently for an upgauge to a E75 before long, at least out of STS

https://flightaware.com/live/aircraftty ... =filed_ete

Acey559 · Sun Aug 26, 2018 11:04 pm

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N96 ... /KPBI/KASE

This one was pretty long.

Seriously though, three hours should qualify as cruel and unusual punishment. I regularly fly PSC-DEN and hate when they downgrade to a CR2, and that’s only a two hour flight.

ericm2031 · Mon Aug 27, 2018 1:56 am

Anything CA to Denver is pretty bad. Especially when you consider the wealthy demographics of some of these markets...especially STS, MRY, SBP, SBA, PSP

Ionosphere · Mon Aug 27, 2018 1:59 am

NW circa 2002 flew MSP-PVD on the CR2, 1,117 miles

Bobloblaw · Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:16 am

NW use to fiy YHZ-DTW which is 1010 miles.

BAINY3 · Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:22 am

I got stuck on an IAH-MSP NW/Mesaba CRJ2 flight in 2005 (a relatively late downgrade from what was originally an A319 flight). That's 1,034 miles.

But HP/Mesa used to fly DSM-PHX on a CRJ2 for several years at 1,149 miles.

compensateme · Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:24 am

In the 2000s, there were oodles of CRJ operating flights of 1,000 miles; nothing unique here. UA still operates the ERJ on similar routes.

My personal longest:
CRJ, DL DTW-SLC (1481 Miles)
ERJ, CO, IAH-BFL (1428 Miles)

Cubsrule · Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:35 am

BAINY3 wrote:
But HP/Mesa used to fly DSM-PHX on a CRJ2 for several years at 1,149 miles.

Yup. NW had a decent number of 900+ mile CRJ routes from MSP in the early 00s. The longest I remember is MSP-ELP, which is almost the same length as DSM-PHX. 9E did have the advantage of operating CRJ440s in that time period, which was helpful on the long routes.

wingnutmn · Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:53 am

My personal longest was PWM-MSP when I flew the plane at Mesaba. 1136 miles!

Wingnut

Janj · Mon Aug 27, 2018 3:32 am

AA and UA/CO flew GSO-DFW and GSO-IAH, respectively, although I can't remember the exact aircraft used. Now DFW is the only one operating and it's on an E175. Both are about a thousand miles long.

Delta also flew from Atlanta to Aguadilla and Ponce in Puerto Rico, both using CRJs.

Air Canada also has various long CRJ routes. YYZ-JAX, YYC-IAH, and YVR-SAN all clock in at about a thousand miles each. The longest (although on a CRJ-900) is Vancouver-DFW, at about 1,700 miles and four hours (with an extra half hour for the return flight).

N649DL · Mon Aug 27, 2018 3:45 am

Can't forget the ERJs out of EWR on CO/UA to OMA/DSM/OKC operating until after the merger. Brutal!

CarlosSi · Mon Aug 27, 2018 3:50 am

I guess with the really short cabin, it feels like you're in a tiny box. Wouldn't sitting in the very front feel most claustrophobic then, and in general really?

Super80Fan · Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:32 am

Come on United, you were getting much better at eliminating 50 seaters right after Jeff left and now with Kirby at the helm it's 50 seater love all over again.

flyguy84 · Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:40 am

Super80Fan wrote:
Come on United, you were getting much better at eliminating 50 seaters right after Jeff left and now with Kirby at the helm it's 50 seater love all over again.

If the market could support a larger aircraft it would get one...

FA9295 · Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:44 am

Acey559 wrote:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N96AP/history/20180821/1600Z/KPBI/KASE

This one was pretty long. Seriously though, three hours should qualify as cruel and unusual punishment. I regularly fly PSC-DEN and hate when they downgrade to a CR2, and that’s only a two hour flight.

That looks like a corporate CRJ jet, and since those only hold a few passengers at most, the jet is able to fly much longer since there is less weight (people and luggage in this case) aboard the aircraft.

MaksFly · Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:55 am

Could of sworn there was a 200 on the DFW/DAL to somewhere in NYC? Delta... And of course up an down the coast from NYC to smaller Florida airports.

PacificWest · Mon Aug 27, 2018 5:23 am

United
DEN-MRY = 959 sm
DEN-MFR = 964 sm (though they also fly A320's in here too)
DEN-STS = 977 sm

ericm2031 · Mon Aug 27, 2018 6:29 am

flyguy84 wrote:
Super80Fan wrote:
Come on United, you were getting much better at eliminating 50 seaters right after Jeff left and now with Kirby at the helm it's 50 seater love all over again.

If the market could support a larger aircraft it would get one...

They can and most of them do, but UA is short narrowbodies and has no more room within scope to add more 76 seaters.

Judge1310 · Mon Aug 27, 2018 6:31 am

Super80Fan wrote:
Come on United, you were getting much better at eliminating 50 seaters right after Jeff left and now with Kirby at the helm it's 50 seater love all over again.

It’s not “...50 seater love all over again.”

:roll:

It’s: try out a market on a tester aircraft (in this case), hopefully stoke interest and increase demand, and eventually up-gauge to a 2-class cabin when demand warrants it. Sheesh, the lot of you want certain aircraft types launched on new routes but then will complain why it didn’t work out.
UA has shown that they’re quick to up-gauge a route when the time is right and the market allows.

Insertnamehere · Mon Aug 27, 2018 7:02 am

God that must be horrible. Almost as bad is American flying MIA-CMH on the E145 which I like the E145 but in that tiny of a plane for two and a half hours I am alright.

klm672 · Mon Aug 27, 2018 7:19 am

I took a CRJ2 From DFW-CLE with United Express once. I believe it was 2006, 07, or 08.

debonair · Mon Aug 27, 2018 7:35 am

German charter airline SmallPlanet flew this summer from Hamburg to Heraklion - about 1500mi! The flight was op. by ProAir/Global Reach Aviation CRJ200LR. A more unusual way to start the vacations...

Boeing727 · Mon Aug 27, 2018 8:18 am

When I flew the CRJ2 on behalf of Continental Express (Chautauqua) in 2007 our longest route was IAH-RIC-IAH (1,157 miles

)...

Very long flight, even for the pilots...

Boeing727

klm672 · Mon Aug 27, 2018 8:51 am

klm672 wrote:
I took a CRJ2 From DFW-CLE with United Express once. I believe it was 2006, 07, or 08.

Sorry-- habit. Continental Express.

Bobloblaw · Mon Aug 27, 2018 10:10 am

Janj wrote:
AA and UA/CO flew GSO-DFW and GSO-IAH, respectively, although I can't remember the exact aircraft used. Now DFW is the only one operating and it's on an E175. Both are about a thousand miles long.

Delta also flew from Atlanta to Aguadilla and Ponce in Puerto Rico, both using CRJs.

Air Canada also has various long CRJ routes. YYZ-JAX, YYC-IAH, and YVR-SAN all clock in at about a thousand miles each. The longest (although on a CRJ-900) is Vancouver-DFW, at about 1,700 miles and four hours (with an extra half hour for the return flight).

We are taking 50 seaters. The only routes you mention above were served by 50 seaters were IAH-GSO and YYZ-JAX which isn't that long. The rest were CR7 or CR9.

United_fan · Mon Aug 27, 2018 12:54 pm

CR2's are okay if nobody is sitting next to you.

Mikeer50 · Mon Aug 27, 2018 1:17 pm

A little off topic, but I use to operate Houston - Toronto in an EMB145XR. That was a little over 1300 miles. That was a torture mission for all involved.

MIflyer12 · Mon Aug 27, 2018 1:20 pm

Delta's single-class-max of 750 miles rule from Dec. 2010 was really a blessing.

https://ir.delta.com/news-and-events/ne ... fault.aspx

Acey559 · Mon Aug 27, 2018 1:46 pm

FA9295 wrote:
Acey559 wrote:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N96AP/history/20180821/1600Z/KPBI/KASE

This one was pretty long. Seriously though, three hours should qualify as cruel and unusual punishment. I regularly fly PSC-DEN and hate when they downgrade to a CR2, and that’s only a two hour flight.

That looks like a corporate CRJ jet, and since those only hold a few passengers at most, the jet is able to fly much longer since there is less weight (people and luggage in this case) aboard the aircraft.

I know, that’s why I put the “

” after the first sentence.

N766UA · Mon Aug 27, 2018 1:46 pm

flyguy84 wrote:
Super80Fan wrote:
Come on United, you were getting much better at eliminating 50 seaters right after Jeff left and now with Kirby at the helm it's 50 seater love all over again.

If the market could support a larger aircraft it would get one...

50 seaters aren’t built for long/thin routes. This whole “starter aircraft” thing is silly. The CR2, especially, is going to be weight restricted every day... they’ll have to step climb like a transpacific heavy jet... you’re telling me all this hassle and that tiny cabin for 3+ hours encourages ridership? UAL abuses 50 seaters, period. Their CRJ’s, operated by Skywest and AWAC, are also among the shabbiest in the sky.

evank516 · Mon Aug 27, 2018 1:51 pm

MIflyer12 wrote:
Delta's single-class-max of 750 miles rule from Dec. 2010 was really a blessing.

https://ir.delta.com/news-and-events/ne ... fault.aspx

Wow, definitely weird seeing the names Atlantic Southeast Airlines and Comair again.

WorldFlier · Mon Aug 27, 2018 1:57 pm

compensateme wrote:
In the 2000s, there were oodles of CRJ operating flights of 1,000 miles; nothing unique here. UA still operates the ERJ on similar routes.

My personal longest:
CRJ, DL DTW-SLC (1481 Miles)
ERJ, CO, IAH-BFL (1428 Miles)

The ERJ is way better than the CR2. 2/3 of the plane has aisle access. 1/3 of the plane has a single seat. Windows at "proper" height.

Super80Fan · Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:04 pm

Judge1310 wrote:
Super80Fan wrote:
Come on United, you were getting much better at eliminating 50 seaters right after Jeff left and now with Kirby at the helm it's 50 seater love all over again.

It’s not “...50 seater love all over again.”

It’s: try out a market on a tester aircraft (in this case), hopefully stoke interest and increase demand, and eventually up-gauge to a 2-class cabin when demand warrants it. Sheesh, the lot of you want certain aircraft types launched on new routes but then will complain why it didn’t work out.
UA has shown that they’re quick to up-gauge a route when the time is right and the market allows.

No, it is 50 seater love. Most airlines, including AA are trying to get rid of their CRJ's. UA is picking as many CRJ's up as they can because they are all scoped out at the moment. They definitely are back to "let's throw a 50 seater on a route that can support a CR7/E175".

bigb · Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:19 pm

Shoot, I thought KCLT-KSHV was long enough as is and I was sitting up front.....

AWACSooner · Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:43 pm

N766UA wrote:
UAL abuses 50 seaters, period. Their CRJ’s, operated by Skywest and AWAC, are also among the shabbiest in the sky.

Tell me about it...I did one from DEN to YYC in June and the leather was peeling off my seat.

Kronesian · Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:44 pm

Elite flies PWM-MLB with the CRJ-200, about 1,219 miles direct. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/MNU ... /KPWM/KMLB

trpmb6 · Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:50 pm

So much hate on the CR2. I've never had an issue on them. Fly them regularly. Leg room is fine.

93Sierra · Mon Aug 27, 2018 3:04 pm

Den-Mfr on UA
Den-YWG on UA

Cactusjuba · Mon Aug 27, 2018 3:11 pm

ericm2031 wrote:
flyguy84 wrote:
Super80Fan wrote:
Come on United, you were getting much better at eliminating 50 seaters right after Jeff left and now with Kirby at the helm it's 50 seater love all over again.

If the market could support a larger aircraft it would get one...

They can and most of them do, but UA is short narrowbodies and has no more room within scope to add more 76 seaters.

UA can add a 100 seater (A220/E190) to their fleet, and this allows them to increase their scope limit of 76 seaters up to 225. They can also have their own pilots fly E175s around all day long. They can also fly the guts out of old CR2s to distant destinations. They chose option 3.

berari · Mon Aug 27, 2018 3:21 pm

In my flying experience this is the worst jet aircraft there is out there from a passenger's perspective. Hate it and I avoid it at all costs.

AirbusOnly · Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:13 pm

Two years ago in 2016 a friend of mine was on a special charter flight on occasion of an event with a Cimber Air CR2 from Akureyri/Iceland to Alicante/Spain - a ride of 2013 miles and over 4 h flighttime! But they were only some more then 20 pax on board!

Flighty · Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:26 pm

N766UA wrote:
flyguy84 wrote:
Super80Fan wrote:
Come on United, you were getting much better at eliminating 50 seaters right after Jeff left and now with Kirby at the helm it's 50 seater love all over again.

If the market could support a larger aircraft it would get one...

50 seaters aren’t built for long/thin routes. This whole “starter aircraft” thing is silly. The CR2, especially, is going to be weight restricted every day... they’ll have to step climb like a transpacific heavy jet... you’re telling me all this hassle and that tiny cabin for 3+ hours encourages ridership? UAL abuses 50 seaters, period. Their CRJ’s, operated by Skywest and AWAC, are also among the shabbiest in the sky.

I would rather ride in a 737 for 3 hours than a CR2.

But I would rather ride in a CR2 for 3 hours than ride in a bus for 30 hours. The CR2 is a fantastic vehicle in that respect.

UALFAson · Mon Aug 27, 2018 5:10 pm

UAX flies them BNA-DEN, which is 1000-1100 miles and pushes 3 hours westbound.

I have deliberately avoided this flight and taken connections on other airlines instead to avoid spending 3+ hours in that rat jet.

SonomaFlyer · Mon Aug 27, 2018 5:59 pm

STS has worked hard to get service to SLC on DL or DEN on UA. The eastbound service isn't great for east coast connections with a 4:30 p.m. DEN arrival time and the a/c choice isn't good at all but UA is so tight on E75/70s that all they had to use is the CRJ2.

I hope advance bookings convince them to upgauge quickly before too many folks are turned off by the hard product. Some product is better than no product I agree but this is a rough way to attempt to develop a new market in an area which has demonstrated it will support a good product. AS upgauged their service to SAN and a PDX flight to the E75 and is doing very well.

Spacepope · Mon Aug 27, 2018 6:17 pm

trpmb6 wrote:
So much hate on the CR2. I've never had an issue on them. Fly them regularly. Leg room is fine.

I know! I was on one for a little over an hour this morning flying MCI-CVG and I only got a mild case of CRJ neck craning out the window. Great flight.

I also don't get the hate for the California to DEN routes. Even LAX-COS is less than 2 hours most days, not. Bad on any aircraft. Then again I liked flying the Dash 8 from DEN to SLC and back, so maybe I just don't know what's what.

SonomaFlyer · Mon Aug 27, 2018 6:29 pm

Spacepope wrote:
trpmb6 wrote:
So much hate on the CR2. I've never had an issue on them. Fly them regularly. Leg room is fine.

I know! I was on one for a little over an hour this morning flying MCI-CVG and I only got a mild case of CRJ neck craning out the window. Great flight.

I also don't get the hate for the California to DEN routes. Even LAX-COS is less than 2 hours most days, not. Bad on any aircraft. Then again I liked flying the Dash 8 from DEN to SLC and back, so maybe I just don't know what's what.

I don't see hate for the Calif to DEN routes and the east bound leg is shorter than west. Pushing three hours on a CRJ2 can be a bit tough, especially for folks who are taller than average but its better than no service.

mbm3 · Mon Aug 27, 2018 6:41 pm

CO had weekly service from CLE - ABQ on an ERJ. CRJ or ERJ, I think it is unconstitutional at that durationi!

Biscayne738 · Mon Aug 27, 2018 6:45 pm

Comair / Delta Connection used to run a red-eye CRJ200 LAS-TUL-CVG sometime in the 2000s, 1700 miles total LAS-CVG.

Stitch · Mon Aug 27, 2018 6:51 pm

Longest CRJ-200 flight for me was United Express between Denver and Birmingham, Alabama. Somewhere around 1000 miles / 1700 kilometers.

trpmb6 · Mon Aug 27, 2018 6:54 pm

Seat pitch is 31 inches in economy. No different than most configurations for a 737 or a320 etc. Seat widths are actually better than 737.

Worst part is the single bathroom. About that 3 hour mark and a lot of folks are eyeing that bathroom occupied sign.

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