The runway at SNA (Orange County) is 5700 feet. The weight limitation is 152,000 lbs for dual tandem wheeled aircraft. Looking at the official take-off distances, it's impossible for a fully loaded 757 to take off from SNA. (http://www.boeing.com/assocproducts/aircompat/acaps/753sec3.pdf). 737's are also a few thousand pounds under MGW on takeoff. http://www.boeing.com/assocproducts/aircompat/acaps/737wsec3.pdf They may be fully loaded pax wise but it's doubtful that, with a full pax load, they'd be able to carry a full cargo load. David R Are you sure teh > damiross2@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > The 727 can also reach anyplace in the USA from any other place in the USA > nonstop. > > > Third, the 727 can get into airports that the 737-300 cannot fly into because > > > the 727 can land and takeoff in a shorter distance than the 737-700 and 757. > > I'm a big 727 fan as well....BUT! Orange County fields 737-300s up -700s and > 757s all > day long on their puny little 5000ft runway....Fully LOADED! And then have to > trim on > the juice because of noise abatement restrictions! And most get up before that > last > 1000 ft marker.Who has a runway shorter than that? > > Plus a 130+ Pax revenue 733 is limited with respect to distance. But a sports > chartered 733 is gonna be a heck of a lot lighter! Excludiing football teams > who's > squad comprises of a 45 man roster (70+ pre-season) plus coaches, staff, team > kiss > asses and a few hangers-ons...a 733 should suit any baseball, basketball or > hockey > team! And given their teams are smaller in number....that means a much lighter > load > and greater range i.e. coast to coast! The Atlanta Hawks, Miami Heat/Miami Air > 737s > and Hornets 737s are out here all the time! Northwest and RyanAir must be > offering > some killer deals to retain the charter work they are running with the 727s they > are > currently using! > > greg >