west point wrote: ↑Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:17 pm
LGA weight limit is very well confusing to non airline persons but we understand. Runway 4 - 22 and 13-31 have the north parts of each runway on stilts over the water. The taxxiway and runway for the overwater parts are limited not only as to gross weight but also the weight distribution of an aircraft. There are airplanes that have their landing gear closer to each other than other aircraft. So ppossiblity the allowable taxi weight for airplane #1 on the potion over the water can be less than #2 even though #1 has a higher max taxi weight.
I've worked as a gate agent as well as worked closely with load planning at the HDQ level, so weight restrictions at LGA are no great mystery.
And yet, I'm looking at old SSIM data showing that LGA-LAX, LGA-SEA, LGA-SFO, LGA-MTJ and LGA-AUA have all been operated within the last decade using 319, 737 and 757 equipment. Perhaps those operations were runway limited or always weight restricted.... but there's also no reason you can't operate a service like that with a permanent weight restriction in place. I know there were several airports in South America that BN, EA and AA operated with permanent restrictions in place...
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