TYPE: Twin-jet airliner
PROGRAMME: Stretched 757-200. Launched 2 September 1996; major assembly began 9 August 1997; prototype (N757X; 804th B757; earmarked for Condor Flugdienst as D-ABOA) rolled out at Renton on 19 May 1998 (officially 31 May); first flight (transmitted live on the Internet) 2 August 1998. 912-hour, 356-sortie flight test programme undertaken by three aircraft. N757X/NU701, employed on initial airworthiness and basic controllability tests; D-ABOB/NU721, first flown 4 September 1998, for ground effect, autoland and fuel consumption tests; and D-ABOC/NU722, first flown 2 October 1998, initially for HERF testing, before installation of standard interior for a four-day period of simulated airline operations with launch customer Condor Flugdienst. FAA certification with 180-minute ETOPS approval 27 January 1999, followed by first delivery (D-ABOE) to Condor on 10 March 1999 and first revenue-earning service 19 March 1999. Achieved 8.7 hours daily utilisation and 99.64 per cent reliability rate in first 12 months of operation. All early aircraft with Rolls-Royce engines; first with PW2040 power (N753JM) was flown 20 February 2002, before delivery to Northwest Airlines.
CUSTOMERS: Launch customer Condor Flugdienst ordered 12 firm, with 12 options, on 2 September 1996; Icelandair ordered two, with Rolls-Royce engines, in June 1997, for delivery in second quarter 2001 and second quarter 2002. Boeing 757 production terminated in 2004.
COSTS: US$82.0 million to US$89.5 million (2002 and 2003). Seat-mile operating costs estimated at 10 per cent lower than those of 757-200.
Description generally as for 757-200, except that below.
DESIGN FEATURES: Fuselage stretched by 7.11 m (23 ft 4 in) 4.06 m (13 ft 4 in) ahead of the wing and 3.05 m (10 ft 0 in) aft - to provide 20 per cent more passenger accommodation and nearly 50 per cent more cargo volume than 757-200; typical accommodation 243 passengers in two-class configuration or up to 280 in single class with pitch of between 71 and 74 cm (28 and 29in). Other features include strengthened wings, engine pylons, high-lift devices and landing gear; strengthened overwing exit body section; new wheels, 26-ply tyres and brakes; nosewheel spray deflector; retractable tailskid, similar to those of 767-300 and 777-300, with 'body contact' indicator on flight deck; redesigned cabin interior based on 'Next-Generation' 737s, with upgraded environmental control system, larger precooler, more powerful fans, and vacuum lavatories with single-point drainage. Flight deck and operating systems generally as for 757-200, but with Pegasus FMS (including software options for GPS, FANS and satcom) and enhanced EICAS with improved BITE functions.
POWER PLANT: As for Boeing 757-200. Total fuel capacity 43,491 litres (11,490 US gallons; 9,567 Imp gallons) for all options.
ACCOMMODATION: Four doors each side, standard as for Boeing 757-200; two overwing emergency exists each side. Typical cabin arrangements provide for 243 passengers (12 first class, 231 economy) in mixed class configuration, four-abreast in first class, at 91 cm (36 in) seat pitch, six-abreast in economy at 81 cm (32 in) seat pitch; or 280 passengers in inclusive tour configuration, six-abreast at 71/74 cm (28/29 in) seat pitch.
| DIMENSIONS, EXTERNAL: | As for 757-200 except: |
| Length: overall | 54.43 m (178 ft 7 in) |
| fuselage | 54.08 m (177 ft 5 in) |
| Height overall: at OWF | 13.64 m (44 ft 9 in) |
| at MTOW | 13.56 m (44 ft 6 in) |
| Wheelbase | 22.35 m (73 ft 4 in) |
| Passenger door, height to sill: | |
| No. 1: at OWE | 4.01 m (13 ft 2 in) |
| at MTOW | 3.78 m (12 ft 5 in) |
| No. 2: at OWE | as No. 1 |
| No. 3 emergency exit: at OWE | 4.06 m (13 ft 4 in) |
| at MTOW | 3.94 m (12 ft 11 in) |
| No. 4: at OWE | 4.06 m (13 ft 4 in) |
| at MTOW | 3.96 m (13 ft 0 in) |
| Cargo door, height to sill: | |
| fwd: at OWE | 2.67 m (8 ft 9 in) |
| at MTOW | 2.44 m (8 ft 0 in) |
| rear: at OWE | 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) |
| at MTOW | 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in) |
| DIMENSIONS, INTERNAL: | |
| Cabin (rear of flight deck to rear pressure bulkhead): | |
| Length | 43.21 m (141 ft 9 in) |
| Underfloor cargo hold: | |
| Length: fwd | 12.80 m (42 ft 0 in) |
| rear | 14.22 m (46 ft 7 3/4 in) |
| Width, height | as 757-200 |
| Volume (bulk loading): fwd | 30.3 m3 (1,071 cu ft) |
| rear | 37.2 m3 (1,312 cu ft) |
| WEIGHTS AND LOADINGS (with 243 passengers: A: PW2040 engines, B: PW2043s, C: RB211-535E4s, D: RB211-535E4-BS): | |
| Operating weight empty: A, B | 64,270 kg (141,690 lb) |
| C, D | 64,475 kg (142,140 lb) |
| Max structural payload: A, B | 30,935 kg (68,200 lb) |
| C, D | 30,686 kg (67,650 lb) |
| Baggage capacity, underfloor: | |
| fwd hold | 7,303 kg (16,100 lb) |
| aft hold | 8,845 kg (19,500 lb) |
| Max fuel weight: A, B, C, D | 34,918 kg (76,980 lb) |
| Max T-O weight: A, B, C, D | 122,470 kg (270,000 lb) |
| Max landing weight: A, B, C, D | 101,605 kg (224,000 lb) |
| Max ramp weight: A, B, C, D | 122,925 kg (271,000 lb) |
| Max zero-fuel weight: A, B, C, D | 95,255 kg (210,000 lb) |
| Max wing loading: A, B, C, D | 661.1 kg/m2 (135.41 lb/sq ft) |
| Max power loading: A | 343 kg/kN (3.37 lb/lb st) |
| B | 323 kg/kN (3.17 lb/lb st) |
| C | 342 kg/kN (3.36 lb/lb st) |
| D | 316 kg/kN (3.10 lb/lb st) |
| PERFORMANCE (243 passengers): | |
| Max operating Mach No. (MMO): A, B, C, D | 0.86 |
| Cruising speed: A, B, C, D | M0.80 |
| Approach speed, S/L, flaps down, at max landing weight: | |
| A, B, C, D | 143 kt (265 km/h; 165 mph) |
| Initial cruising height: A | 11,005 m (36,100 ft) |
| B | 10,400 m (34,120 ft) |
| C | 11,200 m (36,740 ft) |
| D | 10,420 m (34,180 ft) |
| T-O field length, S/L, 86°F: A | 2,088 m (6,850 ft) |
| B | 2,637 m (8,650 ft) |
| C | 2,119 m (6,950 ft) |
| D | 2,622 m (8,600 ft) |
| Landing field length at max landing weight: | |
| A, B | 1,753 m (5,750 ft) |
| C, D | 1,738 m (5,700 ft) |
| Range: A | 2,120 n miles (3,1926 km; 2,439 miles) |
| B | 3,395 n miles (6,287 km; 3,906 miles)* |
| C | 1,955 n miles (3,620 km; 2,249 miles) |
| D | 3,180 n miles (5,889 km; 3,659 miles)* |
| * Fuel volume limited | |
