LCY Question

The CRJ family cannot use LCY, nor can the ERJ145 (though the E135 can).

Although the concrete length is 1508m, the useable runway from a TORA and LDA position is only 1319m, so the actual runway length you need to consider is that.

The CRJ family has relatively poor runway performance, and there is litttle in the way of weight that can be removed in terms of fuel/load. Therefore Bombardier has never sought approval for the type at LCY as the offload of fuel/pax would be too significant.

Hope that’s some help? LCY operations and capabilities is an area of particular knowledge of mine.

I should add also that Bombardier have specifically designed their C-series on the basis that it will be LCY operable, even if it is only the C100.

Many thanks for the info rdc1000.:)

Basically, I’m playing Airline Manager on Facebook, and have an airline established out of LCY called LDN Airlines (any users that want to invest, please do so!), and I wanted to try to make it as real as possible.

I already operate x2 Q300’s and x5 Q400’s on a variety of domestic and international routes, and I know that both of these aircraft are already LCY approved. I was hoping to introduce Bombardier jets at some point to expand further into the European market, and thought about the CRJ series, but maybe I’ll look to wait a bit longer for them to introduce the C-Series onto the game. Either that or I’ll have to look to use Embraer E170’s & E190’s if I can’t wait that long!:cool:

Just to add another (potential?) aircraft to the operational list for LCY the mighty Douglas DC-6. Didn’t one land at LCY during the airshow 1 or 2 years ago, making it the largest aircraft to have landed at LCY at the time?

I presume that this may have now been superceeded by the A318 or E190 if any of these two are bigger???

The CRJ family cannot use LCY, nor can the ERJ145 (though the E135 can).

Although the concrete length is 1508m, the useable runway from a TORA and LDA position is only 1319m, so the actual runway length you need to consider is that.

The CRJ family has relatively poor runway performance, and there is litttle in the way of weight that can be removed in terms of fuel/load. Therefore Bombardier has never sought approval for the type at LCY as the offload of fuel/pax would be too significant.

Hope that’s some help? LCY operations and capabilities is an area of particular knowledge of mine.

I should add also that Bombardier have specifically designed their C-series on the basis that it will be LCY operable, even if it is only the C100.

Google brought up: http://www.lcacc.org/aircraft/index.html

No CRJ mentioned at all, not even the Challenger 600.

Approved Transport Aircraft

Airbus A318
BAe 146/Avro RJ family
BAe 4100 Jetstream
ATR 42
ATR 72
DHC Dash 7
Bombardier Q Series/DHC Dash 8
Dornier Fairchild 228
Dornier Fairchild Do328
Dornier Fairchild Do328 Jet
Embraer 135
Embraer E170
Embraer E190
Fokker 50
Fokker 70
Saab 340
Saab 2000
Shorts 360-300

Approved Business Aircraft

BE20 Beechcraft 200
BE9L Beechcraft 900
BE58 PA Beechcraft Baron
C90/C90A Beechcraft
B300 Beechcraft
Beech 400A
Hawker 800 XP
C510 (Citation Mustang)
C550 (II) (Citation II)
C560 (Citation V)
C525 CJ1 (Citation Jet 1)
C525 CJ2 (Citation Jet 2)
C525 CJ3 (Citation Jet 3)
C550 (Citation Bravo)
C56X (Citation Excel)
EMB 135BJ (Legacy)
FA900B
FA10 (Falcon 10)
FA50 (Falcon 50)
F7X (Falcon 7X)
F900EX (Falcon 900EX)
Bombardier Challenger 605 (CL60)
Learjet 45 (LJ45)
PA34 (Seneca)
PA31 (Navajo)
P180 (Piaggio Avanti)