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