C130 Landing stats?

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QUOTE (Naki @ Feb 1 2008, 10:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Ages ago (hmm I sound like a L & P ad) - 20 years? - didn't see it myself but remember reading an article in the Daily News about an Air NZ 737-200 landing at New Plymouth - I guess it was just to see whether it was okay for emergency purposes - I guess it was lighlty loaded and virtually empty.

Ok.
Ive always dreamed they would build NP airport bigger so it could take 737's but realy when you think about it its pointless because its pretty much in the middle of Auckland and Wellington, and ive been on a dash 8 to both and its not realy a long flight to warant the use of a 73, It realy sucks living in a city with an airport that has nothing happing at all

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Not sure what the runway requirements are for the 737, but they do fly them in and out of Woodbourne evey now and again. Probably see one here over the Wine festival weekend as they fly pax from AK. NZWB is 1425 metres long. The RNZAF 757 also operates in and out of here too !!
Compare this with NZNP at 1310m and the 737 should not be to stretched, but as I say, I don't know the minimum.