Portland International Jetport | PWM

Over 50 flights today out of the Jetport! I didn’t realize Houston was mainline now, that seems like a great sign. Takes away the crown for the longest E-175 route in the country but I’ll take mainline service all day! Also cool seeing LGA, EWR, and JFK having 150+ seaters sent here consistently
 
Non stop to Houston is Saturday only and the upgrade to an A319 is great. Delta now uses an A220-300 for the evening flight to LGA on Saturdays which they have not done in many years. JetBlue upgrading to an A320 to JFK is also a positive step and hopefully they will go back to providing year round service again.
 
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Our two United flights to LAX and SFO on the 737 MAX 8 require a 7800' runway at max takeoff weight. Am curious, are these departures forced to remove passengers or only book 90% of the seats to meet the weight limitations for PWM's 7200' runway? The airport's elevation is close to sea level which helps but we've had some hot humid Saturdays recently which definitely effects aircraft performance. I am aware that the A220-300 has zero issues with the length of Portland's primary runway.
 
Portlander said:
Non stop to Houston is Saturday only and the upgrade to an A319 is great. Delta now uses an A220-300 for the evening flight to LGA on Saturdays which they have not done in many years. JetBlue upgrading to an A320 to JFK is also a positive step and hopefully they will go back to providing year round service again.
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AA is also using the MAX-8 on some LGA flights!

Looking ahead, it looks like WN quietly added quite a bit more lift to MCO in February and March. MCO used to be Saturday-only in Feb and March, but now runs Thurs-Sun from mid February through mid March.
 
Portlander said:
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Our two United flights to LAX and SFO on the 737 MAX 8 require a 7800' runway at max takeoff weight. Am curious, are these departures forced to remove passengers or only book 90% of the seats to meet the weight limitations for PWM's 7200' runway? The airport's elevation is close to sea level which helps but we've had some hot humid Saturdays recently which definitely effects aircraft performance. I am aware that the A220-300 has zero issues with the length of Portland's primary runway.
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They're likely not leaving PWM at MTOW for the MAX-8. That figure assumes a full fuel load for its full range of 3,500 NM. PWM-SFO is 2,400 NM so quite a bit below the max range for the type.

The MAX-8 burns about 10-10.5 lbs. of fuel per nautical mile while cruising, and if we take the distance of PWM-SFO (2,400 NM) against the full range of the MAX-8 (3,500 NM) we can figure out that an typical MAX-8 on this route is departing PWM roughly 5 tons lighter than it would be at MTOW.

I would assume UA isn't blocking seats. The weight of a dozen passengers isn't nearly as consequential as the weight of an extra ~1,000 miles worth of fuel :)
 
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Portlander said:
I am aware that the A220-300 has zero issues with the length of Portland's primary runway.
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You're right! An A220-300 could fill its tanks to the brim for its full 3,400 NM range, and take a full load of plus-sized passengers to London (~2,800 NM) and leave PWM with runway to spare :)
 
You educated me well on the A220-300 and its capabilities, it is an amazing aircraft!
 
Cosakita18 said:
You're right! An A220-300 could fill its tanks to the brim for its full 3,400 NM range, and take a full load of plus-sized passengers to London (~2,800 NM) and leave PWM with runway to spare :)
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Your mouth to BA's ears!
 
Cosakita18 said:
AA is also using the MAX-8 on some LGA flights!

Looking ahead, it looks like WN quietly added quite a bit more lift to MCO in February and March. MCO used to be Saturday-only in Feb and March, but now runs Thurs-Sun from mid February through mid March.
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Do we know when WN will also do RSW?
B6 needs to expand FLL from PWM , why the hesitation all these years?
 
NR2Portland said:
Over 50 flights today out of the Jetport! I didn’t realize Houston was mainline now, that seems like a great sign. Takes away the crown for the longest E-175 route in the country but I’ll take mainline service all day! Also cool seeing LGA, EWR, and JFK having 150+ seaters sent here consistently
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You obviously don't fly much. The Embraer 175 is a much more comfortable aircraft than most mainline aircraft.
 
Some really great Breeze load factor data for January-April 2026:
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Breeze PAX Data '26

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This data shows that PWM has consistently been one of the top performing stations for Breeze in terms of overall load factor. (In this case, it would be the average load factor for CHS, MCO, RDU, RSW, SRQ, TPA)

For average load factors for Breeze's 77 stations, PWM was:
  • 8th in January
  • 4th in February
  • 5th in March
  • 4th in April
Very encouraging for future growth!
 
It’s more seats coming in and out of PWM. That’s why I said I’ll take it… I was only talking about numbers before you had to say your piece.
But at least I know not to engage next time since you’ve build a reputation in this forum.
 
With B6 cuts within the past few days, PWM should be good. JFK is already seasonal, MCO seasonal fall, winter, spring. I expect FLL to be launched seasonal which fits into the model of expansion in Northeast to Florida. Lots of lift to MCO come winter SWA, Breeze, B6, added RSW with SWA, hopefully Breeze adds VRB, I would like to see MIA come back for AA, Who knows with the Sun Country Merger with Allegiant if we will see Punta Gorda, Sanford, etc added to the mix
 
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