Originally Posted by
20Fathoms
For a long time LAX-SYD had to use Brisbane as an alternate which is about 600 miles up the coast. We finally got approved for Canberra so I bet the 350 could do it now, but not sure how much cargo it could take. Don’t know much about the 350, but the LR can do the crossing and still haul a ton of cargo. Occasionally get some bad headwinds on that route too versus a more polar route like dtw-pvg.
Just for fun I just looked on the ipad for the route from lax-syd... never seen a view of the globe with nothing but water. 🤠