Originally Posted by
GW McLintock
Wow

That's sad. The 757 with nearly 200 seats can fly STT-JFK nonstop. An A321 that is nowhere near MTOW can't? Just sad... though this isn't what the aircraft was designed to do. FWIW the 3NS (A321neo with Mint) can fly it nonstop.
-J.
It's got to be the STT-specific climb requirement. B6 flies an A320 nonstop from LGA's 7,000' runways to DEN. LGA-DEN is just slightly shorter than STT-EWR.