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Old Jun 6, 2026 | 6:43 pm
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Originally Posted by TxDucky
Given the a couple of 787's that are most likely "free airframes" with the removal of the PHL-DOH flight, MIA-JHB would be at the edge of the range of a 787-8 with JFK-JHB well beyond the advertised range.
There’s more to range than just distance, but JFK is of course slightly closer to JNB than MIA is, by great circle distance.


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