SQ22: Longest Takeoff run of a commercial passenger flight?

SQ22 Takeoff from Singapore Changi to New York Newark with Airbus A340-500, full of kerosine and passengers for a 18hours flight. Takeoff is about a minute. For me it is the longest takeoff run I ve ever see - what about you`?

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[deedx]

veeery heavy ! about 53 seconds to get off the ground...and slow climb

[DAIRX]

@deedx when do you begin to count the takeoff run?

[BigSam3788]

1:35 is a VERY long takeoff! Do you know what the temperature was there when you left?

[DAIRX]

@BigSam3788 i don`t know exactly. it was end of july 2010 and the departure time was about 1pm - as I arrived at the airport it was a very nice and warm day in singapore :-) but the altitude of this airport is low..... so i think the long takeoffrun was due to the heavy aircraft

[Captain868]

Id be scared sitting on the plane thinking why the plane isn't taking off

[DAIRX]

@13BigLu13 ich bin spion

[theLAngeles1]

this is not a surprise, it's an a340 lol

[jonahair747]

Climbing like a sick angel.

[FerrariBoeing]

@kingkoolkata LoL

[FerrariBoeing]

@ThrogsNck its quite easy to see that it is real...

[wowdude999]

@bambang303378 Yes, now configured with 100 business class seats.

[asharwin930]

@DAIRX he started counting when the engines went to full power and as soon as the plane started rotating. (the sound of the engines slightly changing)

[bambang303378]

Is this true that for this route they are all business class? I flew this route twice in 05 and 07 they still had economy class back then.

[rraphaelj]

Why not use all the runway you can get when it is available? I do not think that this is unusual.

[lolvks]

@bermudaguy1 No, the airport is near sea level (22' MSL)