The 787-10 Dreamliner is the longest of the Dreamliner family — 68 m of composite airframe with a wing that flexes visibly on landing. The fly-by-wire system is more conservative than Airbus FBW; pilots describe it as 'feeling like a Boeing with assists' rather than 'feeling like a computer with wings'. The aircraft rewards the same disciplined energy management as the 777 family.
Landing technique
- Cross the threshold at Vref + 5 in calm; add 1/2 headwind + full gust factor, max 20 kt.
- Flare at 30 ft RA and hold. The Dreamliner's composite wing damps oscillations more than aluminum jets — small pitch corrections produce small responses.
- Idle thrust at the 30 ft auto-callout. Late idle creates float on this aircraft because of the high lift-to-drag of the composite wing.
- Use auto-brake 3 minimum on any runway under 10,000 ft. The 787-10 is the heaviest variant and brakes are the main stopper.
- Crab approach + de-crab at flare. The wing droop on touchdown is dramatic — verify the spoilers deploy fully.
Common mistakes
- Floating to a long landing — the 787-10's L/D is high enough that an extra 5 kt translates to 600+ ft of additional float.
- Letting the nose drop too aggressively after main-gear touchdown, slamming the nose wheel.
- Mis-judging the visual cue — sitting that far forward of the main gear means touchdown is later than your eyes expect.
Aircraft data
- Manufacturer
- Boeing
- Model
- 787
- Variant
- -10 Dreamliner
- FAA approach category
- C
- MTOW
- 254000 kg (559973 lbs)
- Vref reference
- 150 kt
- MSFS source
- Default Premium
- FLARE matches
- Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner · 787-10 Dreamliner · 787 -10 Dreamliner
Related reading
- → How FLARE grades a landing — the composite formula behind every score
- → What "stabilized approach" actually means — the 1000-ft gate, four criteria, technique
- → Wide-Body Twin Airliner scoring thresholds — per-category curves applied to this airframe
- → Full scoring methodology reference — complete breakdown in the help docs