Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner
The longest 787, stretched for capacity rather than range: up to 440 seats on medium and long-haul routes. Same type rating as the 787-8 and -9, with fly-by-wire and head-up displays.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 488 kt
- Max operating speed (VMO)
- 350 kt
- Max operating Mach (MMO)
- M 0.90
- Range
- 6,345 nm
- Service ceiling
- 41,100 ft
Fuel
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1 · Jet A
- Usable fuel
- 101,080 kg
- Main tank
- 2 × 16,720 kg
- Centre tank
- 67,650 kg
Turbine fuel is shown as mass, at a typical 0.80 kg/l, the way crews plan it.
Runway
- Minimum runway
- 3,000 m
- Take-off distance over 15 m (50 ft)
- 3,000 m
- Landing distance from 15 m (50 ft)
- 1,850 m
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Concrete
The longer of take-off and landing distance. At 254,011 kg, ISA, sea level, dry paved runway, no wind.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Glass cockpit
- Avionics
- Rockwell Collins large-format displays
- Systems
- Fly-by-wire · Autopilot · Autothrottle · FADEC engine control · Pressurised cabin · Retractable gear · TCAS collision avoidance · Terrain warning (TAWS) · Weather radar · Head-up display
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 440
- Minimum crew
- 2
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 254,011 kg
- Max landing weight
- 201,848 kg
- Empty weight
- 135,488 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- MPL(A) · CPL(A) · ATPL(A)
- Type rating required
- B787
- Extra training or endorsements
- Multi-crew cooperation (MCC)
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- Certified for IFR
- Approvals
- Night VFR · Known icing (FIKI) · RVSM · CAT II approaches · CAT III autoland · ETOPS
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Boeing
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 2× Jet
- ICAO type designator
- B78X
- Wake turbulence category
- H · Heavy
- In service since
- 2018
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2020 · 2024
Scale drawing
- Length
- 68.3 m
- Wingspan
- 60.12 m
- Height
- 17.02 m
- Fuselage width
- 5.77 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Boeing 787-10 DreamlinerLength 68.3 m
- Boeing 787-9 DreamlinerLength 62.81 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- VMOMax operating speedSpeed limit of a turbine aircraft in knots; higher up, the Mach limit (MMO) applies instead.
- 350 kt
- MMOMax operating Mach (MMO)
- M 0.90
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
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