B788
BOEING 787-8 Dreamliner
BOEING 787-8 Dreamliner
Aircraft
Name
787-8 Dreamliner
Manufacturer
Body
Wide
Wing
Fixed Wing
Position
Low wing
Tail
Regular tail (Dihedral)
WTC
H
APC
C
Type Code
L2J
Aerodrome Reference Code
4E
RFF Category
8
Engine
Jet
Engine Count
Multi
Position
Underwing mounted
Landing gear
Tricycle retractable
Manufactured as
BOEING Dreamliner (Srs.8)
BOEING 787-8 Dreamliner
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The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner is a long range, mid-sized, wide-body, twin-engine jet airliner. The B788 is a member of the B787 series of aircraft.The 787 is the world's first airliner using composite materials for most of its construction (approx. 50 percent).
Technical Data
Wing span (metric)
60.10 m
Length (metric)
56.70 m
Height (metric)
16.90 m
Powerplant
2 x GEnx-1B (280 kN) or
2 x R-R Trent 1000 (280 kN) turbofans.
Engine Model(s)
General Electric GEnx
Rolls-Royce Trent 1000
Indicative Performance Data
Take-Off
V2
165 kts
Distance
3100 m
MTOW
228000 kg
Initial Climb (to 5000 ft)
IAS
190 kts
ROC
2700 ft/min
Initial Climb (to FL150)
IAS
290 kts
ROC
2000
Initial Climb (to FL240)
IAS
290 kts
ROC
1500 ft/min
MACH Climb
MACH
0.79
ROC
1500 ft/min
Cruise
TAS
490 kts
MACH
0.85
Ceiling
430
Range
7850 NM
Initial Descent (to FL240)
MACH
0.84
ROD
2600 ft/min
Descent (to FL100)
IAS
300 kts
ROD
2800 ft/min
Descent (FL100 & below)
IAS
n/a
MCS
220 kts
ROD
n/a
Approach
Vapp (IAS)
140 kts
Distance
1520 m
Accidents & Serious Incidents involving
What Links Here (24)
- GBAS Landing System (GLS)
- 19296
- 19430
- 19474
- 19723
- 19975
- B788, en-route Shikoku Island Japan, 2013
- B788, en-route, north of Darwin NT Australia, 2015
- B788, vicinity Amritsar India, 2018
- B788, Boston MA USA, 2013
- B788, London Heathrow UK, 2013
- Aircraft Ground Damage
- RECAT - Wake Turbulence Re-categorisation
- Minor Repair Responses to Composite Airframe Damage
- 32084
- 32123
- 32151
- B788, en-route, southwest of Kansai Japan, 2019
- B788, en-route, central Romania, 2017
- B788, en-route, Chengde China, 2019
- B788, en-route, Northwest Pacific Ocean, 2019
- 32497
- 32868
- B788, en-route, near Huesca northeast Spain, 2019
