Boeing 777-200ER
Target for the Boeing 777-200ER
60 to 120fpm
Full marks for descent rate up to 120 fpm; under 60 fpm the coach says the touchdown was softer than this aircraft is normally flown.
- Vref reference
- 140ktat 213,188 kg
- Tail-strike limit
- 8°this aircraft's own
- Ideal touchdown zone
- 300 to 700mpast the threshold
- G-force
- 1.10Gfull marks, the category's curve
The 777-200ER is wide-body iron. Cat D approach speeds, long landing rolls, and a wing low enough on landing that a sideways gust matters in a way it doesn't on the A330. PMDG's MSFS 2024 release set a new bar for systems accuracy on this airframe; flying it well rewards the same patience real operators teach.
Landing technique.
Vref + 5 with a 10-knot gust factor floor. The triple has tons of inertia, being a few knots slow recovers easily, being fast adds 1,000+ ft of float.
Flare at 30 ft and hold, same idle-thrust callout structure as the 737, longer time-to-touch.
Watch the GPWS 30/20/10 callouts: they're your timing reference. If you hear '20' and you haven't started the flare, you're early, wait.
Use auto-brake 3 minimum for any runway under 9,000 ft. The wing is enormous; you'll float to a long landing if you don't get it down and braking.
Crosswind technique: crab the approach, kick straight at flare initiation. Wing-down won't work, the engines are too low.
Common mistakes.
Insufficient flare leading to firm touchdown, the 777 is heavy, but pilots over-correct from the 737 muscle memory of 'don't over-rotate'.
Pulling reversers before the nose wheel is down, wastes effective deceleration.
Long landings from carrying speed. A normal 777 landing should be in the touchdown zone (300 to 600 m), not 1,200+.
How its touchdown is scored.
The score at each point of its curves. Between the points, scores fall in a straight line; the full method is in the scoring methodology.
No shared landings or board for this aircraft yet. Its figures appear once pilots with a public profile have shared 5 graded landings in it, and a board once at least 5 opted-in pilots have flown it 10 or more times each. See the boards there are.
For reference.
Aircraft data
- Manufacturer
- Boeing
- Model
- 777
- Variant
- -200ER
- FAA approach category
- C
- MTOW
- 297,557 kg (656,000 lbs)
- Vref in flight
- Adjusted to the weight you land at
- MSFS source
- Payware (PMDG)
- Category
- Wide-Body Twin Airliner
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