The Boeing 777F departed from runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport. Takeoff was performed with a distance of 926 m, which was 25 % of the runway, and liftoff occurred at 154 kt. The local weather at departure was temperature 35 °C, wind 11 kt from 271°, giving a cross-wind component of 4 kt and a head-wind component of 11 kt.

During the initial climb the aircraft reached 1,000 ft agl in 17 seconds, averaging 2,508 fpm and attaining 190 kt at the top of the climb. The climb continued from 1,184 ft asl to 1,505 ft asl over 1 minute while covering 4 nm, remaining overhead Auckland.

Level flight was held at 1,500 ft asl for 4 minutes, covering 12 nm and beginning approximately 3 nm south of NZAA.

The final approach to runway 23L began with a descent from 1,323 ft agl to 66 ft agl in 103 seconds. Stabilisation checks were performed at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. The checks were met for gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, speed, and wings level; the check for centreline was not met at one gate. At 984 ft agl the aircraft was in final flap position 6 and was flying 162 kt.

Landing was made on runway 23L, whose length is 3,671 m. The threshold height was good and the threshold speed was good at 146 kt. The flare was described as great. Touchdown occurred 183 m down the runway at a speed of 144 kt, which was a little fast, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 413 fpm. The touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 18.0 m from the centreline. No bounce occurred after touchdown.

The local weather at landing matched the departure conditions: temperature 35 °C, wind 11 kt from 271°, cross-wind 4 kt, head-wind 11 kt. The total flight covered 21 nm in 7 minutes and consumed 1,386 kg of fuel.