Widebody; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 255; Flight Crew Total 25000; Flight Crew Type 4000
Communication Breakdown
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Weight And Balance
General None Reported / Taken
Chart Or Publication; Company Policy; Procedure
We have been told that shortened runways (such as 9R at GRU) are taken into consideration in the RWY DATA when received via ACARS. There is also a NOTAM stating this. However; there is no way for the pilots to know positively that the correction to runway length has been taken into account. THE RUNWAY DATA SHOULD INDICATE THAT THE RUNWAY LENGTH HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. It is very wrong not to have this information on the ACARS RWY DATA printout. I have seen runways in South America displace over 4;000 meters. Runway length is critical; especially when wet as in today's flight. We need to know that the numbers are based on a limitation; just as ACARS provides MEL restrictions on a RWY DATA printout.
A pilot reported that pre-takeoff performance data for SGBR's shortened Runway 9R did not specifically state that the construction runway length was taken into account.