chairman's award for wingoes! (is that a Knighthood now?)
I've seen 744 from SIN and MD11 from HNL land 16L. Only because it'd been offered to save 15-20 min airborne delay.
Arrival delays to 16R/34L are almost universally higher than 16L/34R. This becomes acute at 6am when daylight saving time ends. Extra requirements to use the longer runway during peak arrival times will add to the cumulative airborne delay for ALL operators. I've seen the cost to industry of
several hours additional airborne delay due to a single requirement.
ATC prefer to process int'l arrivals to the long runway to reduce ground delays and complexity however with too many requirements of the "other side" it can become quite the airshow over the top of the CTR.
Visit the SYD TCU one day. Most keen crews who do find it an eye opener.