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Be on speed by the gate
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 6,304 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 581 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A380-800 taxied from the parking area to runway 34L at KDEN Denver International Airport, a movement that required 9 minutes and covered 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 34L the aircraft used 7,529 ft of runway, representing 47 % of the available length, and lifted off at 160 kt; ambient temperature was 82 °F with a wind of 4 kt from 050°, a 3 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced 2 mi north-west of KDEN, with the airplane accelerating from 6,334 ft asl to 39,999 ft asl, an altitude gain of 33,665 ft achieved in 18 minutes while covering 121 nm.
The first cruise segment began 9 mi north of Centennial, Wyoming, lasting 17 minutes and encompassing 130 nm of level flight.
Descent started 15 mi south of KLND Hunt Field, Wyoming, with the aircraft descending from 40,000 ft asl to 11,564 ft asl, a loss of 28,436 ft in 17 minutes over a distance of 104 nm.
A brief cruise followed, initiating 22 mi north-east of KJAC Jackson Hole Airport, Wyoming, and lasting 3 minutes while covering 13 nm.
The second descent began 11 mi north-east of KJAC, with altitude decreasing from 10,575 ft asl to 8,084 ft asl, a reduction of 2,491 ft in 2 minutes across 7 nm.
Final approach to runway 19 at KJAC Jackson Hole Airport involved a descent from 1,735 ft agl to 42 ft agl in 105 seconds, during which the aircraft scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 19 was executed with a threshold speed of 125 kt (slightly below target), touchdown distance of 591 ft, touchdown speed of 124 kt, and a touchdown rate of minus 555 fpm; runway length was 6,304 ft, temperature 59 °F, wind 6 kt from 190°, with a 1 kt cross-wind and a 5 kt head-wind component, and runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The total landing distance recorded was 3,512 ft, representing 56 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 384 nm, took 68 minutes, and consumed 28,202 lb of fuel.
The Airbus A380-800 approached runway 19 at KJAC Jackson Hole Airport with an unstable profile at the 1,000 ft gate, being more than 5 kt below VREF, and completed a descent from 1,735 ft agl to 42 ft agl in 105 seconds, earning a stabilisation-gate score.
During the threshold and flare segment the aircraft maintained a good threshold height and a threshold speed slightly below target at 125 kt.
Touchdown occurred 591 ft down the runway at a speed of 124 kt, which was rated good, while the vertical rate was very hard at minus 555 fpm and the touchdown alignment was perfect.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 3,512 ft, representing 56 % of the 6,304 ft runway, and the runway-rollout alignment was very good.
Future flights should focus on maintaining at least VREF speed by the 1,000 ft gate to avoid an unstable approach, and on refining flare technique to reduce the hard vertical rate at touchdown.
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