RCSS to VHHX Flight Report - Airbus A320

Flight from RCSS to VHHX

Friday, 11 August 2023 16:59

Minutes 68

463 nm

Fuel 3,406 kg

Airbus A320

Departure

Started Songshan

Songshan

Altitude

13 ft asl

Weight

63,759 kg

Fuel

6,707 kg

Temperature

26 °C

Wind Speed

0 kt

Wind Direction

0.0 °

Headwind

0 kt

Crosswind

0 kt

Arrival

Runway 13 at VHHX

Hong Kong Intl (old)

Hong Kong Kowloon City, Hong Kong

0 ft asl

Altitude

60,353 kg

Weight

3,301 kg

Fuel

27 °C

Temperature

5 kt

Wind Speed

238.6 °

Wind Direction

-1 kt

Headwind

4 kt

Crosswind

Flight Score 92.89%

Departure Score 91.58%

Enroute Score 98.98%

Arrival Score 85.75%

Vertical profile — planned vs actual

Landing

88.72 %

Touchdown

79.34 %

Approach & flare

Threshold height

85.49 %

Threshold height at 62 ft agl was above target.

Threshold speed

100 %

Threshold speed was good at 133 kt.

Flare

74.56 %

Good landing flare

Touchdown

Sink rate

48.65 %

Touchdown rate was very hard at -538 ft/m.

Impact

89.71 %

Speed

100 %

Touchdown speed at 127 kt was good.

Aim point

100 %

Touchdown distance was good at 422 m.

Centreline

84.62 %

Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.0 m from centreline.

Bounce

100 %

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Flight Stages RCSS to VHHX

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Departure Climb 1

75 %

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from Songshan.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Heading variation -141.3 ° -180.0 ° min to max 180.0 °	-149.2		0.0 °
100 %	Average speed 79 kn 0 kn min to max 160 kn	0		160 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 0.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.7 °	0.0		0.7 °
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.96 g min to max 1.22 g	0.99		1.18 g
Info	Average VSI 616 ft/m 194 ft/m min to max 913 ft/m	194		913 ft/m
Info	Average altitude -2 ft agl -5 ft agl min to max 31 ft agl	-3		31 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 0.6 ° -0.8 ° min to max 13.5 °	-0.2		13.5 °
Info	Battery Master On at 16:59:05
Info	Engine 2 Started at 16:59:05
Info	Landing Gear Down at 16:59:05
Info	Engine 1 Started at 17:00:10
Info	Parking Brake On at 17:00:22
Info	Taxi Lights Switched On at 17:01:36
Info	Parking Brake Off at 17:02:23
Info	Flaps Position 2 at 17:03:01
Info	Parking Brake On at 17:05:45
Info	Parking Brake Off at 17:06:56

Departure Climb 2

100 %

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from Songshan.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation 0.2 ° 0.1 ° min to max 0.6 °	0.1		0.6 °
100 %	Average speed 163 kn 160 kn min to max 171 kn	160		171 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 0.8 ° 0.6 ° min to max 0.9 °	0.8		0.8 °
100 %	Average g force 1.05 g 0.88 g min to max 1.16 g	1.16		0.99 g
Info	Average VSI 1,441 ft/m 1,118 ft/m min to max 1,721 ft/m	1,118		1,590 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 132 ft agl 57 ft agl min to max 387 ft agl	57		387 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 12.5 ° 10.3 ° min to max 13.7 °	13.7		10.8 °
Info	Taxi Lights Switched Off at 17:08:50
Info	Landing Gear Up at 17:08:50

Departure Climb 3

99.73 %

Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from Songshan.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation 1.0 ° 0.7 ° min to max 1.4 °	0.7		1.4 °
100 %	Average speed 179 kn 172 kn min to max 185 kn	172		185 kn
98.66 %	Average bank angle 0.8 ° 0.2 ° min to max 2.5 °	0.5		2.5 °
100 %	Average g force 0.98 g 0.97 g min to max 1.02 g	0.98		1.02 g
100 %	Landing gear up
Info	Average VSI 1,662 ft/m 1,590 ft/m min to max 1,754 ft/m	1,615		1,754 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 672 ft agl 399 ft agl min to max 955 ft agl	399		955 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 9.9 ° 9.5 ° min to max 10.6 °	10.6		10.0 °
Info	Landing Lights Switched On at 17:09:07

Enroute Climb

96.93 %

Enroute climb started 1 mile north west of Taipei (Taipei City, Taiwan, Taiwan). Climbing from 1,017 ft asl to 37,445 ft asl, an increase of 36,428 ft in 16 minutes and covering 195 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
92.33 %	Climb speed 260 kn 185 kn min to max 302 kn Target 240 kn	185		252 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 4.4 ° 0.0 ° min to max 23.0 °	5.3		0.0 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.90 g min to max 1.11 g	1.05		1.00 g
Info	Average VSI 1,521 ft/m 454 ft/m min to max 3,302 ft/m	1,822		767 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 15,731 ft asl 1,017 ft asl min to max 37,445 ft asl	1,017		37,445 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 6.0 ° 2.7 ° min to max 10.9 °	10.5		4.5 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Flaps Position 1 at 17:09:37
Info	Flaps Fully Retracted at 17:09:43
Info	Strobe Lights Switched On at 17:12:15
Info	Landing Lights Switched Off at 17:12:17

Enroute Level

100 %

Enroute level cruise started 5 miles north east of Taiwan Banks (, Taiwan) and lasted 11 minutes, covering 162 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 37,657 ft asl 37,646 ft asl min to max 37,683 ft asl	37,649		37,648 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 448 kn 447 kn min to max 449 kn	449		448 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 3.8 ° 0.0 ° min to max 15.4 °	0.0		0.0 °
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.98 g min to max 1.05 g	0.98		1.00 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 3.6 ° 3.6 ° min to max 3.9 °	3.9		3.6 °

Enroute Descent

100 %

Enroute descent started 30 miles south of Jieshi (Guangdong Sheng, China). Descent from 37,649 ft asl to 1,800 ft asl, a decrease of 35,849 ft in 21 minutes and covering 97 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 262 kn 152 kn min to max 454 kn	448		152 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 8.6 ° 0.0 ° min to max 23.4 °	0.1		0.0 °
100 %	Average g force 1.02 g 0.84 g min to max 1.14 g	1.00		1.00 g
Info	Average VSI -1,121 ft/m -3,757 ft/m min to max 10 ft/m	10		-1,046 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 10,981 ft asl 1,800 ft asl min to max 37,651 ft asl	37,649		1,800 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 2.6 ° -1.6 ° min to max 7.3 °	3.6		1.9 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Landing Lights Switched On at 17:49:51
Info	Flaps Position 1 at 17:53:57
Info	Flaps Position 2 at 17:55:20
Info	Flaps Position 3 at 17:55:27
Info	Flaps Position 4 at 17:57:20
Info	Landing Gear Down at 17:57:47
Info	Taxi Lights Switched On at 17:58:08

Arrival

100 %

Arrival started 30 miles south of Jieshi (Guangdong Sheng, China).

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 138 kn 134 kn min to max 145 kn	144		135 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 2.8 ° 0.0 ° min to max 23.0 °	0.0		14.6 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.95 g min to max 1.10 g	1.01		0.99 g
Info	Average VSI -738 ft/m -1,121 ft/m min to max 105 ft/m	-1,038		-915 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 1,024 ft asl 366 ft asl min to max 1,783 ft asl	1,783		366 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 2.9 ° 0.2 ° min to max 7.0 °	2.0		2.2 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Flaps Position 5 at 17:58:48

Arrival Final 1

81.16 %

Approaching runway 13 at VHHX Hong Kong Intl (old) from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 337 ft agl to 91 ft agl. A decrease of 246 ft in 12 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
62.57 %	Approach angle 4.3 ° 4.1 ° min to max 4.5 ° Target 3.0 °	4.5		4.4 °
100 %	Average speed 134 kn 133 kn min to max 135 kn	135		133 kn
71.79 %	Heading variation -0.2 ° -1.0 ° min to max -0.0 °	-1.0		-0.0 °
71.46 %	Average bank angle 6.4 ° 0.2 ° min to max 13.6 °	13.6		6.4 °
100 %	Average g force 1.03 g 0.97 g min to max 1.05 g	0.98		1.05 g
Info	Average VSI -1,017 ft/m -1,260 ft/m min to max -872 ft/m	-964		-872 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 152 ft agl 91 ft agl min to max 337 ft agl	337		91 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 3.2 ° 1.1 ° min to max 4.3 °	1.6		4.3 °

Arrival Landing

88.72 %

Landing on runway 13 at VHHX Hong Kong Intl (old), runway length 2,598 m. Threshold height at 62 ft agl was above target. Threshold speed was good at 133 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Threshold speed was good at 133 kn. Target 135 kn
85.49 %	Target 50 ft agl
74.56 %	Landing and flare profile
100 %	Heading variation -0.1 ° -0.2 ° min to max -0.0 °	-0.0		-0.2 °
87.03 %	Average bank angle 4.5 ° 0.1 ° min to max 6.9 °	6.2		4.6 °
100 %	Average g force 1.03 g 1.00 g min to max 1.05 g	1.05		1.00 g
Info	Average speed 130 kn 127 kn min to max 133 kn	133		127 kn
Info	Average VSI -665 ft/m -868 ft/m min to max -538 ft/m	-868		-538 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 29 ft agl 0 ft agl min to max 62 ft agl	62		0 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 4.9 ° 4.4 ° min to max 5.1 °	4.4		4.7 °

Arrival Touchdown

79.34 %

Touchdown distance was good at 422 m. Touchdown speed at 127 kn was good. Touchdown rate was very hard at -538 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.0 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 29 °C. Wind 5 kn at 238 °. Crosswind: 5 kn Tailwind: 1 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
48.65 %	Touchdown VSI was -538 ft/m.
100 %	Touchdown distance was 422 m Target 457 m
100 %	Speed at touchdown 127 kn Target 132 kn
84.62 %	Runway alignment max 5.98 m 5.56 m right	-5.98		-5.12 m
0 %	Average bank angle 2.3 ° 0.7 ° min to max 4.6 °	4.6		0.9 °
89.71 %	Average g force 1.26 g 1.00 g min to max 1.43 g	1.00		1.34 g
100 %	Landing Bounce
Info	Average speed 126 kn 126 kn min to max 127 kn	127		126 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 4.6 ° 4.4 ° min to max 4.8 °	4.7		4.4 °

Arrival Rollout

79.52 %

Total landing distance 1,365 m, 53 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 14.5 m from centreline.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Landing distance 1,365 m 53 % of runway.
55.13 %	Runway alignment max 19.54 m 14.52 m left to 5.02 m right	-5.02		6.90 m
97.14 %	Average g force 1.02 g 0.92 g min to max 1.30 g	1.30		1.00 g
Info	Average speed 120 kn 69 kn min to max 131 kn	131		69 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 2.8 ° -0.5 ° min to max 4.7 °	4.4		-0.4 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 1.0 °	1.0		0.0 °

Runway Exit

Exiting runway, average speed 26 kn

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
Info	Average speed 29 kn 10 kn min to max 65 kn	65		10 kn
Info	Average pitch angle -0.3 ° -0.5 ° min to max -0.2 °	-0.4		-0.3 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.0 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.1 °	0.0		0.1 °
Info	Average g force 1.00 g 0.99 g min to max 1.01 g	1.00		1.00 g
Info	Flaps Position 4 at 18:01:11
Info	Flaps Position 3 at 18:01:13
Info	Flaps Position 2 at 18:01:15
Info	Flaps Position 1 at 18:01:16
Info	Flaps Fully Retracted at 18:01:23

Arrival Taxi

100 %

Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 9 minutes and covered 2 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 12 kn 3 kn min to max 15 kn	10		3 kn
100 %	Average speed turning corners 7 kn max 7 kn	0		0 kn
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.99 g min to max 1.01 g	1.00		0.99 g
Info	Average pitch angle -0.2 ° -0.5 ° min to max 0.0 °	-0.2		-0.5 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.0 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.4 °	0.0		0.0 °
Info	Strobe Lights Switched Off at 18:02:37
Info	Landing Lights Switched Off at 18:02:51
Info	Navigation Lights Switched On at 18:03:42
Info	Taxi Lights Switched Off at 18:09:31
Info	Parking Brake On at 18:10:42
Info	Engine 2 Stopped at 18:10:50
Info	Engine 1 Stopped at 18:10:51
Info	Landing Lights ON should be OFF at 18:03:38
Info	Taxi Light OFF should be ON at 18:05:20

Takeoff on runway XX at RCSS Songshan in the Airbus A320

91.58 %

75 %

Climb 1

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from Songshan.

Alignment

0 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

100 %

Climb 2

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from Songshan.

Alignment

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

99.73 %

Climb 3

Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from Songshan.

Alignment

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

98.66 %

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

Landing on runway 13 at VHHX Hong Kong Intl (old) in the Airbus A320

Landing Score 82.19 %

81.16 %

Final 1

Approaching runway 13 at VHHX Hong Kong Intl (old) from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 337 ft agl to 91 ft agl. A decrease of 246 ft in 12 seconds.

Glideslope

62.57 %

Poor descent path above glideslope limit

Heading

71.79 %

Good heading alignment

Glideslope °

62.57 %

IAS kt

100 %

Alignment

71.79 %

Bank °

71.46 %

100 %

Descent Rate fpm

Info

88.72 %

Landing

Landing on runway 13 at VHHX Hong Kong Intl (old), runway length 2,598 m. Threshold height at 62 ft agl was above target. Threshold speed was good at 133 kn.

Height

85.49 %

Threshold height at 62 ft agl was above target. Target 50 ft agl

Speed

100 %

Threshold speed was good at 133 kt. Target 135 kt

Flare

74.56 %

Good landing flare

Centreline ft

100 %

Bank °