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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 five checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 1,000 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed and off the runway's 3° glideslope.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed and off the runway's 3° glideslope.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,017 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,017 m of the 2,996 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 727 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A350-900 taxied from the parking area to runway 14L at LEMD Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport in 12 minutes, covering 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 14L the aircraft used 2,170 m of runway, representing 61 % of the available length, and lifted off at 163 kt. Local weather reported a temperature of 38 °C, wind 17 kt from 219 °, with a 17 kt crosswind component and a 4 kt headwind.
The first en-route climb began 1 mile east of LEMD, climbing from 2,849 ft asl to 31,002 ft asl - an increase of 28,153 ft - in 18 minutes while covering 114 nm.
A level cruise segment started 4 miles south-west of Bohonal de Ibor and lasted 5 minutes, during which 81 nm were flown.
The second climb commenced 1 mile north of La Codosera, rising from 31,015 ft asl to 36,999 ft asl - a gain of 5,984 ft - in 3 minutes over 54 nm.
Subsequent cruise began 3 miles south of LPEV Évora Airfield, lasting 47 minutes and covering 758 nm.
The third climb started 20 miles west of Mogan, climbing from 37,000 ft asl to 38,995 ft asl - an increase of 1,995 ft - in 2 minutes while traversing 26 nm.
A further cruise segment originated 38 miles south of El Medano, lasted 45 minutes and encompassed 728 nm.
The fourth climb began 7 miles north-east of Espargos, ascending from 39,000 ft asl to 40,001 ft asl - a gain of 1,001 ft - in 2 minutes and covering 27 nm.
The final cruise leg started 16 miles south-west of Santa Maria, persisted for 163 minutes and spanned 2,649 nm.
Descent commenced 5 miles west of Eloi Mendes, descending from 40,000 ft asl to 4,102 ft asl - a loss of 35,897 ft - in 16 minutes and covering 133 nm.
On final approach to runway 10R at SBGR André Franco Montoro International Airport the aircraft approached from the west on a heading of 74.0 °, at 4 nm and 1,651 ft agl.
Landing on runway 10R, which is 2,996 m long, occurred with a threshold speed of 133 kt. Touchdown was 316 m beyond the touchdown zone at 126 kt, with a vertical rate of minus 12 fpm and a lateral deviation of 10.5 m from the centreline. Weather at the time was 29 °C, wind 3 kt from 270 °, a 1 kt crosswind and a 3 kt tailwind. Total landing distance was 1,941 m, representing 65 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was noted as 10.2 m off the centreline.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 8 minutes, covering 1 nm.
In total the flight covered 4,580 nm, required 319 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 54,959 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A350-900 completed the final approach to runway 10R at SBGR André Franco Montoro International Airport from the west, tracking a heading of 74.0° at 4 nm and 1,651 ft agl. Local weather was 29 °C with wind 3 kt from 270°, a 1 kt crosswind component and a 3 kt tailwind. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as unstable, with sink rate too high and the aircraft off the glideslope.
During the threshold and flare segment the aircraft encountered a good threshold height. The threshold speed was slightly above target at 133 kt.
Touchdown occurred 316 m beyond the touchdown zone with a touchdown speed of 126 kt, described as a little fast. The vertical speed at touchdown was perfect at -12 fpm, but the touchdown point was misaligned by 10.5 m from the centreline.
The rollout used a total landing distance of 1,941 m, representing 65 % of the 2,996 m runway, and the aircraft remained slightly misaligned by 10.2 m from the centreline during rollout.
With a final score of 94.0 % the landing was strong overall; focus on achieving a stabilized approach to keep sink rate and glideslope within limits, and adjust speed and touchdown point to remain within the designated zone and target speed.
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