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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 5.2 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 305 m and 152 m above the runway.
At the 305 m gate: speed below the reference speed.
At the 152 m gate: off the runway's 3° glideslope.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,578 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,578 m of the 2,796 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 256 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 21 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A330-900, then departed from runway 07R at Hong Kong International Airport (VHHH). The takeoff distance was 1,729 meters, which accounted for 48% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 162 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 25 degrees Celsius and winds of 9 knots at 106 degrees. The crosswind was 5 knots, while the headwind was 7 knots. The enroute climb started approximately 1 mile north of Tung Chung, where the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 285 meters above sea level to 11,892 meters above sea level, an increase of 11,606.8 meters in 27 minutes, covering a distance of 164 nautical miles.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which began 63 miles north of Pratas Island. This phase lasted for 112 minutes, covering a distance of 910 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 27 miles west of Kaseda-shirakame in Japan. The descent from 11,845 meters above sea level to 2,449 meters above sea level, a decrease of 9,396.0 meters, took 18 minutes and covered a distance of 119 nautical miles.
The aircraft entered another level cruise phase, this time starting 6 miles northwest of Karatsu, Japan. This phase lasted for 12 minutes, covering a distance of 37 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent once more, starting 29 miles northwest of Koga, Japan. The descent from 2,342 meters above sea level to 606 meters above sea level, a decrease of 1,735.6 meters, took 8 minutes and covered a distance of 22 nautical miles.
The aircraft entered yet another level cruise phase, starting 7 miles northwest of Shingu, Japan. This phase lasted for 4 minutes, covering a distance of 10 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 16 at Fukuoka Airport (RJFF) began from the northwest, heading 150.0 degrees at an altitude of 458.1 meters above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway.
The aircraft landed on runway 16 at Fukuoka Airport, which had a length of 2,796 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 141 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 257 meters, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 139 knots. The touchdown rate was very hard at -2.9 meters per second. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.2 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 12 degrees Celsius and winds of 1 knot at 116 degrees. The crosswind was 1 knot, while the headwind was 1 knot. The total landing distance was 1,494 meters, which accounted for 53% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 15.7 meters from the centerline.
The final taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,272 nautical miles, which was covered in 203 minutes. The aircraft used 17,251 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A330-900 aircraft successfully landed at RJFF Fukuoka Airport, but with some notable areas for improvement. The final approach was initiated from the north-west, heading 150.0° at an altitude of 458.1 meters above ground level (agl) and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The aircraft touched down on runway 16, which has a length of 2,796 meters.
The threshold height was satisfactory, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 141 knots. This may indicate a slight delay in the aircraft's descent or a slight increase in airspeed during the final approach. The touchdown distance was good at 257 meters, indicating that the aircraft was able to maintain a stable approach and touchdown.
However, the touchdown speed of 139 knots was a little fast, which may have contributed to the hard touchdown rate of -2.9 meters per second. A faster touchdown speed can result in a harder touchdown, which can be stressful on the aircraft's landing gear and may also affect the comfort of the passengers.
Another area for improvement was the runway touchdown position, which was misaligned by 13.2 meters from the centreline. This may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's heading or a miscalculation of the runway alignment. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 12°C and a light wind of 1 knot from 116°, were not particularly challenging.
The total landing distance was 1,494 meters, which is 53% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the aircraft was able to maintain a stable approach and touchdown. However, the runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 15.7 meters from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's heading or a miscalculation of the runway alignment.
Overall, the landing was satisfactory, but there are areas for improvement, particularly in terms of touchdown speed and runway alignment.
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