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Arrival
Apply less back pressure in the flare, easing it in more slowly instead of arresting the sink sharply at 4 ft.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink at 4 ft, ballooning the aircraft before 206 fpm of sink rate returned as it settled back toward the runway.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: hold a steady, continuous descent through the normal flare band.
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Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,517 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,517 ft of the 7,028 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 3,124 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing Ben Gurion International Airport (LLBG) in Tel Aviv, Israel, the Airbus A350-900 began its journey with a taxiing period of 14 minutes, covering 3 nautical miles to reach the runway. With a takeoff distance of 7,310 feet, which utilized 73% of the available runway, the aircraft lifted off at a speed of 167 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 67°F and a gentle wind of 1 knot from 120°.
As the aircraft climbed to cruising altitude, it passed through several enroute climb phases, with the first notable climb occurring overhead Hemed, Israel, where it ascended from 1,121 feet above sea level to 33,743 feet in 28 minutes, covering 172 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, lasting 64 minutes and covering 1,238 nautical miles, before initiating another climb phase near the Italian island of Sardinia. Throughout the flight, the aircraft underwent multiple level cruise phases, each lasting between 9 and 274 minutes, and covering distances ranging from 266 to 1,598 nautical miles. The final descent phase began near Simsbury Center, Connecticut, where the aircraft descended from 39,773 feet to 1,246 feet in 21 minutes, covering 109 nautical miles.
Upon approaching Newark Liberty International Airport (KEWR), the aircraft initiated a final approach to runway 22L from the northeast, aligning with a heading of 206.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,220 feet above ground level. The landing was executed with a threshold speed slightly above target at 139 knots, and a touchdown speed of 126 knots, which was considered good. The touchdown point was 1,762 feet beyond the touchdown zone, and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 28 feet from the centerline. The total landing distance was 5,255 feet, utilizing 75% of the available runway. Following a short taxiing period of less than 1 minute, the aircraft arrived at the parking area, having completed a total flight distance of 5,135 nautical miles, using 165,369 pounds of fuel, and taking a total of 275 minutes.
The aircraft touched down on runway 22L at KEWR Newark Liberty International Airport with a threshold height that met the desired standards. However, the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 139 kt, indicating a slight deviation from the optimal approach speed. The aircraft maintained a good touchdown speed of 126 kt, which contributed to a smooth touchdown rate of -111 fpm.
The touchdown point was located 1,762 ft beyond the touchdown zone, resulting in a longer than ideal landing distance. Despite this, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 28 ft from the centreline, which was also reflected in the runway rollout alignment. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 36 °F and a negligible wind of 3 kt at 0 °, did not significantly impact the landing. The crosswind and tailwind components were minimal, at 1 kt and 3 kt respectively.
The overall landing performance scored 87.0%, with the approach quality and touchdown characteristics being the strongest aspects of the landing. However, the misalignment of the touchdown point and runway rollout from the centreline detracted from the score. The total landing distance of 5,255 ft, which accounted for 75% of the runway length, was also a factor in the score.
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