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Departure
Apply small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft tracked 18 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and flights with this pattern usually carry extra bank, around 4.7°, into the first climb.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings level, tracking the runway centreline
Arrival
Reduce power earlier on final to bleed back to 132 kt well before the gate.
What happened: Approach was fast through the stabilisation gate, and the threshold was crossed at 141 kt against the 132 kt target. Carrying that extra speed in usually carries the touchdown long, which it did here at 624 m against the 457 m target.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 132 kt at the threshold
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
At the 500 ft gate: speed 18 kt FAST on the reference speed of 132 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,671 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 624 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A380-800 commenced its departure roll on runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport, employing a takeoff distance of 1,091 m (30 % of the runway) and achieving a liftoff speed of 159 kt. Local conditions were a temperature of 18 °C, wind 10 kt from 210°, with a 7 kt cross-wind component and an 8 kt head-wind component.
During the climb the aircraft rose from 963 ft asl to 1,650 ft asl, an altitude gain of 687 ft achieved in 1 minute while covering 2 nm, with the climb commencing overhead NZAA.
Level cruise began 2 mi south-west of NZAA and persisted for 4 minutes, during which the flight covered 13 nm at a steady altitude.
The descent for the final approach reduced altitude from 1,305 ft agl to 88 ft agl in 101 seconds, and the aircraft scored on the stabilisation gates.
On final approach to runway 23L the aircraft encountered a temperature of 15 °C, wind 7 kt from 210°, a 5 kt cross-wind and a 6 kt head-wind component.
Touchdown occurred on runway 23L, whose length is 3,671 m; the threshold height of 57 ft agl and the threshold speed of 142 kt were slightly above target. The aircraft contacted the runway 201 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 133 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 223 fpm and a lateral deviation of 8.2 m from the centreline. Total landing distance was 1,148 m (31 % of the runway).
Runway rollout showed a slight misalignment of 8.3 m from the centreline as the aircraft decelerated to a stop.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to parking in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total the flight covered 21 nm, taking 9, and consumed 103,678 kg of fuel.
The aircraft, Black Square Starship N45FL, successfully landed at Christchurch International Airport (NZCH) on runway 20. The final approach was initiated from the north-east, heading 216.0° at a distance of 3 nautical miles and an altitude of 809 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft demonstrated excellent control and precision during the approach, ultimately touching down on the runway with a speed of 88 knots, which was within the acceptable range.
The touchdown point was located 207 feet beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight overrun but still within a safe distance. The threshold speed was slightly below the target speed of 100 knots, but this did not affect the overall performance of the landing. The aircraft's descent rate was impressive, with a touchdown rate of -70 feet per minute (fpm), which is considered excellent.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 46°F and a gentle headwind of 2 knots from a direction of 210°. The crosswind component was negligible, at 0 knots. The runway length of 10,790 feet provided ample space for the aircraft to land and roll out safely.
The total landing distance was 4,311 feet, which is approximately 40% of the runway length. This indicates that the aircraft was able to land and roll out efficiently, with a perfect runway rollout alignment. Overall, the landing was a success, with the aircraft demonstrating excellent control and precision throughout the approach and touchdown phases.
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