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Arrival
Reduce power earlier on final to bleed speed back to 129 kt before crossing the threshold.
What happened: You crossed the threshold at 141 kt, 12 kt above the 129 kt target.
Watch for: Airspeed, targeting 129 kt at the threshold.
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Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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.
At the 500 ft gate: speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,202 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 563 m past the threshold — beyond 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 approximately 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, an Airbus A350-900, then departed from runway 34 at Zakynthos International Airport Dionysios Solomos. The takeoff distance was 735 meters, which is 40% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 151 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 34 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 9 knots from a direction of 340 degrees.
The crosswind component was minimal at 1 knot, while the headwind component was 9 knots. As the aircraft took off, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead Ambelokipoi in the Ionian Islands, Greece. The climb took 11 minutes and covered a distance of 24 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,055 feet above sea level to 23,476 feet above sea level, an increase of 22,422 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 8 miles east of Poros in the Ionian Islands, Greece. This phase lasted for 11 minutes and covered a distance of 69 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 1 mile northwest of Kandila in the Peloponnese, Greece. The descent took 18 minutes and covered a distance of 72 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 23,529 feet above sea level to 1,552 feet above sea level, a decrease of 21,977 feet.
The final approach to runway 03L at Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport was made from the southwest, with a heading of 37.0 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,267 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 03L, which has a length of 3,202 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was well above the target speed at 142 knots.
The touchdown point was 138 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 132 knots, which was faster than the target speed. However, the touchdown rate was good at -179 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 4.1 meters. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 29 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 21 knots from a direction of 20 degrees. The crosswind component was 6 knots, while the headwind component was 20 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,135 meters, which is 35% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, which took approximately 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 173 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 49 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 5,525 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A350-900 aircraft successfully landed at Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, achieving a score of 96.5%. The final approach to runway 03L was initiated from the southwest, heading 37.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,267 feet above ground level.
The aircraft touched down on the runway, with the threshold height being satisfactory. However, the threshold speed was significantly higher than the target speed, reaching 142 knots. The touchdown point was located 138 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight deviation from the intended landing spot. The touchdown speed of 132 knots was also faster than desired, but the touchdown rate of -179 feet per minute was considered good.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 4.1 meters, which may have contributed to the deviation from the touchdown zone. The local weather conditions at the time of landing included a temperature of 29°C, with a wind speed of 21 knots from a direction of 20°. The crosswind component was minimal at 6 knots, while the headwind component was 20 knots, which likely assisted the aircraft during the landing.
The total landing distance covered by the aircraft was 1,135 meters, accounting for 35% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was deemed very good, indicating that the aircraft maintained a stable and controlled descent after touchdown. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft achieving a high score despite some minor deviations from the desired landing parameters.
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