Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Departure
Use smoother, smaller aileron inputs to keep the wings level and hold bank angle near wings-level during the climb.
What happened: During the climb, bank angle rose to 3.5°, more roll than the climb out called for.
Watch for: Attitude indicator: wings level during the climb
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.
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.
Read more in Flare TimingStart to finish · 23 stages, 21 scored
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
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 1,779 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,779 m of the 2,317 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 621 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 9 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A350-900, then departed from runway 25R at EBBR Brussels Airport. The takeoff distance was 856 meters, which accounted for 28% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 167 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 15°C, with a wind speed of 16 knots at 220°.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it began its enroute climb from 1,124 feet above sea level to 38,991 feet above sea level, an increase of 37,867 feet in 21 minutes, covering a distance of 126 nautical miles. The climb started overhead Machelen in Flanders, Belgium. The local weather conditions during the climb were a temperature of 15°C, with a wind speed of 16 knots at 220°, resulting in a crosswind of 7 knots and a headwind of 15 knots.
After reaching its cruising altitude, the aircraft began its enroute descent from 38,969 feet above sea level to 21,990 feet above sea level, a decrease of 16,979 feet in 9 minutes, covering a distance of 58 nautical miles. The descent started 9 miles north of Westgate on Sea in Kent, England. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, lasting 2 minutes, covering a distance of 8 nautical miles, 2 miles north-east of St Albans in Hertfordshire, England.
The aircraft continued its descent from 21,505 feet above sea level to 8,689 feet above sea level, a decrease of 12,816 feet in 12 minutes, covering a distance of 52 nautical miles. The descent started overhead Caddington in Central Bedfordshire, England. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, lasting 2 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles, 1 mile north-east of Wroxall in Warwickshire, England.
The aircraft began its final descent from 8,108 feet above sea level to 7,450 feet above sea level, a decrease of 658 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. The descent started 1 mile south-west of Earlswood in Warwickshire, England. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, lasting 3 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles, overhead Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, England.
The aircraft's final descent started 2 miles north-east of Hopwood in Worcestershire, England, from 6,620 feet above sea level to 1,599 feet above sea level, a decrease of 5,021 feet in 7 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 15 at EGBB Birmingham International Airport from the north-west, heading 146.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,272 feet above ground level.
The aircraft landed on runway 15 at EGBB Birmingham International Airport, with a runway length of 2,317 meters. The threshold height was above the target at 61 feet above ground level, and the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 134 knots. The touchdown point was 191 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 125 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -281 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.8 meters from the centreline.
The total landing distance was 1,683 meters, accounting for 73% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.7 meters from the centre
The Airbus A350-900 aircraft successfully landed at EGBB Birmingham International Airport, but with some minor deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The final approach was initiated from the north-west, heading 146.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,272 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 15, which has a length of 2,317 meters.
The threshold height at 61 feet agl was above the target, indicating that the aircraft was slightly higher than desired when reaching the runway threshold. Additionally, the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 134 knots, suggesting that the aircraft was not perfectly aligned with the runway or that the pilots may have been slightly too aggressive in their approach.
The touchdown point was 191 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is a relatively minor deviation. The touchdown speed of 125 knots was a little fast, indicating that the pilots may have been unable to fully arrest the aircraft's descent before touching down. The touchdown rate of -281 feet per minute (fpm) was fair, suggesting that the aircraft was able to slow down relatively quickly after touchdown.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.8 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight crosswind or pilot error. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 14°C, a wind speed of 15 knots at 200°, resulting in a crosswind of 12 knots and a headwind of 9 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,683 meters, which is 73% of the runway length. This is a relatively normal landing distance, but it may indicate that the pilots were unable to fully utilize the available runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.7 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight crosswind or pilot error.
Overall, the landing was successful, but with some minor deviations from the ideal parameters. The pilots may have been able to improve their performance by making adjustments to their approach and touchdown speeds.
Scroll or drag the slider to zoom · double-click to reset · hover for values