Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Avoid steep turns at low altitude
Below a thousand feet the aeroplane is slow, heavy and close to the ground. A steep turn loses lift, raises the stall speed and flattens the climb just when the gradient matters most. A normal turn on course is a rate one — fifteen degrees or so, twenty-five at the outside, this penalty is to acknowledge when a turn has stopped being a turn and become a manoeuvre.
Read more in Improve Your Take-OffsStart to finish · 23 stages, 21 scored
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
Side view — the last 2,976 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,976 m of the 3,998 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 305 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 13 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A350-1000, then departed from runway 03R at Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (LGAV). The takeoff distance was 1,380 meters, which accounted for 41% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 158 knots, and the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 17°C, a wind speed of 2 knots at 90°, and a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 1 knot.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it started its enroute climb 1 mile south-west of Artemida, Attica, Greece. The climb from 1,318 feet above sea level to 40,282 feet above sea level, an increase of 38,964 feet, took 18 minutes and covered a distance of 120 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise then started 8 miles east of Santorini Airport (LGSR) on the island of Santorini, Greece, and lasted for 14 minutes, covering a distance of 362 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 37 miles north of Rosetta, Beheira Governorate, Egypt, and the aircraft descended from 40,657 feet above sea level to 26,569 feet above sea level, a decrease of 14,088 feet, in 5 minutes and covered a distance of 53 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise then started 12 miles north-west of Shirbin, Muhafazat ad Daqahliyah, Egypt, and lasted for 87 minutes, covering less than 1 nautical mile.
The aircraft then started its enroute climb 12 miles north-west of Shirbin, Muhafazat ad Daqahliyah, Egypt, and climbed from 26,360 feet above sea level to 27,360 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,000 feet, in 2 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The enroute descent then started 7 miles north-west of Shirbin, Muhafazat ad Daqahliyah, Egypt, and the aircraft descended from 27,529 feet above sea level to 7,282 feet above sea level, a decrease of 20,247 feet, in 10 minutes and covered a distance of 55 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise then started 4 miles east of Z10T Bilbays 2, Bilbays, Muhafazat ash Sharqiyah, Egypt, and lasted for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 16 nautical miles. The enroute descent then started 7 miles south-east of HE12 Inshas Air Base, Inshas, Muhafazat ash Sharqiyah, Egypt, and the aircraft descended from 6,838 feet above sea level to 1,745 feet above sea level, a decrease of 5,093 feet, in 8 minutes and covered a distance of 13 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 05R at Cairo International Airport (HECA) was made from the south-west, heading 49.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,382 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 05R was successful, with a touchdown distance of 304 meters and a touchdown speed of 136 knots, which was slightly fast. The touchdown rate was hard at -496 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.4 meters from the centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 19°C, a wind speed of 9 knots at
The Airbus A350-1000 successfully landed on runway 05R at HECA Cairo International Airport, achieving a score of 94.6%. The aircraft approached the runway from the southwest, heading 49.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,382 feet above ground level (agl). The landing was executed on a runway with a length of 3,998 meters, and the threshold height was reported as good.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 137 knots, registering at 137 kt. The touchdown distance was satisfactory at 304 meters, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 136 kt. The touchdown rate was also reported as hard, with a descent rate of -496 feet per minute (fpm). Additionally, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 6.4 meters.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 19°C, with a wind speed of 9 knots from a direction of 330°. This resulted in a crosswind of 9 kt and a headwind of 2 kt. The total landing distance was 2,895 meters, which accounted for 72% of the runway length. Notably, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating a smooth and controlled deceleration of the aircraft after touchdown.
Scroll or drag the slider to zoom · double-click to reset · hover for values