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Reduce power earlier on final to bleed back to 136 kt well before the gate.
What happened: Approach was fast through the stabilisation gate, and the threshold was crossed at 154 kt against the 136 kt target. Carrying that extra speed in usually carries the touchdown long, which it did here at 714 m against the 457 m target.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 136 kt at the threshold
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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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: centreline 1.6° off, against a 1° limit and speed 18 kt FAST on the reference speed of 136 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 3,284 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 714 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A380-800 taxied to runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport and commenced the departure roll. The aircraft used a takeoff distance of 2,418 m, representing 74 % of the runway, and lifted off at 165 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 17 °C with wind from 110° at 4 kt, including a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 3 kt head-wind component.
Climb began approximately 1 nm east of the airport. In a one-minute interval the airplane ascended from 966 ft asl to 1,496 ft asl, a gain of 529 ft while covering 3 nm.
Level cruise was established about 2 nm south-east of NZAA. The cruise segment lasted 4 minutes and spanned 11 nm.
During final approach to runway 05R the descent was executed from 1,541 ft agl to 87 ft agl in 96 seconds, meeting the stabilisation gate criteria.
Landing on runway 05R, whose total length is 3,284 m, occurred with a threshold height of 57 ft agl slightly above target and a threshold speed of 155 kt well above target. Touchdown was recorded 298 m beyond the designated touchdown zone at a speed of 140 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 229 fpm. The touchdown point was offset by 7.0 m from the centreline. The total landing distance measured 1,187 m, equivalent to 36 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good, and the aircraft decelerated to a stop within the remaining runway length.
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, took 8 (units as provided), and consumed 1,872 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320neo completed the final approach to runway 02 at LPPT Humberto Delgado Airport from the south, tracking a heading of 23.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,281 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits, and the local weather was 23 °C with wind 5 kt at 310 °, including a 5 kt crosswind and a 2 kt headwind.
During the threshold and flare phase the threshold height was good and the threshold speed was good at 138 kt. The aircraft maintained the appropriate configuration and height for a smooth flare.
Touchdown occurred with a distance of 251 m, a speed of 135 kt that was good, and a rate of descent that was good at minus 186 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good.
Rollout used a total landing distance of 970 m, representing 26 % of the 3,710 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
With a final score of 99.6 % the landing was excellent; minor refinements should focus on preserving the consistent touchdown point near 250 m and maintaining the touchdown speed around 135 kt to keep performance at this high level.
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