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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 5.2 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Add power on final to hold 155 kt over the threshold rather than letting speed decay.
What happened: This flight crossed the threshold at 127 kt, below the 155 kt target, then the flare strayed from its target profile, and the touchdown came in firm. Across many flights a slow threshold speed like this tends to be followed by a flare that drifts off profile and a firmer touchdown.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 155 kt at the threshold.
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.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,822 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 9 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 06 at ELLX Luxembourg-Findel International Airport, with the Airbus A380 taking off onto a takeoff distance of 2,092 meters, which was 52% of the runway. The liftoff speed was a respectable 164 knots, achieved over a relatively short distance. At the time of departure, the local weather conditions were pleasant, with a temperature of 19°C and a gentle wind blowing at 4 knots from 150°.
As the aircraft climbed out of ELLX, it reached an altitude of 2,018 feet above sea level before initiating the enroute climb phase, during which it ascended to 3,247 feet in just one minute, covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. The climb was initiated overhead Senningen, Luxembourg, and the aircraft levelled off at an altitude of 3,247 feet for 27 minutes, traversing a mere 1 nautical mile north.
The aircraft then began another climb phase from Roodt-sur-Syre, Grevenmacher, Luxembourg, reaching an altitude of 6,575 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. It then levelled off at this altitude for 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nautical mile, before resuming its climb from Biwer, Grevenmacher, Luxembourg. This time, it ascended to 9,640 feet in 3 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles.
The aircraft continued its pattern of enroute climbs and level cruses, rising to an altitude of 27,855 feet over the German town of Ralingen in 13 minutes, covering a distance of 20 nautical miles. It levelled off at this altitude for 33 minutes, however, the actual cruise altitude was slightly lower at 12,036 ft. As the flight progressed, the aircraft descended from time to time, reducing its altitude before resuming its climb.
The last enroute climb phase began 12 miles west of Bergen aan Zee, Provincie Noord-Holland, The Netherlands, during which the aircraft ascended to 27,426 feet in 6 minutes, covering a distance of 29 nautical miles. However, it continued to rise beyond that point before beginning a final descent phase.
After reaching a height of 27,430 ft, the aircraft initiated a descent, eventually landing on runway 36R at EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The landing was completed at a touchdown speed of 127 knots, which was a little below the target. Despite a tailwind of 8 knots, the touchdown was good, with a distance of 5 meters.
The landing was however marked by a very hard touchdown rate of -556 fpm, and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 8.5 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance was 833 meters, which was 30% of the runway length. Runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 13.1 meters from the centerline.
The flight taxied for 1 minute to reach the aircraft's parking position, covering less than 1 nautical mile in the process. The total flight distance covered was 300 nautical miles, taking a total of 77 minutes, resulting in a fuel consumption of 22,671 kilograms.
The Airbus A380 has successfully landed at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol's runway 36R. The aircraft scored 83.7% on this landing attempt. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the south at a heading of 9.0°, and was 4 nautical miles (nm) away from the runway at 1,646 feet above ground level (agl).
The runway length available for landing was 2,822 meters, and the threshold height was suitable. However, the aircraft's threshold speed was slightly below the target speed, coming in at 127 knots (kt). Despite this, the touchdown distance was satisfactory at 5 meters. Moreover, the touchdown speed of 127 kt was in line with expectations. Unfortunately, touchdown rate was very hard, with the aircraft descending at a rate of -556 feet per minute (fpm).
On the approach to the runway, the aircraft's alignment was not ideal. The aircraft touched down 8.5 meters to the left of the runway centreline, resulting in a runway touchdown position misalignment. Additionally, during the rollout phase, the aircraft was again slightly misaligned by 13.1 meters from the centreline. Notably, the local weather conditions consisted of a temperature of 18 °C, with winds of 9 kt blowing at 160° relative to the runway.
These wind conditions resulted in a relatively minor crosswind component of 3 kt and a significant tailwind component of 8 kt. The total landing distance of 833 meters, which was 30% the length of the runway, suggests that while there were some discrepancies during this landing, the crew was generally able to maintain control and make a safe touchdown.
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