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Departure
Ease the nose up sooner to lift off at 159 kt instead of letting speed build on the ground.
What happened: The aircraft lifted off at 188 kt, 29 kt above the target liftoff speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 159 kt at liftoff
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Reduce power on final so the aircraft arrives at 144 kt over the threshold instead of carrying excess speed.
What happened: Crossing the threshold at 154 kt against a 144 kt target usually carries extra energy into the flare as a balloon, and the sink that returns afterward usually arrives hard at touchdown.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 144 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: seven 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.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed, off the runway's 3° glideslope and 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 2,334 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 693 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
This flight commenced with the A380 taxing from the parking area at a distant runway at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The taxiing process took 20 minutes and covered a distance of 24 nautical miles. Upon completing the taxiing, the aircraft began its departure roll from runway 24 at Schiphol. The takeoff distance of 2,658 meters corresponded to 83% of the runway length, with the liftoff speed reached at 188 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions consisting of a temperature of 29 degrees Celsius and winds of 11 knots at a bearing of 170 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 10 knots and a headwind of 4 knots. The aircraft then initiated an enroute climb, beginning 1 mile west of Aalsmeerderbrug in the Netherlands, reaching a height of 27,818 feet above sea level within 12 minutes and covering a distance of 56 nautical miles.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft embarked on a level cruise, starting over Ossendrecht in the Netherlands and lasting for 75 minutes. This cruise segment covered a mere 15 nautical miles. Shortly thereafter, the aircraft initiated another enroute climb, beginning 1 mile northwest of Temse in Belgium, and eventually reached a higher altitude of 30,596 feet above sea level within 3 minutes. This climb segment covered a substantial 29 nautical miles.
Throughout the remainder of its journey, the aircraft continued to perform enroute level cruises and descents, navigating its way across northern Europe. The descent from 30,034 feet to 30,188 feet was initiated 1 mile southeast of Ransart in Belgium, resulting in a decrease of 845 feet within 2 minutes and covering 12 nautical miles.
Notably, the aircraft encountered significant altitude variations, including a descent of 24,403 feet from 29,955 feet to 5,552 feet within 11 minutes, a climb of 1,074 feet from 2,803 feet to 3,877 feet within 2 minutes, and multiple level cruises between altitudes.
As the flight progressed, the aircraft entered the final approach to runway 22R at Liège Airport in Belgium. Due to the prevailing weather conditions, including a temperature of 23 degrees Celsius and a crosswind of 5 knots, the aircraft performed a go-around and then successfully landed on the same runway at a touchdown speed of 144 knots.
Following the landing, the aircraft came to a stop, consuming a total landing distance of 1,344 meters, or 58% of the runway length. The final touchdown point lay 278 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the aircraft's runway rollout alignment was deemed very good. After a quick taxiing process, the aircraft arrived at the parking area within 1 minute, covering less than 1 nautical mile. The entire flight, covering a distance of 255 nautical miles, lasted approximately 58 minutes and utilized 20,678 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A380 successfully executed a landing at EBLG Liège Airport, with a score of 73.1%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north-east, heading 225.0° at a distance of 1 nautical mile and an altitude of 513 feet above ground level.
Upon landing on runway 22R, which has a length of 2,334 meters, the initial assessment noted an excessively high threshold height at 112 feet above ground level. However, in a separate instance, the aircraft was deemed to have good threshold height on this runway, suggesting potential anomalies in data collection. The threshold speed during the latter instance was slightly above the target at 163 kt, which is relatively acceptable given the situation.
A notable improvement was observed in the touchdown point, which was 278 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone. The aircraft demonstrated good touchdown speed, at 144 kt, but a hard touchdown rate of -431 feet per minute was recorded. Additionally, the runway touchdown alignment was very good, suggesting precision in navigation during the landing process.
The local weather conditions during the landing consisted of a temperature of 23°C and a moderate headwind and crosswind, both at 5 kt from a similar direction. The wind's impact did not seem to significantly affect the aircraft's performance, and the crew managed to maintain a very good rollout alignment while reducing the landing distance to 58% of the available runway length.
A final consideration indicates that there is variability in the landing data. It is difficult to conclude a consistent pattern of landing performance for the A380 here.
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