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Departure
Lower the nose and add power to raise climb speed to 198 kt.
What happened: Climb speed was 165 kt against a target of 198 kt, running 33 kt slow through the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the climb target of 198 kt.
Arrival
Take the power back earlier on final, so the aircraft settles onto the path and the speed comes back to 143 kt together. Do not push down for the height: that only adds speed.
What happened: You crossed the threshold at 61 ft agl, 11 ft agl above the 50 ft agl target, and at 149 kt, 6 kt over the 143 kt threshold speed. High and fast together is energy the runway has to absorb, and this touchdown came 451 m beyond the aim point.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 143 kt on short final, then 50 ft agl over the threshold
Between four hundred and a thousand feet you're heavy, close to the ground and still carrying flap, and speed is the margin holding all three apart. Slow here doesn't feel like anything — the aeroplane climbs, the nose is up, nothing complains — right up until a turn, a gust or a bank tightens the wing's job and the margin is already gone. The fix is rarely "fly faster", it's lowering the nose a degree and letting the speed build before the next thing you do. Pitch buys altitude, speed buys options, and at this height options are the scarcer of the two.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,671 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 908 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 777F taxied to runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport and commenced the departure roll. The aircraft used a takeoff distance of 1,244 m, representing 34 % of the runway, and lifted off at 156 kt. Ambient conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 9 kt from 230°, providing a 3 kt cross-wind component and an 8 kt head-wind component.
Climb began approximately one mile south-west of the airport, where the airplane accelerated from 1,010 ft asl to 1,475 ft asl, a gain of 465 ft achieved in less than one minute while covering one nautical mile.
Level cruise was established two miles south-west of NZAA and persisted for four minutes, during which the flight covered 13 nm at the planned cruise altitude.
During final approach to runway 23L, the descent started from 1,373 ft agl and progressed to 82 ft agl in 100 seconds. The approach met the stabilisation gate criteria.
The landing was executed on runway 23L, whose total length is 3,671 m. The threshold height of 61 ft agl was above the target, while the threshold speed was recorded at 149 kt. Touchdown occurred 486 m beyond the designated touchdown zone, with a speed of 135 kt and a smooth vertical rate of minus 127 fpm. Alignment on touchdown was perfect, and the local weather remained 13 °C with a wind of 9 kt from 230°, a 3 kt cross-wind and an 8 kt head-wind. The total landing distance measured 1,261 m, equal to 34 % of the runway.
Runway rollout proceeded with very good alignment, allowing the aircraft to decelerate safely within the remaining runway length.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied to parking in three minutes, covering less than one nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered 21 nm, required 11 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 34,737 kg of fuel.
The approach to runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits. Descent was from 1,373 ft agl to 82 ft agl in 100 seconds and the aircraft met the stabilisation gates.
At threshold the aircraft was above the target height, while the threshold speed of 149 kt was recorded as good. The flare proceeded without deviation and the aircraft crossed the runway threshold at the expected speed.
Touchdown occurred 486 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 135 kt, both judged good. The vertical rate was smooth at minus 127 fpm and runway-touchdown alignment was perfect.
Rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,261 m, representing 34 % of the 3,671 m runway, and rollout alignment was very good. Local weather was 13 °C, wind 9 kt from 230°, with a 3 kt crosswind component and an 8 kt headwind.
Reduce the threshold height to meet the target and aim to touch down closer to the intended touchdown zone to bring the touchdown point distance within limits. These adjustments will tighten the already strong 96.6 % score.
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