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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 18 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Hold the aim point and wait for the speed to bleed before raising the nose, starting the flare within the normal band instead of 57 ft.
What happened: The flare began at 57 ft, 12 ft earlier than the normal band.
Watch for: Radio altimeter: start the flare within the normal flare band
See Arrival Landing
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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 4,304 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 441 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 787-9 taxied from the parking area to runway 15L at OERK King Khaled International Airport in 8 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 15L, the aircraft accelerated over a takeoff distance of 1,633 m (39 % of the runway) and lifted off at 151 kt. Ambient temperature was 47 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 233°, a cross-wind component of 2 kt and no head-wind.
Climb commenced overhead OERK, climbing from 2,980 ft asl to 40,994 ft asl - an altitude gain of 38,015 ft - in 27 minutes while traversing 203 nm.
The first cruise segment began 27 mi south of OENR Nariya Airport and continued for 32 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 257 nm at level flight.
Descent phase one started 46 mi south of OIBV Lavan Airport, descending from 41,008 ft asl to 6,969 ft asl - a loss of 34,039 ft - in 20 minutes and spanning 133 nm.
A brief cruise followed, initiating 5 mi south of OMSJ Sharjah International Airport and lasting 5 minutes while the aircraft flew 17 nm.
The second descent began 12 mi south of Adh Dhayd, dropping from 6,532 ft asl to 1,313 ft asl - a decrease of 5,219 ft - over 10 minutes and covering 31 nm.
Final approach to runway 30L at OMDB Dubai International Airport was executed from the southeast, on a heading of 302.0°, at 4 nm and 1,274 ft agl.
Landing on runway 30L, whose length is 4,304 m, was achieved with a threshold speed of 142 kt. Touchdown occurred 440 m down the runway at 133 kt, with a vertical rate of minus 251 fpm and a lateral deviation of 3.9 m from the centreline. Local conditions were 41 °C, wind 7 kt from 320°, cross-wind 2 kt and head-wind 7 kt. The total landing distance recorded was 1,293 m (30 % of the runway).
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good, completing the landing phase without deviation.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 4 minutes, covering the final 1 nm of ground movement.
In total, the flight covered 651 nm, took 107 minutes, and consumed 8,972 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 787-9 approached runway 30L at OMDB from the south-east on a heading of 302.0° at 4 nm and 1,274 ft agl; the final approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits, and the ambient conditions were 41 °C with a wind of 7 kt from 320°, including a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 7 kt head-wind.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft displayed a good threshold height, a threshold speed of 142 kt rated good, a touchdown distance of 440 m rated good, a touchdown speed of 133 kt rated good, a touchdown rate of minus 251 fpm rated fair, and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 3.9 m from the centreline.
Touchdown occurred with the noted speed and rate, the aircraft travelled a total landing distance of 1,293 m, representing 30 % of the 4,304 m runway, and the slight 3.9 m centreline offset was recorded.
The rollout phase showed a very good runway alignment throughout the deceleration.
Minor refinements should focus on tightening centreline alignment to eliminate the 3.9 m offset and on moderating the descent rate to move the “fair” rating toward “good”.
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