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Be on speed by the gate
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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 10,190 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,360 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A350-900 taxied from the parking area to the departure runway in eight minutes, covering a distance of 2 nm.
On runway 07R at HAAB Addis Ababa Bole International Airport the aircraft commenced its departure roll, using 6,599 ft of runway (59 % of the available length) and achieving a liftoff speed of 158 kt; ambient conditions were 74 °F with a wind of 3 kt from 140°, a 3 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind component.
Climb began one mile north-east of HAAB, with the airplane accelerating from 7,994 ft asl to 40,001 ft asl, an altitude gain of 32,007 ft achieved in 31 minutes while traversing 221 nm.
The first cruise segment started 15 nm west of Gore, Oromiya Region, Ethiopia, and persisted for 231 minutes, during which the flight covered 1,998 nm at level altitude.
Descent was initiated over DBBB Cadjehoun Airport, Cotonou, Benin, descending from 40,000 ft asl to 3,324 ft asl, a loss of 36,676 ft in 25 minutes and a distance of 150 nm.
A brief second cruise commenced 7 nm north of Tema, Greater Accra Region, Ghana, lasting three minutes and adding nine nautical miles to the flight path.
Final approach to runway 21 at DGAA Kotoka International Airport was flown from the north on a heading of 202.0° at 4 nm and 1,347 ft agl, followed by a further descent from 1,411 ft agl to 105 ft agl over 105 seconds, meeting the stabilisation gates criteria.
The aircraft touched down on runway 21, whose length is 10,190 ft; the threshold speed was 135 kt, touchdown occurred at 1,364 ft down the runway with a speed of 131 kt, and the vertical speed at touchdown was minus 252 fpm; runway alignment was perfect and the total landing roll measured 4,614 ft (45 % of runway). Local weather at the time was 79 °F with a wind of 7 kt from 199°, a 0 kt cross-wind and a 7 kt head-wind.
Runway rollout proceeded without deviation, maintaining perfect alignment throughout the deceleration phase.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking stand in two minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total the flight covered 2,390 nm, required 301 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 60,870 lb of fuel.
The Airbus A350-900 entered final approach to runway 21 at DGAA Kotoka International Airport from the north on a heading of 202.0° at 4 nm and 1,347 ft agl. The approach was assessed as unstable at the 1,000 ft gate, being more than 20 kt above VREF, and the descent from 1,411 ft agl to 105 ft agl was completed in 105 seconds, with the stabilisation gates scored accordingly.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was good at 135 kt.
Touchdown occurred 1,364 ft down the runway, with a touchdown speed of 131 kt that was a little fast and a touchdown rate that was fair at minus 252 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The total landing distance was 4,614 ft, representing 45 % of the 10,190 ft runway, and rollout alignment was perfect.
To improve the score, reduce speed to be within VREF by the 1,000 ft gate and manage the flare to achieve a touchdown speed closer to the target. Maintaining a stable approach will also help bring the touchdown rate into the optimal range.
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