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MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Departure
Ease the nose up sooner to lift off at 137 kt instead of letting speed build on the ground.
What happened: The aircraft lifted off at 161 kt, 24 kt above the target liftoff speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 137 kt at liftoff
See Departure Roll
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: no landing flap set, sink rate above what the glideslope needed, off the runway's 3° glideslope, off the centreline, wings not level and speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 3,566 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 3,566 m of the 3,989 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,632 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A340 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Frankfurt Airport, taking 16 minutes and covering a distance of 12 nautical miles. The departure roll took place on runway 18, with a takeoff distance of 1,081 meters, which was 27% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 161 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to its initial cruising altitude, it encountered local weather conditions of 17°C temperature and a wind speed of 1 knot from 270 degrees. The enroute climb started 2 miles west of Moerfelden-Walldorf, Germany, and the aircraft climbed from 1,380 feet above sea level to 29,252 feet in 7 minutes, covering a distance of 15 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started overhead Niederdorfelden, Germany, and the aircraft descended from 29,248 feet to 15,982 feet in 5 minutes, covering a distance of 29 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started 1 mile east of Zwingenberg, Germany, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles.
The flight continued with multiple enroute climbs and descents, with the aircraft passing through various locations in Germany, including Heppenheim, Weinheim, Viernheim, Worms, and Idstein. The aircraft also flew over several locations in Luxembourg, including Heiligenroth, Bettenfeld, Nusbaum, Moestroff, Bissen, Saeul, Garnich, and Kanfen.
The final approach to runway 06 at Luxembourg-Findel International Airport was made from the south west, with a heading of 60.0 degrees. However, a go-around was initiated at 112 feet above ground level. The aircraft eventually landed on runway 06, with a touchdown point that was very long, using more than 50% of the available runway. The touchdown speed was good at 141 knots, but the touchdown rate was fair at -214 feet per minute.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 15°C temperature and a wind speed of 1 knot from 270 degrees. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 14.9 meters from the centreline, and the runway rollout alignment was significantly misaligned by 33.4 meters from the centreline.
The total flight distance was 309 nautical miles, taking 89 minutes, and the aircraft used 5,461 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A340 aircraft has successfully landed at ELLX Luxembourg-Findel International Airport, but the landing was not without its issues. The final approach to runway 06 was initiated from the south west, heading 60.0° at an altitude of 1,735 feet above ground level (agl) and 0 nautical miles from the runway. The aircraft touched down on the runway, but the landing was not ideal.
One of the main concerns was the excessive height of the threshold at 102 feet agl, which was significantly above the target height. Additionally, the threshold speed was excessively high at 200 knots, which could have put the aircraft at risk of overshooting the runway. The touchdown point was also very long, using more than 50% of the available runway, which could have resulted in a longer stopping distance.
Despite these issues, the touchdown speed of 141 knots was good, and the touchdown rate of -214 feet per minute (fpm) was fair. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 14.9 meters from the centreline, which could have made the landing more challenging.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 15°C and a wind speed of 1 knot from 270°. There was no crosswind, but there was a tailwind of 1 knot, which could have affected the aircraft's performance during the landing.
The total landing distance was 3,494 meters, which was 88% of the available runway. This was a concern, as it indicated that the aircraft had used a significant portion of the runway to come to a stop. Furthermore, the runway rollout alignment was significantly misaligned by 33.4 meters from the centreline, which could have made it difficult for the pilots to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
Overall, while the Airbus A340 aircraft successfully landed at ELLX Luxembourg-Findel International Airport, the landing was not without its issues. The excessive threshold height, high threshold speed, and long touchdown point were all concerns, and the misaligned runway touchdown position and rollout alignment added to the complexity of the landing.
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