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Departure
Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.
What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 4.2°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
Arrival
Wait for the normal flare band and the correct speed before raising the nose, rather than starting the flare at 90 ft.
What happened: The flare began at 90 ft, 45 ft above the normal band, and the touchdown followed at 376 fpm. Starting the flare this early usually carries through to a firmer arrival than a flare begun in the normal band.
Watch for: Radio altimeter: hold the flare start within the normal flare band
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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 1,000 ft gate: no landing flap set.
At the 500 ft gate: no landing flap set.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,774 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,774 m of the 3,595 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 805 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 27R at London Heathrow Airport, with the Airbus A380 taking off after a distance of 1,473 meters, which is 41% of the runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 168 knots. At the time of departure, the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 17 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 11 knots coming from a direction of 290 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 4 knots and a headwind of 10 knots.
As the aircraft climbed, it started its enroute climb overhead Horton, a location in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, England. The climb took the aircraft from an altitude of 1,072 feet above sea level to 37,285 feet above sea level, an increase of 36,213 feet in just 21 minutes, covering a distance of 133 nautical miles. Following this, the aircraft entered a level cruise, starting overhead Werken in Flanders, Belgium, and lasting for 361 minutes. During this period, the aircraft covered a distance of 2,709 nautical miles.
The enroute descent began 45 miles southwest of Lavan Airport in the Hormozgan Province, Iran, where the aircraft descended from an altitude of 38,577 feet above sea level to 2,068 feet above sea level, a decrease of 36,509 feet in 26 minutes, covering a distance of 160 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting 9 miles southeast of Sharjah Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and lasting for 6 minutes, covering a distance of 14 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 30L at Dubai International Airport was made from the southeast, heading 301.0 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,301 feet above ground level. The aircraft landed on the runway, which had a length of 3,595 meters. The threshold height was above the target, and the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 139 knots. The touchdown point was 372 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was a little fast at 133 knots. The touchdown rate was firm at -340 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.3 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 31 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 6 knots coming from a direction of 330 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 5 knots. The total landing distance was 1,676 meters, which is 47% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
After landing, the aircraft took 3 minutes to taxi to the parking area from the runway, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 3,025 nautical miles, taking a total of 420 minutes, and the aircraft used 80,594 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A380 has successfully landed at Dubai International Airport, achieving an overall score of 88.7%. The aircraft was approaching runway 30L from the southeast, heading 301.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,301 feet above ground level (agl). The landing was executed on a runway with a length of 3,595 meters.
Upon reaching the threshold, the aircraft's height was above the target at 64 feet agl, indicating a slight deviation from the ideal approach path. Additionally, the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 139 knots, which may have contributed to the subsequent touchdown speed being a little fast at 133 knots. The touchdown rate was firm at -340 feet per minute (fpm), suggesting a controlled descent.
The touchdown point was 372 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which may indicate a slight over-shooting of the intended landing spot. Furthermore, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.3 meters from the centerline, which could be attributed to a minor deviation in the approach path.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 31°C and a wind speed of 6 knots from 330°. The crosswind component was minimal at 3 knots, while the headwind component was 5 knots, which may have contributed to the aircraft's speed and alignment during the approach.
The total landing distance was 1,676 meters, accounting for 47% of the runway length. This indicates that the aircraft had sufficient runway remaining for a safe stop. Notably, the runway rollout alignment was very good, suggesting that the pilot maintained control and stability during the post-landing phase.
Overall, while the landing was not entirely flawless, the Airbus A380 demonstrated its capabilities and the pilot's skills in executing a safe and controlled landing at Dubai International Airport.
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