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Departure
Apply small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft tracked 4.8 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and flights with this pattern usually carry extra bank, around 3.6°, into the first climb.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings level, tracking the runway centreline
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.
Read more in The Stabilised ApproachStart to finish · 18 stages, 17 in the score
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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 for a circuit: seven checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.
At the 1,000 ft gate: off the centreline.
At the 500 ft gate: off the centreline.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,592 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,592 m of the 4,126 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 371 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing Dyess Air Force Base, the Airbus A330-900 began its takeoff roll on runway 16, accelerating to a liftoff speed of 159 kt in 1,537 meters, which represented 37% of the available runway length. The aircraft lifted off into a local temperature of 28 °C, with a wind of 13 kt at 239 °, resulting in a 12 kt crosswind and a 4 kt headwind. Following a left-hand pattern entry, the aircraft navigated the circuit, completing a left-hand pattern crosswind turn in less than 1 nm in 16 seconds.
As the aircraft continued its approach, it entered the pattern downwind turn, covering a distance of 8 nm at an angle of 31.1 ° to the runway. The downwind leg itself spanned 14 nm in 257 seconds, before the aircraft initiated the base leg turn, covering 7 nm at an angle of 34.8 ° to the runway. The base leg was completed in 2 nm in 53 seconds, followed by a final turn of the same distance and duration. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 16 from the north, descending to 1,140 ft agl at 4 nm from the threshold.
The Airbus A330-900 touched down on runway 16, with a touchdown speed of 142 kt, slightly above the target speed. The touchdown distance of 371 meters was within acceptable limits, but the touchdown rate of -277 fpm was fair. Notably, the runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 19.1 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 17.8 meters from the centerline. The aircraft used 1,160 kg of fuel for the 40 nm flight, which took approximately 12 minutes to complete.
The aircraft, an Airbus A330-900, initiated its final approach to runway 16 at KDYS Dyess Air Force Base from the north, aligning with the runway heading of 177.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,140 feet above ground level. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a good threshold height achieved. However, the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 146 knots, indicating a slight deviation from the optimal landing speed.
As the aircraft touched down on the runway, the touchdown distance was good at 371 meters, but the touchdown speed of 142 knots was a little fast, resulting in a fair touchdown rate of -277 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 19.1 meters from the centreline, which would require correction during the rollout phase. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 27°C and a wind of 13 knots at 240°, contributed to a crosswind of 12 knots and a headwind of 4 knots.
The total landing distance of 1,515 meters was 37% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 17.8 meters from the centreline, which would require further correction to achieve a smooth and controlled rollout. Overall, the landing performance scored 90.9%, reflecting a good but not exceptional performance, with areas for improvement in terms of touchdown speed and alignment during the rollout phase.
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