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Below 10,000 ft you are typically limited to 250 kt indicated (a US rule that much of the world mirrors in some form, though not universally). This forces a deceleration around 10,000 ft whether the profile wants one or not, so plan for it rather than discovering it.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 145 kt with 2.9° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 922 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 930 m of runway left; then climbing at 2,930 fpm on average to 922 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 2,434 m runway.
Rolled from 94 m in, drifted 3.7 m right of the centreline and was back on it to lift off, in 8 kn of crosswind from the right. Airborne 49 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 320 ft above the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 367 m left of the centreline, then inside the band from 3.1 nm to the threshold.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
Little crosswind (2 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 1° right of the track, wings level.
Wind 260° at 4 kt · 3 kt head · 2 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
From 119 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 26 s, an average deceleration of 0.18 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 50 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 401 m in, 96 m past the ideal 305 m.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 1,524 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 740 fpm at 49 ft to 320 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 1.7° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,186 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 3 m right of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 5.5 m right at the widest.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The 401 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 23R at Manchester Airport, where the Boeing 787-8 took off after covering 45% of the 1,098-meter runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 146 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time were characterized by a temperature of 8 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 11 knots from a direction of 300 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 10 knots and a headwind of 4 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from Manchester Airport, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead the airport and took the plane to an altitude of 39,260 feet above sea level. This climb, which lasted for 28 minutes, covered a distance of 180 nautical miles and involved an increase in altitude of 38,022 feet. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, which began 96 miles north-east of Withernsea and lasted for 60 minutes. During this time, the plane covered a distance of 667 nautical miles.
The enroute descent phase of the flight started 12 miles east of Mariehamn and involved a decrease in altitude from 39,037 feet to 1,723 feet above sea level. This descent, which lasted for 20 minutes, covered a distance of 141 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 22L at Helsinki Vantaa Airport, which it approached from the north-east at a heading of 237.0 degrees. The local weather conditions at the time were characterized by a temperature of 3 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 4 knots from a direction of 260 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 3 knots.
The landing on runway 22L was successful, with the aircraft touching down at a speed of 122 knots and a distance of 403 meters. The touchdown rate was firm at -317 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was very good. The total landing distance was 1,288 meters, which was 40% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also very good.
In total, the flight covered a distance of 993 nautical miles and lasted for 111 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 11,608 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
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