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Maintain the centreline
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,671 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 373 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 777F departed runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport, applying a takeoff roll of 987 m which represented 27 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 162 kt. Ambient conditions were 17 °C with a wind from 250° at 9 kt, providing a headwind component of 9 kt and no cross-wind.
Climb commenced one mile southwest of the airport, with the aircraft ascending from 1,253 ft asl to 1,477 ft asl, a gain of 225 ft in one minute while covering four nautical miles.
Level cruise began three miles south of NZAA and continued for four minutes, during which the aircraft traversed 13 nm at the cruise altitude.
The final approach to runway 23L was executed from the east on a heading of 254.0° at four nautical miles out and 1,239 ft agl. Weather at the time was 14 °C, wind from 295° at 6 kt, yielding a 4 kt headwind and a 4 kt cross-wind component.
Landing was performed on runway 23L, whose total length is 3,671 m. The threshold speed was recorded at 142 kt and touchdown occurred at 373 m down the runway with a speed of 135 kt. The vertical speed at touchdown was minus 273 fpm and the touchdown point was offset 4.7 m to the right of the centreline. The total landing distance measured 1,026 m, representing 28 % of the runway.
Runway rollout showed a slight alignment deviation of 10.7 m from the centreline before the aircraft exited the paved surface.
The aircraft taxied to parking from the runway in one minute, covering less than one nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered 23 nm in ten minutes and consumed 1,331 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 777F established a final approach to runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport from the east, flying a heading of 254.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,239 ft agl; the approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
At threshold the aircraft maintained a good threshold height and a good threshold speed of 142 kt; the flare was executed with a touchdown distance of 373 m and a touchdown speed of 135 kt, both judged good, while the touchdown rate was fair at minus 273 fpm and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.7 m from centreline.
The total landing distance recorded was 1,026 m, representing 28 % of the 3,671 m runway, with local weather reporting a temperature of 14 °C, wind 6 kt from 295 °, a crosswind component of 4 kt and a headwind component of 4 kt.
During rollout the aircraft’s alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.7 m from centreline.
With a final score of 94.5 % the landing was strong; concentrate on tightening centreline alignment during rollout and reducing the descent rate to achieve a smoother touchdown.
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