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Departure
Ease the nose up sooner to lift off at 163 kt instead of letting speed build on the ground.
What happened: The aircraft lifted off at 184 kt, 21 kt above the target liftoff speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 163 kt at liftoff
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 377 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 534 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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: speed below the reference speed.
At the 500 ft gate: speed below the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,591 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 760 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in question was operated by a Boeing 777-300 aircraft, departing from King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The departure roll took place on runway 33R, with a takeoff distance of 1,911 meters, which is 45% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 184 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it encountered local weather conditions of 46°C temperature and winds of 17 knots at 6°. The crosswind was 10 knots, while the headwind was 14 knots. The enroute climb started overhead the airport, with the aircraft ascending from 3,067 feet above sea level to 37,835 feet above sea level, an increase of 34,768 feet in just 10 minutes, covering a distance of 173 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered a level cruise, starting 25 miles south of Ar Rass, Saudi Arabia, and lasting 54 minutes, covering a distance of 1,664 nautical miles. The cruise was followed by another climb, this time from 36,734 feet to 38,619 feet, an increase of 1,885 feet in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 78 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting 4 miles southeast of Obrovac, Croatia, and lasting 99 minutes, covering a distance of 664 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its descent, starting overhead Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher, France, and descending from 38,850 feet to 2,511 feet, a decrease of 36,339 feet in just 12 minutes, covering a distance of 133 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a short level cruise, starting 1 mile east of Wokingham, England, and lasting just 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles.
The final descent started 2 miles east of White Waltham, England, and the aircraft descended from 2,536 feet to 1,361 feet, a decrease of 1,175 feet in just 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 09L at London Heathrow Airport, flying from the west at a heading of 89.0° and at an altitude of 1,274 feet above ground level.
The landing took place on runway 09L, which is 3,591 meters long. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 135 knots. The touchdown point was 340 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 125 knots, which was good. However, the touchdown rate was hard at -441 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 8.5 meters from the centerline.
The total landing distance was 1,326 meters, which is 37% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 11.4 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 24°C temperature and winds of 12 knots at 100°. The crosswind was 2 knots, while the headwind was 12 knots.
The total flight distance was 2,728 nautical miles, taking a total of 109 minutes to complete. The aircraft used a total of 44,629 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 777-300 aircraft successfully landed on runway 09L at EGLL London Heathrow Airport, achieving an overall score of 87.6%. The final approach was initiated from the west, heading 89.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,274 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft maintained a good threshold height, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 135 knots.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft landed 340 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 125 knots, which was considered good. However, the touchdown rate was somewhat hard, measuring -441 feet per minute (fpm). The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 8.5 meters, which may have contributed to the hard touchdown rate.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 24°C and a wind speed of 12 knots from a direction of 100°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, while the headwind component was 12 knots, which likely assisted the aircraft in maintaining a stable approach.
The total landing distance covered by the aircraft was 1,326 meters, accounting for 37% of the runway length. Although this was a relatively short landing distance, the runway rollout alignment was found to be slightly misaligned from the centerline by 11.4 meters. Overall, the landing was considered satisfactory, with some minor deviations from optimal performance.
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