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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 46 ft off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Begin raising the nose earlier, by 11 ft, so the flare has time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
What happened: The flare began late at 0.4 ft, 11 ft below the normal band, and a late flare like this usually leaves too little time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and start the flare in the normal band, around 11 ft.
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 6,465 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 6,465 ft of the 12,142 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,530 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 15 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 777F, then departed from runway 04R at EBLG Liège Airport. The takeoff distance was 4,406 feet, which accounted for 44% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 166 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 64°F and a wind speed of 2 knots from a direction of 330°. The crosswind component was 2 knots, while the headwind component was 1 knot. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, which started overhead Awans in Wallonia, Belgium. The climb took 16 minutes and covered a distance of 68 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,619 feet above sea level to 38,366 feet above sea level, an increase of 36,748 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started overhead Greimersburg in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. This phase lasted for 48 minutes and covered a distance of 393 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 1 mile south west of Angern an der March in Niederoesterreich, Austria. The descent took 28 minutes and covered a distance of 119 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 38,842 feet above sea level to 1,698 feet above sea level, a decrease of 37,144 feet.
The final approach to runway 31R at LHBP Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport was made from the south east, with a heading of 313.0°. The aircraft was at an altitude of 4 nautical miles and 1,237 feet above ground level at this point. The landing was made on runway 31R, which had a length of 12,142 feet. The threshold height at 72 feet above ground level was well above the target, while the threshold speed was good at 135 knots.
The touchdown point was 1,170 feet beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 135 knots, which was good. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -284 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 77 feet from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 68°F and a wind speed of 6 knots from a direction of 290°. The crosswind component was 2 knots, while the headwind component was 5 knots.
The total landing distance was 6,205 feet, which accounted for 51% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 81 feet from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 12 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 589 nautical miles, which was covered in 113 minutes, and the aircraft used 28,440 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 777F aircraft successfully landed at LHBP Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport, but with some notable deviations from the ideal landing performance. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the south east, heading 313.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,237 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was conducted with a good threshold speed of 135 knots, which is within the acceptable range.
However, the threshold height at 72 feet agl was significantly above the target, indicating that the aircraft may have been higher than desired at the point of touchdown. The touchdown point was located 1,170 feet beyond the touchdown zone, which is a relatively long distance. The touchdown speed of 135 knots was good, but the touchdown rate of -284 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair, suggesting that the aircraft may have touched down with a slightly higher rate of descent than desired.
One of the most notable issues with this landing was the significant misalignment of the runway touchdown position, which was 77 feet off the centreline. This suggests that the aircraft may have been slightly off course during the final approach, or that the pilot may have made a correction at the last minute that resulted in the aircraft touching down off the centreline. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 81 feet from the centreline, which is a similar issue to the touchdown position.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 68°F and a wind speed of 6 knots from 290°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, while the headwind component was 5 knots. The total landing distance of 6,205 feet was 51% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range. Overall, while the landing was successful, there were some notable deviations from the ideal performance that may be worth addressing in future training or operations.
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