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Improve the rollout
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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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 303 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 747-8 taxied from the parking area to runway 23L in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm before commencing the departure roll.
During the take-off roll on runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 153 kt. The take-off distance recorded was 1,171 m, representing 32 % of the available runway. Ambient conditions were 17 °C with a wind of 16 kt from 299°, providing a 12 kt cross-wind component and an 11 kt head-wind component.
The climb began overhead the airport, with the airplane climbing from 995 ft asl to 1,571 ft asl, an altitude gain of 577 ft achieved in 1 minute while covering 2 nm.
Level cruise commenced approximately 2 mi southwest of the airport and was maintained for 4 minutes, during which the aircraft travelled 12 nm.
For the final approach to runway 23L, the aircraft was positioned 3 nm east of the threshold at an altitude of 1,284 ft agl, tracking a heading of 254.0°.
Landing was executed on runway 23L, whose length is 3,671 m. The threshold speed was 136 kt, and touchdown occurred at 306 m down the runway with a speed of 130 kt. The vertical speed at touchdown was minus 266 fpm, and the alignment was reported as perfect. Weather at the time was 15 °C with a wind of 13 kt from 273°, yielding a 5 kt cross-wind and a 12 kt head-wind. The total landing distance measured 961 m, equivalent to 26 % of the runway.
Rollout continued after touchdown, with the aircraft traveling a total of 961 m before deceleration was complete. The final runway centreline deviation was measured at 10.6 m to the side.
In summary, the flight covered a total distance of 19 nm, taking 8, and consumed 72,012 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 747-8 approached runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport on a final approach from the east, heading 254.0° at 3 nm and 1,284 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, and the aircraft carried a score of 94.8 % under clear weather of 15 °C, wind 13 kt from 273°, including a 5 kt crosswind and a 12 kt headwind.
At threshold the runway length was 3,671 m and the threshold height was reported as good. The threshold speed was good at 136 kt, setting the aircraft up for a proper flare and touchdown.
Touchdown occurred 306 m down the runway, a distance described as good, with a touchdown speed of 130 kt also rated good. The touchdown rate was fair at minus 266 fpm and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The total landing distance was 961 m, representing 26 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.6 m from the centreline.
Maintain tighter centreline tracking during rollout to eliminate the 10.6 m deviation observed, and refine flare technique to achieve a slightly lower descent rate while preserving the good speed and distance performance.
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