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MY FS FLIGHTS
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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 42 ft off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
Below a thousand feet the aeroplane is slow, heavy and close to the ground. A steep turn loses lift, raises the stall speed and flattens the climb just when the gradient matters most. A normal turn on course is a rate one — fifteen degrees or so, twenty-five at the outside, this penalty is to acknowledge when a turn has stopped being a turn and become a manoeuvre.
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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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 8,995 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,214 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
A recent flight was conducted on an Airbus A330-900 aircraft. The aircraft took 7 minutes to taxi from the parking to the runway, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile before departing from runway 01L at San Francisco International Airport (KSFO) in San Francisco, California, United States. The takeoff distance was 4,770 feet, which is 65% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 154 knots.
As the aircraft began its ascent, it initially climbed from 973 feet above sea level (asl) to 37,976 ft asl, increasing by 37,002 feet in 24 minutes while covering 126 nautical miles. The local temperature during this part of the flight was 66°F. The aircraft then entered into an enroute level cruise flight at a latitude of 36.3813019° and longitude of -124.5034637°, covering 1,602 nautical miles in 291 minutes.
A subsequent descent started at a latitude of 23.4790897° and longitude of -151.6543427°, where the aircraft decreased its altitude from 37,990 ft asl to 9,799 ft asl in 29 minutes while covering 184 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered into another enroute level cruise at a latitude of 22.3805962° and longitude of -154.7662354°, but shortly after, started a descent once again at a latitude of 22.3828087° and longitude of -154.9018097°.
The second descent took the aircraft from 9,272 ft asl to 8,816 ft asl in just 2 minutes while covering 7 nautical miles. The aircraft continued to switch between enroute level cruising and descending phases of flight. It descended multiple times to lower altitudes while covering various distances and durations. The descent from 8,919 ft asl to 2,998 ft asl, for example, took 13 minutes while covering 43 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 04R at Daniel K Inouye International Airport (PHNL) in Honolulu, Hawaii, was conducted from the south west with a heading of 53.0° at an altitude of 1,006 feet above ground level (agl), and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway threshold. The aircraft landed successfully on the 8,995-foot-long runway at an airspeed of 134 knots and with a threshold speed that was deemed suitable.
Although the touchdown speed of 132 knots was slightly higher than desired, the touchdown rate of -386 feet per minute was firm. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 13 feet from the centerline. The local temperature at the time of landing was 86°F. The total landing distance was 3,378 feet, which corresponds to 38% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
The taxiing process from the runway back to the parking took 7 minutes, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 2,134 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 367 minutes, during which the aircraft consumed a total of 73,027 pounds of fuel.
This Airbus A330-900 aircraft successfully landed at PHNL Daniel K Inouye International Airport, navigating towards the runway 04R from the southwest at a heading of 53.0° at 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,006 feet above ground level (agl). The landing was executed to a high standard, with a score of 97.7%.
The final approach to the runway was stable, and the aircraft touched down on the runway with a good threshold height, which is crucial for a smooth landing. The threshold speed, a crucial parameter in determining the safety and quality of a landing, was also satisfactory at 134 knots. However, the touchdown speed came in at a slightly higher 132 knots, which could indicate a bit of an overcorrection on the part of the pilots.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft showcased a firm rate of descent of -386 feet per minute (fpm), which is within acceptable parameters. However, the touchdown position was slightly misaligned, being off by 13 feet from the centreline of the runway.
Given the high temperature of 86°F, the pilots' performance was impressive, and the total landing distance of 3,378 feet was well within limits. Notably, the landing distance only accounted for 38% of the runway, which is a testament to the pilots' expertise in maneuvering the aircraft and managing its deceleration during rollout.
As the aircraft rolled out of the landing phase, it demonstrated excellent runway alignment, indicating that the pilots had effective control over the aircraft's trajectory and speed during the critical phase of landing. The overall performance of the Airbus A330-900 on this landing at PHNL Daniel K Inouye International Airport was exceptional.
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