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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a fixed point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft drifted 22 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and wing drift like that usually keeps reappearing as bank in the climb, with 3.5° of bank in the first climb segment and 4.3° still showing in the second.
Watch for: Heading indicator: steady on the runway centreline during the roll, then wings level through the climb.
Arrival
Hold the aim point and wait for the speed to bleed before raising the nose, starting the flare within the normal band instead of 51 ft.
What happened: The flare began at 51 ft, 6.4 ft earlier than the normal band.
Watch for: Radio altimeter: start the flare within the normal flare band
See Arrival Landing
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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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,822 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 414 m touchdown sits inside 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 10 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER, then departed from runway 19R at San Francisco International Airport (KSFO). The takeoff distance was 1,599 meters, which accounted for 72% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 192 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 18 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 10 knots from a direction of 300 degrees. There was a 10-knot crosswind, but no headwind. As the aircraft took off, it began its enroute climb, starting overhead Millbrae, California. The climb from 1,116 feet above sea level to 8,189 feet above sea level, an increase of 7,073 feet, was achieved in just 2 minutes and covered a distance of 7 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 1 mile northwest of Half Moon Bay, California, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering 6 nautical miles. However, the aircraft then began another climb, this time from 8,685 feet above sea level to 37,604 feet above sea level, an increase of 28,918 feet, in 30 minutes and covering 227 nautical miles. The climb took place 5 miles south of Half Moon Bay.
The enroute level cruise resumed 13 miles southwest of Derby Field Lovelock in Nevada, and lasted for 546 minutes, covering a significant distance of 4,441 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 12 miles northeast of Sea Palling in Norfolk, England. The descent from 37,875 feet above sea level to 1,268 feet above sea level, a decrease of 36,607 feet, was achieved in 25 minutes and covered a distance of 112 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 36R at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (EHAM) was made from the south, heading 4.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,269 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 36R, which had a length of 2,822 meters, was successful, with a good threshold height. The threshold speed was slightly above the target at 136 knots, but the touchdown distance was good at 416 meters. The touchdown speed was a little fast at 132 knots, but the touchdown rate was fair at -292 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 13 knots from a direction of 330 degrees. There was a 7-knot crosswind and an 11-knot headwind. The total landing distance was 1,218 meters, which accounted for 43% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also very good.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 9 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 4,803 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 624 minutes. The aircraft used a significant amount of fuel, with a total of 65,480 kilograms consumed during the flight.
The Boeing 777-200ER aircraft successfully landed at EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, achieving a score of 97.3%. The final approach to runway 36R was conducted from the south, with a heading of 4.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,269 feet above ground level (agl).
The aircraft touched down on the runway with a speed of 136 knots, which was slightly above the target threshold speed. However, the touchdown distance of 416 meters was considered good, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. The touchdown speed of 132 knots was a little fast, but the aircraft was able to maintain a fair touchdown rate of -292 feet per minute (fpm).
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 25°C and a wind speed of 13 knots from a direction of 330°. The crosswind component was 7 knots, while the headwind component was 11 knots. These conditions did not appear to have a significant impact on the landing.
The runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway centerline at the moment of touchdown. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, suggesting that the aircraft was able to maintain a stable and controlled roll-out after touchdown.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft achieving a good touchdown distance and a fair touchdown rate. The slight excess in touchdown speed was not significant enough to impact the overall performance of the landing.
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