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Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 19 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 19 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 19 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
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 above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 6,138 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 6,138 ft of the 11,573 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 3,026 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Salt Lake City International Airport, the Airbus A350-900 began its journey with a taxiing period of 32 minutes, covering 4 nautical miles to reach the runway. The aircraft then took off from runway 34R, utilizing 7,631 feet of the 14,500-foot runway, with a liftoff speed of 145 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 43°F and a gentle wind of 3 knots from a direction of 110 degrees, resulting in a negligible crosswind component.
As the aircraft climbed to its initial cruising altitude, it ascended from 5,216 feet above sea level to 36,955 feet, a vertical increase of 31,739 feet, in just 30 minutes, covering 203 nautical miles. The enroute climb phase was followed by a 44-minute level cruise, during which the aircraft maintained a steady altitude and covered 356 nautical miles. The crew then initiated another climb phase, this time from 37,001 feet to 38,691 feet, a vertical increase of 1,689 feet, in just 5 minutes, as the aircraft approached the eastern United States. The subsequent level cruise phase lasted for 603 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 3,845 nautical miles. As the aircraft entered European airspace, it began its descent from 39,000 feet to 1,467 feet, a vertical decrease of 37,533 feet, in 24 minutes, covering 148 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 18R at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol was initiated from the north, with the aircraft maintaining a heading of 182.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,451 feet above ground level. The landing was completed on the 11,573-foot runway, with the threshold height above target and the threshold speed slightly above target. The touchdown point was 1,660 feet beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 134 knots and a smooth touchdown rate of -117 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 39 feet from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned. The total landing distance was 5,872 feet, accounting for 51% of the runway length. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area, covering 3 nautical miles in 17 minutes, concluding a flight that spanned 4,611 nautical miles and utilized 116,074 pounds of fuel, with a total flight time of 557 minutes.
The final approach to runway 18R at EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol was initiated from the north, with the aircraft heading 182.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,451 feet above ground level. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a threshold height of 68 feet above ground level, which was above the target. The threshold speed of 136 knots was slightly above the target, indicating a slight increase in power application during the approach.
As the aircraft touched down on the runway, the touchdown point was located 1,660 feet beyond the touchdown zone, resulting in a slightly long touchdown. The touchdown speed of 134 knots was a little fast, but the touchdown rate of -117 feet per minute was smooth, indicating a well-controlled descent. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 39 feet from the centreline, which was also reflected in the runway rollout alignment. The local weather conditions were calm, with a temperature of 48°F and a wind speed of 1 knot at 70°.
The total landing distance of 5,872 feet was 51% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing distance. Despite some minor deviations from the ideal touchdown and rollout alignment, the overall performance of the aircraft was satisfactory, resulting in a score of 83.1%. The landing was completed without incident, and the aircraft came to a stop within a safe distance from the runway threshold.
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