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Track the centreline through touchdown using small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: The aircraft touched down off the centreline at 27 ft, and drifting off centreline at touchdown usually carries through into the rollout, as it did here with alignment reaching 47 ft.
Watch for: Watch runway centreline position, keeping deviation inside the limit through touchdown and 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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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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,701 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,701 ft of the 10,739 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,932 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport in 10 minutes, covering 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 23L, the A340 accelerated to a liftoff speed of 167 kt and departed after using 7,067 ft, which represented 59 % of the runway length; the local weather was 55 °F with a wind of 9 kt from 210°, including a 6 kt crosswind and a 7 kt headwind.
The initial climb began 2 mi south-west of NZAA, climbing from 1,019 ft asl to 32,002 ft asl-a gain of 30,983 ft-in 25 minutes while covering 149 nm.
The first cruise segment started 74 mi south-west of Ahipara, lasting 25 minutes and traversing 196 nm at level flight.
A subsequent climb was recorded at latitude -34.5547916, longitude 168.4538916, where the aircraft rose from 32,000 ft asl to 33,919 ft asl, an increase of 1,918 ft in 2 minutes while covering 12 nm.
The following cruise phase began at latitude -34.4566283, longitude 168.2085209 and continued for 174 minutes, covering 1,245 nm at cruise altitude.
A further climb commenced 5 mi west of Emerald, Queensland, with the aircraft climbing from 34,528 ft asl to 35,999 ft asl, gaining 1,470 ft in 3 minutes and traveling 24 nm.
The next cruise segment started 11 mi north of Rubyvale, Queensland, lasting 115 minutes and covering 889 nm.
Another climb started 5 mi south-east of Ngukurr Airport (YNGU), where the aircraft ascended from 36,002 ft asl to 37,278 ft asl, a gain of 1,277 ft in 3 minutes over 29 nm.
The subsequent cruise began 15 mi north-west of Urapunga Airport (YUPG) and persisted for 224 minutes, covering 1,925 nm.
Descent began 84 mi east of Raja Haji Fisabilillah International Airport (WIDN), with the aircraft descending from 38,000 ft asl to 1,284 ft asl, a loss of 36,716 ft in 23 minutes while covering 145 nm.
The final approach to runway 20R at WSSS Singapore Changi Airport was executed from the north, on a heading of 203.0° at 4 nm and 1,257 ft agl.
Landing on runway 20R, which is 10,701 ft long, the threshold speed was slightly below the target at 135 kt. Touchdown occurred 573 ft beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 133 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 170 fpm. The touchdown point was offset 17 ft from the centreline. Local weather reported a temperature of 84 °F, wind 8 kt from 130°, a 7 kt crosswind and a 2 kt headwind.
The rollout distance measured 5,442 ft, representing 51 % of the runway, and the aircraft’s path was misaligned by 35 ft from the centreline during rollout.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 4,622 nm, lasted 609 minutes, and consumed 146,038 lb of fuel.
The Airbus A340 executed the final approach to runway 20R at Singapore Changi Airport from the north, tracking a heading of 203.0° at 4 nm and 1,257 ft AGL. Local conditions were a temperature of 84 °F, wind 8 kt from 130°, providing a 7 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
Threshold height was reported as good and the threshold speed was slightly below target at 135 kt. The aircraft continued the flare and transition to touchdown in a stabilized manner.
Touchdown occurred 573 ft beyond the designated touchdown zone with a speed of 133 kt, which was judged good, and a vertical rate of -170 fpm, also rated good. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 17 ft from the centreline.
The total landing distance measured 5,442 ft, representing 51 % of the 10,701 ft runway, and the rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 35 ft from the centreline.
For future landings, aim to arrest the aircraft nearer the aim point approximately 1,000 ft down the runway to keep the touchdown within the zone, and refine centreline tracking during flare and rollout to reduce the 17-ft and 35-ft deviations.
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