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Slow down before tight turns
The one change that would have gained the most on this flight, and the guide passage for it.
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 1,776 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,776 m of the 3,661 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 Airbus A350-900 taxied from the parking area to runway 25C at Frankfurt Airport in 13 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 25C, the aircraft used 1,975 m of runway, representing 49 % of the available length, and lifted off at 162 kt. Local conditions were a temperature of 28 °C, wind 9 kt from 308°, with a 7 kt cross-wind component and a 4 kt head-wind.
Climb commenced 1 mile south of Kelsterbach, Germany, with the aircraft ascending from 1,326 ft asl to 36,001 ft asl, a gain of 34,675 ft achieved in 17 minutes while covering 187 nm.
The first cruise segment began 1 mile north-west of Veldhuizen, Netherlands, and lasted 33 minutes, during which 999 nm were flown at level altitude.
A second climb started 36 miles south of Vik i Myrdal, Iceland, raising the aircraft from 36,001 ft asl to 37,672 ft asl, an increase of 1,671 ft in 2 minutes over a distance of 56 nm.
The subsequent cruise phase originated 33 miles south-west of Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland, and continued for 51 minutes, covering 1,691 nm.
A further climb began at latitude 59.337797, longitude -81.6005523, with the aircraft climbing from 38,001 ft asl to 39,861 ft asl, a rise of 1,860 ft in 2 minutes and traversing 53 nm.
The following cruise segment started at latitude 58.7033306, longitude -83.0369506, lasting 40 minutes and encompassing 1,276 nm.
Descent commenced 2 miles south of Bridgeport, Nebraska, with the aircraft descending from 39,998 ft asl to 9,612 ft asl, a loss of 30,386 ft in 12 minutes while covering 142 nm.
A brief cruise of 3 minutes and 10 nm was flown from a point 1 mile north-east of CO02 Harrington Ranch Airport, Bennet, Colorado.
The next descent began 5 miles north of 1CO8 Everitt Airport, Parker, Colorado, dropping from 9,014 ft asl to 6,694 ft asl, a decrease of 2,321 ft in 3 minutes over 9 nm.
The final approach to runway 35R at Denver International Airport was executed from the south, on a heading of 1.0° at 4 nm and 1,353 ft agl.
Landing on runway 35R, which is 3,665 m long, occurred with a threshold speed of 138 kt, a touchdown distance of 416 m, and a touchdown speed of 134 kt. The aircraft touched down with a firm rate of minus 302 fpm and very good alignment. Local weather reported a temperature of 33 °C, wind 9 kt from 81°, a 9 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind. The total landing distance was 1,700 m, representing 46 % of the runway, and the rollout was slightly off centreline by 9.0 m.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 7 minutes, covering 2 nm.
In total, the flight covered 4,435 nm, required 177 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 56,815 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A350-900 entered the final approach to runway 35R at KDEN from the south on a heading of 1.0° at 4 nm and 1,353 ft agl. Local weather was 33 °C with wind 9 kt from 81°, giving a 9 kt crosswind component and a 1 kt headwind. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
During the threshold and flare segment the threshold speed was slightly above target at 138 kt and the threshold height was good. Touchdown distance was good at 416 m.
At touchdown the speed was 134 kt, noted as a little fast, and the touchdown rate was firm at minus 302 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,700 m, representing 46 % of the 3,665 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.0 m from centreline.
With a final score of 96.7 %, the landing was strong; refining flare timing to reduce touchdown speed marginally and tightening rollout alignment will bring the performance fully in line with the aim point and runway centreline.
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