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Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 33 ft off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Hold the aim point and wait for the proper flare height before you start rotating; let the runway come up to you rather than anticipating it.
What happened: The flare began early, well above the normal flare band, and touchdown followed at 1,736 ft past the threshold, 236 ft beyond the 1,500 ft target. Starting the flare early like this usually carries the touchdown long.
Watch for: Radio altimeter against the normal flare band, then touchdown distance against 1,500 ft.
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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 12,045 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,736 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A350-900 taxied from the parking area to runway 20C at Singapore Changi Airport, a movement that lasted 9 minutes and covered 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 20C, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 162 kt, using a takeoff distance of 6,543 ft, which represented 50 % of the runway. Local weather at the time was 95 °F with a wind of 11 kt from 150°, including an 8 kt crosswind component and a 6 kt headwind.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile south-west of WSAC Changi Air Base (East) Singapore (Johor, Malaysia). The aircraft rose from 939 ft asl to 40,950 ft asl, an increase of 40,011 ft, in 44 minutes while covering 312 nm.
Level cruise began 51 miles north of WIOD H A S Hanandjoeddin International Airport, Tanjung Pandan (Kepulauan Bangka Belitung, Indonesia). The cruise segment lasted 474 minutes and spanned 4,150 nm.
Descent was initiated 120 miles south-west of Dargaville (Northland, New Zealand). The aircraft descended from 41,000 ft asl to 1,133 ft asl, a decrease of 39,867 ft, in 34 minutes over a distance of 198 nm.
The final approach to runway 23L at Auckland International Airport was flown from the east, on a heading of 251.0° at 4 nm and 1,101 ft agl. Weather conditions included a temperature of 55 °F, wind 14 kt from 240°, a 3 kt crosswind and a 14 kt headwind.
Landing on runway 23L, which is 12,061 ft long, was achieved with a threshold speed of 127 kt. Touchdown occurred 358 ft beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 122 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 40 fpm and perfect runway-touchdown alignment. The total landing distance recorded was 3,964 ft, representing 33 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment remained perfect throughout the deceleration phase.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 4,668 nm, required 563 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 112,055 lbs of fuel.
The final approach to runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport was flown from the east on a heading of 251.0 °, 4 nm out and 1,101 ft agl, with a temperature of 55 °F, wind 14 kt from 240 °, a 3 kt crosswind component and a 14 kt headwind component. The aircraft maintained the appropriate glide path and the overall score for the approach was 99.2%.
At threshold the height was reported as good and the threshold speed was good at 127 kt, indicating the aircraft was correctly configured for landing.
Touchdown occurred with the aircraft aligned perfectly on the runway, the touchdown point was 358 ft beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 122 kt, noted as a little fast. The vertical speed at touchdown was perfect at minus 40 fpm.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 3,964 ft, representing 33 % of the 12,061 ft runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
Reduce the touchdown speed slightly to bring it closer to the target VREF and aim to touch down within the designated touchdown zone to further optimise landing performance.
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