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Departure
Ease the nose up sooner to lift off at 144 kt instead of letting speed build on the ground.
What happened: The aircraft lifted off at 178 kt, 34 kt above the target liftoff speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 144 kt at liftoff
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming through the flare so the sink does not return at 357 fpm.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink, but then the sink returned before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch the VSI in the flare and keep arrested sink from returning before touchdown at 226 fpm.
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.
One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
At the 500 ft gate: off the runway's 3° glideslope, wings not level and speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,614 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,614 m of the 3,990 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,919 m past the threshold — beyond 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 12 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A330-900, then departed from runway 17R at Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,594 meters, which was 40% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 178 knots, and the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 14°C, with a wind speed of 11 knots at 159°.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it started its enroute climb from 1,875 feet above sea level to 29,200 feet above sea level, an increase of 27,326 feet in 16 minutes, covering a distance of 102 nautical miles. The climb was initiated overhead the Colombier-Saugnieu area in Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted 7 minutes and covered 48 nautical miles, starting 1 mile east of Cize in Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France.
The aircraft then began its descent from 29,156 feet above sea level to 28,627 feet above sea level, a decrease of 529 feet in 2 minutes, covering 13 nautical miles, starting 1 mile south-west of Soye in Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. This was followed by another level cruise phase, which lasted 11 minutes and covered 86 nautical miles, starting 1 mile west of Chagey in Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France.
The aircraft then entered its final descent phase, which started 1 mile north of Buhl in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. The descent was from 27,724 feet above sea level to 7,238 feet above sea level, a decrease of 20,486 feet in 10 minutes, covering 65 nautical miles. Following this descent, the aircraft entered another level cruise phase, which lasted 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile, starting overhead Gernsheim in Hessen, Germany.
The final descent phase started overhead Gernsheim, with the aircraft descending from 6,765 feet above sea level to 1,613 feet above sea level, a decrease of 5,152 feet in 6 minutes, covering 24 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 07C at Frankfurt Airport, heading 61.0° at 1 nautical mile and 1,223 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 07C at Frankfurt Airport was characterized by a touchdown point 1,216 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 128 knots, which was good, and a touchdown rate of -98 feet per minute, which was excellent. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 10.7 meters from the centreline, and the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.3 meters from the centreline.
The total landing distance was 2,246 meters, which was 56% of the runway length. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 2°C, with a wind speed of 8 knots at 80°. The crosswind was 1 knot, and the headwind was 8 knots. The total flight distance was 346 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 66 minutes, with a fuel consumption of -19,015 kilograms.
The Airbus A330-900 aircraft successfully landed on runway 07C at Frankfurt Airport (EDDF) with a score of 77.6%. The final approach was initiated from the southwest, heading 61.0° at 1 nautical mile and 1,223 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, which has a length of 3,990 meters.
The landing performance was evaluated based on several parameters. The threshold height at 267 feet agl was found to be excessively over the target, indicating that the aircraft descended more than expected before reaching the runway threshold. Conversely, the threshold speed was well above the target at 154 knots, suggesting that the aircraft was flying faster than intended at the threshold.
The touchdown point was located 1,216 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is a significant deviation from the intended landing spot. However, the touchdown speed of 128 knots was within the acceptable range, and the touchdown rate of -98 feet per minute (fpm) was excellent, indicating a smooth and controlled descent.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 2°C and a wind speed of 8 knots from 80°. The crosswind component was minimal at 1 knot, while the headwind component was 8 knots, which likely contributed to the aircraft's ability to maintain a stable approach and touchdown.
The total landing distance was 2,246 meters, which accounts for 56% of the runway length. This is a relatively long landing distance, but it is not uncommon for aircraft of this size and weight. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.3 meters from the centerline, which is a minor deviation from the intended path. Overall, the landing performance was satisfactory, but there is room for improvement in terms of threshold height and touchdown zone accuracy.
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