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Departure
Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.
What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 18°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
Arrival
Hold the approach aim point and let the aircraft settle onto 457 m instead of holding it off in the flare.
What happened: Touchdown point came 181 m past the target, landing at 638 m against the 457 m aim point, with threshold speed and the flare both within limits.
Watch for: Touchdown distance marker: 457 m from the threshold.
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 1,882 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,882 m of the 3,621 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 638 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A380-800 departed from runway 27L at EGLL London Heathrow Airport. The take-off roll used 2,367 m, 65 % of the runway, and rotation occurred at 151 kt. Local weather was 24 °C with wind 6 kt from 260°, a 1 kt crosswind and a 5 kt headwind.
Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 20 seconds, averaging 1,340 fpm and reaching 170 kt at the top. The climb continued from 643 ft asl to 35,001 ft asl in 29 minutes, covering 185 nm, beginning 1 mile south-east of Colnbrook with a brief level-off at 6,000 ft asl.
The aircraft levelled between 35,000 ft asl and 37,000 ft asl for 384 minutes, covering 3,295 nm, starting overhead Vlezenbeek. A subsequent climb from 37,004 ft asl to 39,001 ft asl took 3 minutes over 28 nm, beginning 23 miles north-west of Sayaq. Level flight at 40,000 ft asl continued for 280 minutes, covering 2,457 nm, starting 23 miles north-east of Sayaq.
Descent from 41,000 ft asl to 1,321 ft asl lasted 25 minutes, covering 145 nm, beginning 6 miles south of Sanshui.
Final approach to runway 07C at VHHH Hong Kong International Airport descended from 1,334 ft agl to 68 ft agl in 100 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were met for gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, centreline, speed and wings level. Configuration on final was landing gear down at 3,178 ft agl at 176 kt and final flap position 4 at 2,287 ft agl at 170 kt.
Landing on runway 07C, runway length 3,621 m, had a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 136 kt. The flare was described as perfect; the aircraft floated before touchdown. Touchdown occurred 219 m beyond the touchdown zone at 129 kt with a rate of -158 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 5.4 m from the centreline. Local weather was 31 °C with wind 4 kt from 310°, a 3 kt crosswind and a 2 kt tailwind. No bounce occurred.
Total landing distance was 1,799 m, 50 % of the runway. Runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.0 m from the centreline. Taxiing from the runway to the parking took 1 minute and covered less than 1 nm.
The flight covered 6,120 nm in 734 minutes and used 153,557 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A380-800 completed a stabilised approach to runway 07C at VHHH Hong Kong International Airport, with the 1,000 ft gate confirming gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits. The descent progressed from 1,334 ft AGL to 68 ft AGL over 100 seconds and the approach earned full marks on the stabilisation gates, contributing to the overall score of 98.4 %.
At threshold the aircraft displayed good height and a threshold speed of 136 kt, both recorded as good. The flare transitioned smoothly to a touchdown speed of 129 kt, a touchdown rate of minus 158 fpm and runway-touchdown alignment described as very good.
Touchdown occurred 219 m beyond the touchdown zone, with the speed of 129 kt and the rate of minus 158 fpm both judged good, and the alignment remained very good throughout the contact phase.
Rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,799 m, representing 50 % of the 3,621 m runway, and the runway-rollout alignment was very good under the reported weather of 31 °C, wind 4 kt from 310°, crosswind 3 kt and tailwind 2 kt.
A minor refinement would be to adjust flare timing to achieve touchdown nearer the 300 m (1,000 ft) aim point, which would further reduce rollout distance while preserving the excellent speed and alignment already demonstrated.
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