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MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Arrival
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 8.4 m, and drifting off centreline at touchdown usually carries through into the rollout, as it did here with alignment reaching 21 m.
Watch for: Watch runway centreline position, keeping deviation inside the limit through touchdown and rollout.
Ground control varies with speed, full authority at walking pace, progressively reducing as groundspeed rises. The aircraft becomes twitchy at any speed, every small pedal input swings the nose, which can encourage large-amplitude leg inputs that no real aircraft would accept.
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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 2,546 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,546 m of the 3,742 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 904 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A380-800 taxied from the parking area to runway 16R at Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport in 8 minutes, covering 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 16R, the aircraft accelerated over a takeoff distance of 2,521 m (65 % of the runway) and rotated at 150 kt; ambient temperature was 22 °C with a wind of 4 kt from 200°, comprising a 2 kt cross-wind and a 4 kt head-wind.
The first en-route climb began 1 mile east of Monterey, NSW, climbing from 988 ft asl to 34,960 ft asl-a gain of 33,972 ft-in 22 minutes while covering 160 nm.
Level cruise commenced at latitude -35.5932868, longitude 153.6681072 and continued for 110 minutes, traversing 1,051 nm.
A subsequent climb started at latitude -49.010386, longitude 169.0162919, rising from 35,067 ft asl to 36,789 ft asl (increase of 1,722 ft) in 2 minutes and covering 14 nm.
The following cruise segment began at latitude -49.199606, longitude 169.3032624, lasting 195 minutes and spanning 1,875 nm.
A third climb was initiated at latitude -62.0023779, longitude -138.1658481, climbing from 36,998 ft asl to 39,000 ft asl (gain of 2,003 ft) in 3 minutes over 28 nm.
Cruise then continued from latitude -61.9880725, longitude -137.1335492 for 160 minutes, covering 1,332 nm.
The fourth climb started at latitude -54.047641, longitude -97.1088432, ascending from 39,002 ft asl to 39,978 ft asl (increase of 977 ft) in 2 minutes and traveling 12 nm.
A further cruise phase began at latitude -53.9168516, longitude -96.8059118, lasting 174 minutes and covering 1,419 nm.
The fifth climb originated 2 miles north-west of Concepción, Chile, climbing from 40,000 ft asl to 41,000 ft asl (gain of 1,000 ft) in 2 minutes while covering 12 nm.
The final cruise segment started 2 miles south-east of Tomé, Chile, and lasted 12 minutes, covering 94 nm.
Descent commenced overhead La Aguada Airport (SCLG) at Pencahue, Chile, descending from 41,000 ft asl to 2,876 ft asl-a loss of 38,125 ft-in 28 minutes and covering 153 nm.
On final approach to runway 17L at Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, the aircraft descended from 1,367 ft agl to 116 ft agl in 97 seconds and scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 17L, which is 3,742 m long, the threshold height at 72 ft agl was above target and the threshold speed was 143 kt. Touchdown occurred 475 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 139 kt, with a smooth touchdown rate of minus 112 fpm and a lateral deviation of 8.5 m from the centreline; local weather reported 8 °C temperature and calm winds. The total landing distance was 2,454 m (66 % of the runway).
During rollout, the aircraft’s path was misaligned by 21.1 m from the centreline.
The taxi-in from the runway to the parking area took less than 1 minute and covered less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 6,160 nm, required 719 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 139,753 kg of fuel.
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