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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Rotated at 155 kt, on the 156 kt target, and lifted off at 159 kt 1.5 s later, the nose coming up at 1.7° a second. Climb 3 averaged 169 kt, 6 kt under its 175 kt target.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The dashed green line is the speed to rotate at for this aircraft at its weight, and the green dot is where the nose started to come up. The figures at liftoff are the pitch then and how fast the nose came up, in degrees a second. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 919 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 4,808 ft of runway left; gear up at 104 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 2,440 fpm on average to 919 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The gear-up ring is coloured by its mark. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 11,829 ft runway.
Rolled from the start of the runway, never more than 3 ft off the centreline. Airborne 49 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
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.
When the approach was stable
Every check met from 4 nm to the threshold.
Each line is one of the gate checks, run along the whole final rather than only at the gates: green where it would have passed, amber where it would not. The glideslope, centreline and speed lines use the bands in the charts beside this card. The sink rate is allowed what the glideslope needs at your ground speed plus 600 fpm, the wings 10° of bank, and the gear and flap are read from when you moved the levers. The bottom line is green where every check held at once, ignoring blips shorter than 0.2 nm, and the sentence above it says from where it held to the threshold. A ring is a stabilisation gate, where the checks in the table were taken.
The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 80 ft above the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 1,000 ft past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber. A ring is a stabilisation gate: green when every check there passed, amber with the failed checks named beside it.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 5× larger than distances along the final.
Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 220 ft off the centreline.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 32 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 19 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between −3 kt and +23 kt on the approach speed of 128 kt.
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
Perfect landing flare
3 kt across from the left, which takes about 1° of crab to hold the centreline at 123 kt. Touched down with the nose 2° into wind, wings level.
Wind 359° at 3 kt · 1 kt tail · 3 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
From 121 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 19 s, an average deceleration of 0.26 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 37 ft, 13 ft below the 50 ft target; began the flare at 13 ft. Touched down 1,562 ft in, 562 ft past the ideal 1,000 ft.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 5,000 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 280 fpm at the flare to 130 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 1.5° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 10,791 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 5 ft left of the centreline, and stayed within 9 ft of it down the rollout.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The 1,562 ft 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 10L at SBGR André Franco Montoro International Airport in 5 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 10L, the aircraft used 5,817 ft of runway, representing 49 % of the available length, and lifted off at 160 kt; ambient temperature was 66 °F with a wind of 2 kt from 150°, a 1 kt cross-wind and no head-wind.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile north-east of SBGR, with the airplane ascending from 3,461 ft asl to 39,959 ft asl-a gain of 36,498 ft-over 27 minutes while covering 179 nm.
The first cruise segment began 25 nm east of Pontal do Paraná and lasted 100 minutes, during which the flight covered 715 nm at level altitude.
Descent started 11 nm north of Tarariras in Uruguay, with the aircraft descending from 39,573 ft asl to 2,331 ft asl, a loss of 37,242 ft, in 16 minutes and traversing 90 nm.
A subsequent cruise phase was initiated 1 nm north of SA9K Marcos Paz, lasting 5 minutes and covering 13 nm before the final approach.
The final approach to runway 11 at SAEZ Minister Pistarini International Airport was flown from the west on a heading of 104.0° at 4 nm and 1,385 ft agl, followed by a descent from 1,445 ft agl to 82 ft agl in 109 seconds, during which the aircraft met the stabilisation gate criteria.
Landing on runway 11 was achieved with a threshold speed of 126 kt; touchdown occurred 184 ft beyond the touchdown zone at 123 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 155 fpm and excellent runway alignment, while local conditions were 48 °F, wind 3 kt from 0°, a 3 kt cross-wind and a 1 kt tail-wind.
The rollout distance measured 3,474 ft, equivalent to 32 % of the runway, and the aircraft maintained perfect alignment throughout the ground run.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 1,008 nm, required 157 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 31,581 lb of fuel.
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