Airbus A330-300
Target for the Airbus A330-300
60 to 120fpm
Full marks for descent rate up to 120 fpm; under 60 fpm the coach says the touchdown was softer than this aircraft is normally flown.
- Vref reference
- 137ktat 187,000 kg
- Tail-strike limit
- 10°this aircraft's own
- Ideal touchdown zone
- 300 to 700mpast the threshold
- G-force
- 1.10Gfull marks, its own curve
The A330-300 is the long, lean medium wide-body of the Airbus fleet, easier to land than the larger A350, more demanding than the A320. The wing is forgiving in crosswind; the engines hang low enough that you can't use aggressive wing-down on touchdown.
Landing technique.
Flare at 30 ft like the rest of the Airbus fleet, auto-callout is your cue.
Reduce thrust to idle and HOLD pitch. Don't chase the runway.
GS mini adds the wind buffer automatically. Don't add extra margin on top.
After touchdown, max reverse to 80 kt, then taper. The Trent engines spool down predictably; respect them.
Crab + de-crab at flare initiation in crosswinds; wing-down is a no-go for engine clearance.
Common mistakes.
Holding too much thrust through the flare and floating. Airbus FCOM is explicit about idle by 30 ft.
Side-stick over-control on flare leading to PIO, the FBW does most of the work.
Late spoiler arming.
How its touchdown is scored.
The score at each point of its curves. Between the points, scores fall in a straight line; the full method is in the scoring methodology.
No shared landings or board for this aircraft yet. Its figures appear once pilots with a public profile have shared 5 graded landings in it, and a board once at least 5 opted-in pilots have flown it 10 or more times each. See the boards there are.
For reference.
Aircraft data
- Manufacturer
- Airbus
- Model
- A330
- Variant
- -300
- FAA approach category
- C
- MTOW
- 242,000 kg (533,518 lbs)
- Vref in flight
- Adjusted to the weight you land at
- MSFS source
- Default Std
- Category
- Wide-Body Twin Airliner
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