Amsterdam Schiphol Airport uses Continuous Descent Approaches during night time operations only, due to reduced runway capacity caused by unpredictable individual aircraft behavior. The Three-Degree Decelerating Approach (TDDA) has been developed to increase predictability and runway capacity by switching the separation task from Air Traffic Control to the pilot on board the aircraft. The research described in this paper identifies the factors that influence the control space of aircraft performing a TDDA in a real-life application. Control space is defined as the difference between the maximum and minimum duration to perform the TDDA. Using different control strategies, a fast approach or slow approach can be flown. A fast-time simulation tool was built to perform simulations with different aircraft types, initial weights, wind speeds and directions. The simulations show that the influence of wind direction depends on aircraft aerodynamic characteristics, which in turn depend on the drag characteristics of the aircraft and aircraft weight. Furthermore, the results can be used to determine whether a TDDA can be executed using different aircraft, different route properties and under different wind conditions.