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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 5 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,570 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 449 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, an RJ85, then departed from runway 20 at LFKJ Ajaccio-Napoléon Bonaparte Airport. The takeoff distance was 892 meters, which accounted for 41% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 133 knots, and the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 26°C and a wind speed of 8 knots at 200°.
As the aircraft climbed out of Ajaccio-Napoléon Bonaparte Airport, it began its enroute climb, which started 1 mile south of the airport. The climb took 17 minutes and covered 79 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from 1,021 feet above sea level to 28,178 feet above sea level, an increase of 27,157 feet. The enroute level cruise then began 44 miles southeast of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France, and lasted for 23 minutes, covering 143 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 3 miles northwest of Termignon, France, and took 14 minutes to descend from 28,383 feet above sea level to 6,040 feet above sea level, a decrease of 22,343 feet. The descent covered 53 nautical miles. The aircraft then leveled off overhead Chilly, France, for 3 minutes, covering 7 nautical miles. Another descent started overhead Saint-Germain-sur-Rhone, France, and took 4 minutes to descend from 5,988 feet above sea level to 2,684 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,303 feet. This descent covered 12 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 04 at LSGG Geneva Cointrin International Airport was made from the southwest, heading 46.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,287 feet above ground level. The landing was successful, with a touchdown speed of 110 knots and a touchdown distance of 450 meters. The touchdown rate was fair at -278 feet per minute, but the runway touchdown alignment was perfect. The local weather conditions at Geneva Cointrin International Airport were characterized by a temperature of 14°C and a wind speed of 8 knots at 46°.
The total landing distance was 1,410 meters, which accounted for 39% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect. After landing, the aircraft took 5 minutes to taxi to the parking from the runway, covering less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 302 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 75 minutes. The aircraft used 2,577 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The aircraft in question, an RJ85, successfully landed at Geneva Cointrin International Airport (LSGG) with a score of 99.2%. The final approach was conducted from the southwest, heading 46.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,287 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft then landed on runway 04, which has a length of 3,570 meters.
The threshold height was reported as good, and the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 121 knots. The touchdown distance was also satisfactory at 450 meters. The touchdown speed of 110 knots was within acceptable limits, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. However, the touchdown rate of -278 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair, suggesting that the aircraft may have touched down slightly harder than desired.
Despite this, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was well-aligned with the runway centerline at the moment of touchdown. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 14°C and a wind speed of 8 knots from a direction of 46°. This resulted in a crosswind of 0 knots and a headwind of 8 knots, which likely contributed to the slightly higher touchdown speed.
The total landing distance of 1,410 meters was 39% of the runway length, indicating that the aircraft was able to stop within a reasonable distance. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect, suggesting that the aircraft was well-controlled during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft meeting most of the desired criteria.
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