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Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed above the reference speed.
At the 500 ft gate: speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,806 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 260 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 8 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The Airbus A321 then departed from runway 08 at EFTU Turku Airport, with a takeoff distance of 949 meters, which accounted for 38% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 155 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of 5°C temperature and a wind speed of 11 knots at 160 degrees. The crosswind was 11 knots, while the headwind was 3 knots. After departing from Turku Airport, the enroute climb started overhead the airport, with the aircraft ascending from 1,197 feet above sea level to 16,334 feet above sea level, an increase of 15,137 feet in 7 minutes and covering a distance of 36 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 8 miles northwest of Hanko, Finland, and lasted for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 23 nautical miles. The enroute descent started 16 miles south of Hanko, with the aircraft descending from 16,366 feet above sea level to 1,426 feet above sea level, a decrease of 14,940 feet in 11 minutes and covering a distance of 49 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 08 at EETN Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport was made from the west, with the aircraft heading 90 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,279 feet above ground level. However, a go-around was initiated at 36 feet above ground level. The aircraft then landed on runway 08, with a touchdown distance of 261 meters, which was considered good. The touchdown speed was slightly above the target at 135 knots, while the touchdown rate was firm at -327 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.6 meters from the centerline, and the local weather conditions at the time of landing were 0°C temperature and a wind speed of 16 knots at 170 degrees, with a crosswind of 16 knots and a headwind of 3 knots. The total landing distance was 1,187 meters, which accounted for 42% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxiied to the parking area, a process that took 5 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 126 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 45 minutes. The aircraft used 2,095 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed at EETN Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport, achieving a score of 95.2%. The final approach to runway 08 was conducted from the west, heading 90.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,279 feet above ground level.
The landing was executed on runway 08, which has a length of 2,806 meters. The threshold height was reported as good, indicating that the aircraft was at the correct height as it approached the runway. However, the threshold speed was slightly below the target speed of 120 knots, but this was not a significant deviation.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's touchdown distance was good at 261 meters, indicating that the pilot had maintained control and managed the descent effectively. However, the touchdown speed of 131 knots was slightly above the target speed, suggesting that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to achieve a smoother touchdown.
The touchdown rate was firm at -327 feet per minute, which is a typical rate for a commercial airliner. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.6 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment during the final approach.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 0°C and a wind speed of 16 knots from a direction of 170°. This resulted in a crosswind component of 16 knots and a headwind component of 3 knots. Despite these challenging conditions, the pilot was able to maintain control and execute a safe landing.
The total landing distance was 1,187 meters, which is 42% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the pilot had managed the descent effectively and maintained control throughout the approach. The runway rollout alignment was very good, suggesting that the pilot had maintained control and alignment during the rollout phase of the landing.
Overall, the landing was executed safely and effectively, with the pilot demonstrating good control and management of the aircraft throughout the approach and landing phases.
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