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Reduce power earlier on final so threshold speed settles at 136 kt instead of carrying it into the flare.
What happened: You crossed the threshold at 152 kt, well above the 136 kt target speed, and that excess speed was still showing at touchdown. Crossing the threshold fast usually carries straight through to a fast touchdown.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against 136 kt on short final.
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 1,529 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 275 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 5 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The Airbus A320 then departed from runway 12 at Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (LEMG), with a takeoff distance of 1,180 meters, which accounted for 43% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 158 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 31°C temperature and winds of 5 knots at 10°. The crosswind was 5 knots, while the tailwind was 2 knots. The enroute climb began approximately 1 mile east of the airport, where the aircraft ascended from 1,054 feet above sea level to 12,037 feet above sea level, an increase of 10,983 feet in just 4 minutes, covering a distance of 17 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 7 miles south of Fuengirola, where the aircraft descended from 12,141 feet above sea level to 1,365 feet above sea level, a decrease of 10,776 feet in 8 minutes, covering a distance of 33 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 27 at Gibraltar Airport (LXGB) was made from the east, with the aircraft heading 268.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,324 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 27 at LXGB was successful, with the aircraft touching down at a speed of 146 knots, which was slightly faster than the target speed. The touchdown distance was good at 275 meters, but the touchdown rate was fair at -251 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.6 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 24°C temperature and winds of 13 knots at 240°, with a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 11 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,074 meters, which accounted for 70% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 8.2 meters from the centreline. Taxiing to the parking area from the runway took less than 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 58 nautical miles, taking 20 minutes, and the aircraft used 893 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at Gibraltar Airport, achieving a score of 95.8%. The aircraft approached the runway from the east, heading 268.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,324 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was made to runway 27, which has a length of 1,529 meters.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down with a speed of 146 knots, which was slightly above the target speed. The touchdown distance of 275 meters was considered good, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. However, the touchdown rate of -251 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair, suggesting that the aircraft could have been brought down more gently.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 4.6 meters, which may have been due to factors such as wind or pilot error. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 24°C, with a wind speed of 13 knots from 240°. This resulted in a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 11 knots, which may have affected the aircraft's alignment during landing.
The total landing distance of 1,074 meters was 70% of the runway length, indicating that the aircraft was able to stop within a reasonable distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned from the centerline by 8.2 meters, which may have been due to the same factors that affected the initial touchdown position.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft achieving a high score despite some minor deviations from the ideal touchdown position and rollout alignment.
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