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MY FS FLIGHTS
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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 14 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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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 2,395 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 519 m past the threshold — beyond 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 9 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The Airbus A319 then departed from runway 27L at London Heathrow Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,585 meters, which accounted for 47% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 167 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 18°C temperature and a wind speed of 25 knots at 230 degrees. The crosswind was 16 knots, while the headwind was 19 knots. The enroute climb started approximately 1 mile south east of Colnbrook, a town in Slough, England, and involved a significant increase in altitude from 1,077 feet above sea level to 32,253 feet above sea level, a rise of 31,176 feet in just 14 minutes. This climb covered a distance of 85 nautical miles.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which began 7 miles south east of Orford in Suffolk, England. This phase lasted for 10 minutes and covered a distance of 86 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, which started 15 miles north west of Scheveningen in the Provincie Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands. The descent from 32,047 feet above sea level to 17,045 feet above sea level, a decrease of 15,002 feet in just 9 minutes, covered a distance of 63 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 1 mile east of Kootwijkerbroek in the Provincie Gelderland, The Netherlands. This phase lasted for 5 minutes and covered a distance of 33 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, which started 2 miles west of Aalten in the Provincie Gelderland, The Netherlands. The descent from 16,345 feet above sea level to 1,423 feet above sea level, a decrease of 14,922 feet in 14 minutes, covered a distance of 37 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 23L at Düsseldorf Airport was made from the north east, with a heading of 233.0 degrees at an altitude of 4 nautical miles and 1,287 feet above ground level. The aircraft landed on the runway, which had a length of 2,395 meters. The threshold height at 56 feet above ground level was slightly above the target, but the threshold speed was good at 125 knots.
The touchdown point was 146 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 113 knots, which was good. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -274 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, but the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.6 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 11°C temperature and a wind speed of 15 knots at 160 degrees, with a crosswind of 15 knots and a headwind of 5 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,334 meters, which accounted for 56% of the runway. The total flight distance was 314 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 63 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 2,511 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A319 successfully landed at EDDL Düsseldorf Airport, achieving a score of 94.7%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north east, heading 233.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,287 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was made to runway 23L, which has a length of 2,395 meters.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 146 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a speed of 113 knots, which was considered good. The touchdown rate of -274 feet per minute (fpm) was fair, indicating a slightly steeper descent than ideal. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was aligned with the centerline of the runway at the moment of touchdown.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 11°C and a wind speed of 15 knots from a direction of 160°. This resulted in a crosswind of 15 knots and a headwind of 5 knots. The aircraft's performance in these conditions was satisfactory, with the touchdown speed and alignment being good.
However, there were some minor issues with the landing. The threshold height at 56 feet agl was slightly above the target, indicating that the aircraft may have been slightly high on final approach. Additionally, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.6 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to the aircraft's speed or control inputs during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft achieving a good touchdown speed and alignment. However, there were some minor issues with the threshold height and runway rollout alignment, which may be addressed in future training or operations.
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