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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 2,021 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,021 m of the 3,186 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 480 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A320 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport, taking 16 minutes and covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. The departure roll took place on runway 15, with a takeoff distance of 1,352 meters, which accounted for 42% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 163 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 8°C temperature and a wind speed of 6 knots at 100°. The crosswind was 4 knots, while the headwind was 3 knots. The enroute climb started overhead Fuhlsbuettel, a suburb of Hamburg, Germany, and continued to an altitude of 37,201 feet above sea level, an increase of 36,163 feet in 21 minutes, covering a distance of 129 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 5 miles south east of Store Heddinge, a town in the Region Sjaelland, Denmark, and lasted for 60 minutes, covering a distance of 416 nautical miles. The enroute descent started 3 miles north of Korppoo, a municipality in the Varsinais-Suomi region of Finland, and descended from 36,962 feet to 1,374 feet above sea level, a decrease of 35,588 feet in 22 minutes, covering a distance of 105 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 22L at Helsinki Vantaa Airport was made from the north east, heading 228.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,210 feet above ground level. The landing took place on the 3,186-meter-long runway, with a good threshold height. The threshold speed was slightly above the target at 137 knots. The touchdown point was 61 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 128 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -222 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.5 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 4°C temperature and a wind speed of 4 knots at 250°. The crosswind was 2 knots, while the headwind was 4 knots. The total landing distance was 1,938 meters, which accounted for 61% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. Taxiing to the parking area from the runway took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 661 nautical miles, taking 117 minutes, and the aircraft used 4,695 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at EFHK Helsinki Vantaa Airport on runway 22L, achieving a high score of 98.4%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north east, heading 228.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,210 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with good control, and the aircraft touched down on the runway with a slight misalignment of 4.5 meters from the centerline.
The touchdown speed of 128 knots was slightly above the target speed, indicating that the pilot may have been a bit aggressive during the landing. However, the touchdown rate of -222 feet per minute (fpm) was considered fair, suggesting that the aircraft was able to absorb the impact of landing without excessive deceleration. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 137 knots.
The landing distance of 1,938 meters was 61% of the runway length, indicating that the aircraft was able to stop within a reasonable distance. The runway rollout alignment was very good, suggesting that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase. The local weather conditions were calm, with a temperature of 4°C and a wind speed of 4 knots from 250°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, while the headwind component was 4 knots, which helped to reduce the landing distance.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft touching down on the runway and coming to a stop within a reasonable distance. However, there were some minor issues with the touchdown speed and alignment, which could be addressed in future landings to improve the score.
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