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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 13 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 166 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 211 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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.
At the 500 ft gate: speed below 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 2,507 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 461 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 26 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A32NX, then departed from runway 22R at EKCH Copenhagen Kastrup Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,645 meters, which is 55% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 156 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 12 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 12 knots from a direction of 259 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 8 knots and a headwind of 9 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 2 miles west of Dragor in Region Hovedstaden, Denmark. The climb took 22 minutes and covered a distance of 124 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,010 feet above sea level to 36,940 feet above sea level, an increase of 35,930 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 3 miles northwest of Paryd in Kalmar, Sweden. This phase lasted for 28 minutes and covered a distance of 215 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 6 miles northwest of Silale in Taurage County, Lithuania. The descent took 24 minutes and covered a distance of 124 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 36,936 feet above sea level to 2,017 feet above sea level, a decrease of 34,919 feet.
The final approach to runway 19 at EYVI Vilnius International Airport was made from the north, with a heading of 202.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,377 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on runway 19, which has a length of 2,507 meters. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 4 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 8 knots from a direction of 180 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 8 knots.
The landing was successful, with a threshold speed of 128 knots and a touchdown speed of 120 knots. The touchdown distance was 462 meters, which is 47% of the runway length. The touchdown rate was fair at -276 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, and the runway rollout alignment was also very good.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 474 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 91 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 2,988 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A32NX successfully landed at EYVI Vilnius International Airport, demonstrating a high level of proficiency in its flight operations. The aircraft approached the runway from the north, heading 202.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,377 feet above ground level (agl). This approach was executed with precision, as evidenced by the good threshold height and speed of 128 knots upon touchdown.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway at a distance of 462 meters, which is well within the acceptable range. The touchdown speed of 120 knots was also satisfactory, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. However, the touchdown rate of -276 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair, suggesting that the aircraft may have experienced a slight bounce or oscillation upon touchdown.
Despite this minor issue, the overall performance of the aircraft was impressive. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway centerline at the moment of touchdown. This is crucial for safe and efficient landing operations.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 4°C and a wind speed of 8 knots from 180°. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 8 knots, which the aircraft successfully managed during the landing process.
The total landing distance of 1,169 meters was 47% of the runway length, indicating that the aircraft was able to stop safely within a reasonable distance. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, suggesting that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway centerline during the rollout phase.
Overall, this landing operation demonstrates the Airbus A32NX's capabilities and the pilot's expertise in executing a safe and efficient landing at EYVI Vilnius International Airport.
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