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Improve the rollout
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.
At the 1,000 ft gate: off the centreline.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 3,006 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 3,006 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 109 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft, an MD-11, taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (LHBP). This taxiing process took 12 minutes and covered a distance of 5 nautical miles. The aircraft then departed from runway 13R, with a takeoff distance of 2,103 meters, which is 70% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 168 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 17 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 8 knots from a direction of 240 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 8 knots and a tailwind of 2 knots. The aircraft then entered a left-hand pattern, which involved a turn from the runway 13R. The distance covered during this turn was less than 1 nautical mile in 123 seconds.
As the aircraft continued its left-hand pattern, it encountered a crosswind from runway 13R, which it navigated in a distance of less than 1 nautical mile in just 13 seconds. The pattern then involved a downwind turn, with a distance of 6 nautical miles and an angle to the runway of 45 degrees, which was 36.1 degrees. The downwind leg itself covered a distance of 3 nautical miles in 63 seconds.
The aircraft then began its base leg turn, which covered a distance of 5 nautical miles and had an angle to the runway of 45 degrees, which was 131.5 degrees. The base leg itself was 1 nautical mile in length and took 27 seconds to complete. The final turn, which brought the aircraft onto the final approach, covered a distance of 6 nautical miles in 193 seconds.
The final approach to runway 13R was made from the north-west, with a heading of 108.0 degrees at an altitude of 2 nautical miles and 993 feet above ground level. The landing on the runway was successful, with a touchdown distance of 111 meters and a touchdown speed of 153 knots. However, the touchdown rate was heavy at -609 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 12.5 meters from the centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 5 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 2 knots from a direction of 359 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a tailwind of 1 knot. The total landing distance was 3,604 meters, which is 120% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 24.4 meters from the centreline.
The total flight distance was 25 nautical miles, and the flight took 15 minutes to complete. The aircraft used a total of 34,988 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The MD-11 aircraft successfully landed on runway 13R at LHBP Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport, but with some notable deviations from optimal performance. The final approach was initiated from the north-west, heading 108.0° at 2 nautical miles and 993 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway with a speed of 153 kt, which was within the acceptable range.
However, the touchdown rate was heavy at -609 feet per minute (fpm), indicating a steeper descent than desired. This could be attributed to the pilot's decision to touch down slightly below the target threshold speed of 154 kt. The touchdown distance of 111 meters was good, but the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 12.5 meters from the centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 5°C and a wind speed of 2 kt from 359°. This resulted in a negligible crosswind and tailwind component, which should have made the landing easier. The total landing distance of 3,604 meters was 120% of the runway length, indicating that the aircraft took a bit longer to come to a stop than expected.
During the rollout, the aircraft's alignment was again misaligned by 24.4 meters from the centreline, suggesting that the pilots may have struggled to maintain a straight course after touchdown. Overall, while the landing was successful, there were some areas for improvement, particularly in terms of touchdown rate and rollout alignment.
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