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Raise the nose more slowly in the flare and stop as soon as the sink is checked; if it balloons, hold the attitude.
What happened: The flare ballooned, with 333 fpm of sink returning after the arrest; a balloon like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown, as it did here at 515 fpm.
Watch for: The runway ahead: the aircraft still sinking gently towards it through the flare, never rising.
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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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 2,910 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 302 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 15 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A320, then departed from runway 22 at Geneva Cointrin International Airport, LSGG. The takeoff distance was 1,515 meters, which accounted for 42% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 152 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 18°C temperature and a wind speed of 22 knots at 200 degrees. The crosswind was 10 knots, while the headwind was 20 knots. The enroute climb started overhead Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland, where the aircraft ascended from 2,455 feet above sea level to 34,767 feet above sea level, an increase of 32,312 feet in 19 minutes, covering a distance of 124 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, starting 1 mile southwest of Sederon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. This phase of the flight lasted 47 minutes and covered a distance of 329 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 11 miles south of Peniscola, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain. The descent from 34,853 feet above sea level to 2,575 feet above sea level, a decrease of 32,278 feet, took 20 minutes and covered a distance of 55 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting 7 miles southeast of Valencia Airport, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain. This phase of the flight lasted only 2 minutes and covered a distance of 5 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, starting 3 miles south of Valencia Airport. The descent from 2,528 feet above sea level to 1,468 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,060 feet, took 2 minutes and covered a distance of 5 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 30 at Valencia Airport was from the southeast, heading 296.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,249 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 30 was successful, with a runway length of 2,910 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 145 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 303 meters, but the touchdown speed at 141 knots was a little fast. The touchdown rate was very hard at -511 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 24°C temperature and a wind speed of 21 knots at 250 degrees. The crosswind was 15 knots, while the headwind was 14 knots. The total landing distance was 1,262 meters, which accounted for 43% of the runway. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.5 meters from the centerline.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 7 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 527 nautical miles, taking 113 minutes, and the aircraft used 4,142 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at LEVC Valencia Airport, achieving a score of 93.0%. The aircraft approached the runway from the south east, heading 296.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,249 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was made to runway 30, which has a length of 2,910 meters.
The landing was executed with good threshold height, indicating that the aircraft was at the correct altitude as it touched down on the runway. However, the threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 145 kt, which may have contributed to a slightly faster touchdown speed. The touchdown distance of 303 meters was considered good, but the touchdown speed of 141 kt was a little fast, which could have resulted in a harder touchdown.
The touchdown rate was very hard at -511 feet per minute (fpm), which may have been due to the slightly fast touchdown speed. On the other hand, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was aligned with the centerline of the runway as it touched down.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 24°C and wind speeds of 21 kt at 250°. The crosswind component was 15 kt, while the headwind component was 14 kt. These conditions did not appear to have significantly impacted the landing.
The total landing distance was 1,262 meters, which is 43% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the aircraft was able to touch down and come to a stop within a reasonable distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.5 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to the slightly fast touchdown speed or other factors.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with a score of 93.0%. However, there were some minor issues with the touchdown speed and rollout alignment, which may be addressed in future landings to improve the score.
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