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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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One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,664 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,664 m of the 3,216 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 148 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft, an Airbus A319, taxiing from the parking area to the runway at LSZH Zürich Airport. This process took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The departure roll took place on runway 16, and the takeoff distance was 1,057 meters, which is 33% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 161 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 6°C and a wind speed of 4 knots at 149 degrees. The crosswind was negligible, but there was a headwind of 4 knots. The aircraft climbed to a height of 37,591 feet above sea level, an increase of 35,088 feet from the initial altitude of 2,503 feet. This climb took 17 minutes and covered a distance of 86 nautical miles.
Once the aircraft reached cruising altitude, it began its enroute level cruise, which started 1 mile southwest of Winterbach in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. This phase of the flight lasted 25 minutes and covered a distance of 175 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 1 mile southwest of EDID Weper Airfield Hardegsen in Lower Saxony, Germany. The descent took 36 minutes and covered a distance of 121 nautical miles, during which the aircraft decreased its altitude from 37,756 feet to 1,343 feet.
The final approach to runway 15 at EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport was made from the northwest, with the aircraft heading 153.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,294 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing took place on runway 15, which has a length of 3,216 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was slightly below the target at 123 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 148 meters, and the touchdown speed was 122 knots, which was also good. However, the touchdown rate was hard at -403 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the runway rollout alignment was also perfect. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 0°C and a wind speed of 5 knots at 130 degrees, with a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 5 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,578 meters, which is 49% of the runway length. The total flight distance was 391 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 85 minutes. The aircraft used 3,121 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A319 successfully landed at EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport, achieving a high score of 97.3%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north-west, heading 153.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,294 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with precision, and the aircraft landed safely on runway 15, which has a length of 3,216 meters.
The threshold height was good, indicating that the aircraft was at the correct altitude as it approached the runway. However, the threshold speed was slightly below the target speed of 123 knots, which may have been due to the aircraft's descent rate or the pilot's decision to slow down slightly before touchdown. Despite this, the touchdown distance was good at 148 meters, and the touchdown speed of 122 knots was also within acceptable limits.
The touchdown rate, however, was hard at -403 feet per minute (fpm), which may indicate that the aircraft touched down with a slightly higher than ideal rate. Nevertheless, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was aligned with the runway centerline at the moment of touchdown.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 0°C and a wind speed of 5 knots from a direction of 130°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, while the headwind component was 5 knots, which helped to reduce the aircraft's ground speed and make the landing more stable.
The total landing distance was 1,578 meters, which is 49% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the aircraft was able to touch down and stop within a reasonable distance. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect, indicating that the aircraft was aligned with the runway centerline as it rolled out after touchdown.
Overall, the landing was executed with precision and control, and the aircraft was able to touch down safely on the runway. The high score of 97.3% reflects the pilot's skill and the aircraft's performance in challenging weather conditions.
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