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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 8.2 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Begin raising the nose earlier, by 11 ft, so the flare has time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
What happened: The flare began late at 0.9 ft, 10 ft below the normal band, and a late flare like this usually leaves too little time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and start the flare in the normal band, around 11 ft.
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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 3,365 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 276 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 Mobile Regional Airport, taking 6 minutes and covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. The departure roll took place on runway 33, with the aircraft lifting off at a speed of 171 knots after covering 60% of the runway's length, which was 1,548 meters.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 7°C temperature and a wind speed of 9 knots at 339 degrees. The crosswind was minimal at 2 knots, while the headwind was 9 knots. The enroute climb began approximately 1 mile northwest of the airport, with the aircraft ascending from an altitude of 1,318 feet above sea level to 36,987 feet, an increase of 35,669 feet in 22 minutes, covering a distance of 138 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 5 miles southwest of Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida. This phase lasted for 12 minutes, during which the aircraft covered a distance of 100 nautical miles. The enroute descent began 56 miles southeast of F47 St George Island Apalachicola, with the aircraft descending from 37,014 feet to 1,350 feet, a decrease of 35,663 feet in 25 minutes, covering a distance of 109 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its final approach to runway 01L at Tampa International Airport from the south, heading 2.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,329 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing took place on a runway with a length of 3,365 meters, with the threshold height being slightly above the target at 59 feet above ground level. The threshold speed was also slightly above target at 142 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 273 meters, with the touchdown speed being 146 knots, which was slightly faster than desired. The touchdown rate was heavy at -658 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the local weather conditions at the time of landing were 11°C temperature and a wind speed of 21 knots at 350 degrees, with a crosswind of 4 knots and a headwind of 21 knots.
Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, taking 2 minutes and covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 355 nautical miles, with the flight lasting 70 minutes and consuming 2,837 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed on runway 01L at KTPA Tampa International Airport, achieving a score of 93.8%. The aircraft approached the runway from the south, heading 2.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,329 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with precision, and the aircraft landed on the runway with a touchdown distance of 273 meters, which was considered good.
However, the touchdown speed of 146 knots was slightly above the target, indicating that the aircraft may have been slightly fast on touchdown. This could be attributed to the pilot's decision to flare the aircraft slightly late or not enough, resulting in a higher touchdown speed. Additionally, the touchdown rate of -658 feet per minute (fpm) was considered heavy, suggesting that the aircraft may have touched down with a higher rate of descent than desired.
Despite these minor issues, 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 11°C and a wind speed of 21 knots from a direction of 350°. The crosswind component was minimal at 4 knots, while the headwind component was 21 knots, which would have helped to slow the aircraft down during the approach.
The total landing distance of 1,235 meters was 37% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's weight and the wind conditions. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, indicating that the aircraft was aligned with the runway centerline during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft touching down safely on the runway and coming to a stop without any issues.
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