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Departure
Reduce climb power to bring speed back to 168 kt and hold it there.
What happened: Climb speed was 39 kt fast at 207 kt during the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 168 kt in the climb
Arrival
Hold the approach aim point and let the aircraft settle onto 457 m instead of holding it off in the flare.
What happened: Touchdown point came 148 m past the target, landing at 605 m against the 457 m aim point, with threshold speed and the flare both within limits.
Watch for: Touchdown distance marker: 457 m from the threshold.
Speed at this height is usually bought with gradient. It's rarely dangerous and it's often just an early acceleration, but with flaps still out you may be heading towards the flap limit and a flat fast climb puts you at the acceleration altitude with the cleaning-up still to do.
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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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,641 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 605 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A321ceo taxied from the parking area to runway 02 at LPPT Humberto Delgado Airport, covering 1 nm in 5 minutes.
During the departure roll on runway 02, the aircraft accelerated over a takeoff distance of 1,481 m, representing 40 % of the runway, and lifted off at 163 kt. Local weather at the time was temperature 22 °C, wind 5 kt from 269°, with a 5 kt crosswind component and a 2 kt tailwind.
Climb commenced overhead Camarate (Distrito de Lisboa, Portugal), with the flight climbing from 1,310 ft asl to 37,904 ft asl - an increase of 36,594 ft - in 26 minutes while covering 179 nm.
The first cruise segment began 4 miles north of Galegos (Distrito de Braga, Portugal) and continued for 75 minutes, during which 577 nm were flown.
Descent started 11 miles north-east of Omonville-la-Rogue (Normandie, France), descending from 37,848 ft asl to 7,274 ft asl - a loss of 30,574 ft - in 15 minutes and covering 99 nm.
A brief cruise followed, initiating 1 mile south of Ripley (Surrey, England) and lasting 2 minutes for a distance of 6 nm.
The subsequent descent began overhead EG86 Rushett Farm, Chessington (Greater London, England), dropping from 7,010 ft asl to 1,389 ft asl - a decrease of 5,621 ft - in 6 minutes while covering 22 nm.
Final approach to runway 27L at EGLL London Heathrow Airport reduced altitude from 1,353 ft agl to 61 ft agl in 99 seconds, and the aircraft scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 27L, whose length is 3,641 m, was achieved with a threshold speed of 136 kt. Touchdown occurred 236 m beyond the touchdown zone at 131 kt, with a smooth touchdown rate of minus 126 fpm and perfect runway-touchdown alignment. Local weather reported temperature 20 °C, wind 3 kt from 89°, zero crosswind and a 3 kt tailwind. The total landing distance was 1,359 m, representing 37 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was perfect.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a maneuver that took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 892 nm, required 133 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 6,021 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 27 at EGGP Liverpool John Lennon Airport was flown from the east on a heading of 266.0° at 4 nm and 1,292 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits, and the aircraft descended from 1,352 ft agl to 45 ft agl in 110 seconds. Local weather was 17 °C with wind 9 kt from 280°, a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 9 kt head-wind.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 135 kt. The flare was executed from the established height and speed, preparing for touchdown.
Touchdown occurred 314 m down the runway, a distance described as good, with a speed of 133 kt that was a little fast. The touchdown rate was hard at minus 432 fpm and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 4.4 m from the centreline. Total landing distance was 974 m, representing 43 % of the 2,284 m runway.
Rollout alignment was very good, keeping the aircraft centred for the remainder of the ground run.
To reduce the hard touchdown, a slightly earlier flare with a smoother pitch transition is recommended to lower the descent rate. Managing the approach speed to meet the 135 kt target will also help achieve a gentler touchdown while maintaining the current excellent rollout alignment.
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