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MY FS FLIGHTS
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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 31 ft off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 10,247 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,166 ft 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 9 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A320, then departed from runway 36L at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (LEMD). The takeoff distance was 5,468 feet, which was 50% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 166 knots.
As the aircraft climbed, it started to ascend from 3,023 feet above sea level to 29,157 feet above sea level, an increase of 26,134 feet in 12 minutes, covering a distance of 53 nautical miles. This enroute climb phase began 2 miles east of San Sebastian de los Reyes in the Comunidad de Madrid, Spain. Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 2 miles south east of Riofrio in Castilla y Leon, Spain, and lasted for 18 minutes, covering a distance of 120 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its descent from 29,066 feet above sea level to 7,166 feet above sea level, a decrease of 21,900 feet in 22 minutes, covering a distance of 112 nautical miles. This enroute descent phase started 7 miles south of Herreruela in Extremadura, Spain. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 5 miles east of Sesimbra in the Distrito de Setubal, Portugal, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began another descent phase from 6,635 feet above sea level to 4,070 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,565 feet in 5 minutes, covering a distance of 17 nautical miles. This descent phase started 5 miles south of Sesimbra in the Distrito de Setubal, Portugal. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 16 miles west of Sesimbra in the Distrito de Setubal, Portugal, and lasted for 5 minutes, covering a distance of 13 nautical miles.
The final descent phase began 4 miles south west of Charneca de Caparica in the Distrito de Setubal, Portugal, and the aircraft descended from 4,058 feet above sea level to 1,612 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,446 feet in 3 minutes, covering a distance of 9 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 02 at Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport, LPPT), heading 23.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,255 feet above ground level.
The aircraft landed on runway 02 at LPPT, which had a length of 10,247 feet. The threshold height was slightly above the target, and the threshold speed was well above the target at 146 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 1,177 feet, with a touchdown speed of 143 knots, which was fast. The touchdown rate was hard at -431 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit, with a wind speed of 3 knots at 320 degrees. The crosswind was 3 knots, and the headwind was 1 knot. The total landing distance was 4,014 feet, which was 39% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking from the runway, which took 8 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 340 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 84 minutes. The aircraft used
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at LPPT Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) with a score of 95.4%. The aircraft approached the runway from the south, heading 23.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,255 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with precision, and the aircraft landed on runway 02, which has a length of 10,247 feet.
The threshold height at 59 feet agl was slightly above the target, indicating a minor deviation from the ideal landing height. However, the threshold speed of 146 knots was significantly above the target, suggesting that the aircraft was traveling at a higher speed than necessary for a smooth landing. Despite this, the touchdown distance of 1,177 feet was considered good, indicating that the aircraft was able to slow down effectively before touching down.
The touchdown speed of 143 knots was slightly faster than the ideal speed, resulting in a hard touchdown rate of -431 feet per minute (fpm). This may have caused some discomfort for the passengers, but it did not compromise the safety of the aircraft. 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 favorable, with a temperature of 70°F and a wind speed of 3 knots from 320°. The crosswind component was 3 knots, while the headwind component was 1 knot. These conditions did not pose any significant challenges for the aircraft.
The total landing distance of 4,014 feet was 39% of the runway length, indicating that the aircraft was able to stop within a reasonable distance. The runway rollout alignment was very good, suggesting that the aircraft was able to maintain its alignment with the runway centerline during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with a score of 95.4% reflecting the minor deviations from the ideal landing parameters.
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