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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.
At the 500 ft gate: off the centreline.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,063 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 470 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 9 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an RJ85, then departed from runway 30 at Václav Havel Airport Prague, with a takeoff distance of 1,138 meters, which was 35% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 135 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of 27°C temperature and a wind speed of 6 knots at 270°. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the headwind was 5 knots. After departure, the aircraft began its enroute climb, starting overhead Knezeves in the Czech Republic. The climb took 21 minutes, during which the aircraft ascended from 2,188 feet above sea level to 31,233 feet, an increase of 29,046 feet. The distance covered during this period was 109 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, starting 3 miles north of Pottenstein in Bavaria, Germany. This cruise phase lasted for 37 minutes and covered a distance of 248 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 1 mile north of Gletterens in Switzerland. The descent took 22 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from 31,370 feet to 4,518 feet, a decrease of 26,852 feet. The distance covered during this period was 106 nautical miles.
After the descent, the aircraft entered another level cruise, starting 1 mile north of Chirens in France. This cruise phase was brief, lasting only 3 minutes and covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 27 at Grenoble-Isère Airport, flying from the east at a heading of 270.0°. The aircraft was at an altitude of 4 nautical miles and 1,291 feet above ground level.
The landing was made on runway 27, which had a length of 3,063 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 118 knots. The touchdown point was 49 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 108 knots, which was good. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -280 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 11.4 meters from the centerline.
The total landing distance was 1,079 meters, which was 35% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.9 meters from the centerline. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking, which took 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 480 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 97 minutes. The aircraft used 3,193 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The aircraft in question, an RJ85, successfully landed at LFLS Grenoble-Isère Airport with a score of 94.5%. The final approach was conducted from the east, heading 270.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,291 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft then landed on runway 27, which has a length of 3,063 meters.
The landing was deemed good, with a threshold height that met the required standards. The threshold speed was also satisfactory at 118 knots. However, the touchdown point was 49 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which may indicate a slight deviation from the intended landing path. The touchdown speed of 108 knots was considered good, but the touchdown rate of -280 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 11.4 meters from the centerline, which may have contributed to the slight deviation from the intended landing path. The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 27°C and a wind speed of 5 knots from a direction of 20°. The crosswind component was 5 knots, while the tailwind component was 2 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,079 meters, which is 35% 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 9.9 meters from the centerline, which may indicate some difficulty in maintaining a straight course during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was considered good, with some minor deviations from the intended path. The aircraft's performance was satisfactory, and the pilot was able to bring the aircraft to a safe stop within a reasonable distance.
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