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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 10 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 390 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 471 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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 1,556 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,556 m of the 4,095 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 589 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A319 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at MMQT Querétaro Intercontinental Airport, a process that took 5 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. Departure roll took place on runway 09, with the aircraft lifting off after a takeoff distance of 1,974 meters, which was 57% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 148 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 26 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 18 knots at a direction of 59 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 12 knots and a headwind of 14 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile east of the airport and rising from an altitude of 7,280 feet above sea level to 38,378 feet above sea level, an increase of 31,099 feet in 19 minutes, covering a distance of 110 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 6 miles east of Ciudad del Maiz in the Estado de San Luis Potosi, Mexico. This phase lasted for 76 minutes and covered a distance of 545 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 9 miles northeast of 76TA Canadian River Ranch Airport in Adrian, Texas, and descending from 38,427 feet above sea level to 12,494 feet above sea level, a decrease of 25,933 feet in 14 minutes, covering a distance of 90 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 2 miles northeast of Forest Hill in Texas and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, starting 1 mile southeast of Hurst in Texas and descending from 12,490 feet above sea level to 1,905 feet above sea level, a decrease of 10,586 feet in 9 minutes, covering a distance of 12 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 18R at KDFW Dallas Fort Worth International Airport was made from the north, with the aircraft heading 180 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,329 feet above ground level. The landing took place on the runway, which had a length of 4,095 meters. The threshold height was above the target, and the threshold speed was well above the target at 140 knots.
The touchdown point was 165 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 128 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was hard at -486 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.3 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 32 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 22 knots at a direction of 180 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 0 knots and a headwind of 22 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,468 meters, which was 36% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.4 meters from the centerline. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area from the runway, a process that took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 773 nautical miles, taking 131 minutes, and the aircraft used 4,666 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A319 aircraft successfully landed on runway 18R at KDFW Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, but the landing was not without some issues. The final approach was initiated from the north, heading 180.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,329 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, but the touchdown point was 165 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight deviation from the intended landing spot.
The touchdown speed of 128 knots was a little fast, which could have contributed to the hard touchdown rate of -486 feet per minute (fpm). The runway touchdown position was also misaligned by 9.3 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to the pilot's judgment or the aircraft's performance. The threshold height at 61 feet agl was above the target, and the threshold speed was well above the target at 140 knots, indicating that the aircraft was descending and slowing down more quickly than intended.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 32°C and a wind speed of 22 knots from 180°. This resulted in a headwind of 22 knots, which may have affected the aircraft's performance and the pilot's decision-making. The crosswind was negligible, with a speed of 0 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,468 meters, which accounted for 36% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, but it may have been influenced by the aircraft's speed and the wind conditions. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.4 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to the pilot's attempt to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was successful, but it highlights some areas for improvement, such as maintaining a more accurate touchdown point, reducing the touchdown speed, and improving the runway rollout alignment. The pilot's performance and decision-making were likely influenced by the weather conditions and the aircraft's performance, and further training or adjustments may be necessary to achieve a more optimal landing.
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