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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 5 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 24 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 24 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 24 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 1,723 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,723 m of the 3,516 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 506 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 11 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The Airbus A320 then departed from runway 08 at KJAX Jacksonville International Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,838 meters, which was 60% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 158 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of a temperature of 33 degrees Celsius and winds of 3 knots at 30 degrees. The crosswind was 2 knots, and the headwind was also 2 knots. After departing from Jacksonville, the aircraft began its enroute climb, which started 1 mile southwest of The Villages Regional Hospital Heliport in The Villages, Florida. The climb took 23 minutes and covered a distance of 134 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from 1,056 feet above sea level to 30,063 feet above sea level, an increase of 29,007 feet.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started overhead Pineview, Georgia. This phase lasted for 268 minutes and covered a distance of 1,827 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 2 miles north of Tuolumne City Airport in Tuolumne City, California. The descent took 20 minutes and covered a distance of 97 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from 29,549 feet above sea level to 1,310 feet above sea level, a decrease of 28,238 feet.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its final approach to runway 28R at KSFO San Francisco International Airport. The approach was made from the southeast, with a heading of 298.0 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,289 feet above ground level. The aircraft landed on the runway, which had a length of 3,516 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 136 knots.
The touchdown point was 94 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was a little fast at 128 knots. However, the touchdown rate was good at -186 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the runway rollout alignment was also perfect. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 17 degrees Celsius and winds of 10 knots at 280 degrees. The crosswind was 3 knots, and the headwind was 10 knots.
After landing, the aircraft taxiied to the parking area, a process that took 5 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 2,067 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 329 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 12,282 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed on runway 28R at San Francisco International Airport (KSFO) with a score of 99.3%. The aircraft approached the runway from the southeast, heading 298.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,289 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot maintained a good threshold height, which is a critical aspect of a safe landing.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's threshold speed was within the acceptable range at 136 knots. However, the touchdown speed of 128 knots was slightly faster than the ideal speed, which could have resulted in a longer landing distance. The touchdown rate of -186 feet per minute (fpm) was good, indicating a controlled descent. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, which is essential for a smooth landing.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 17°C and a wind speed of 10 knots from 280°. The crosswind component was minimal at 3 knots, while the headwind component was 10 knots, which helped to reduce the landing distance. The total landing distance of 1,647 meters was 47% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing distance.
During the rollout, the aircraft maintained perfect alignment with the runway, which is crucial for a safe and controlled taxiing process. Overall, the landing was successful, and the pilot's skills and experience were evident in the execution of the maneuver.
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