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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 5.3 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 241 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 328 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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,132 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 666 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 07 at EGGW London Luton Airport. The aircraft, an Airbus A320, took off with a takeoff distance of 1,123 meters, which was 54% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 144 knots. At the time of departure, the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 34 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 11 knots from a direction of 140 degrees. The crosswind component was 10 knots, while the headwind component was 4 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb 1 mile east of EGGW London Luton Airport. The climb started from an altitude of 1,417 feet above sea level and continued to an altitude of 32,469 feet above sea level, an increase of 31,052 feet in just 16 minutes. During this climb, the aircraft covered a distance of 96 nautical miles.
After reaching the cruising altitude, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started overhead Taddington in Derbyshire, England. This phase lasted for 16 minutes and covered a distance of 30 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent from the cruising altitude, starting overhead Todmorden in Calderdale, England. The descent from 32,445 feet above sea level to 27,120 feet above sea level was a decrease of 5,325 feet in just 5 minutes, covering a distance of 36 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 2 miles south east of Sedbergh in Cumbria, England. This phase lasted for 5 minutes and covered a distance of 34 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent again, starting 2 miles south of Cumwhinton in Cumbria, England. The descent from 26,490 feet above sea level to 2,051 feet above sea level was a decrease of 24,439 feet in 19 minutes, covering a distance of 73 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 3 miles east of Kinghorn in Fife, Scotland. This phase lasted for 3 minutes and covered a distance of 7 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 24 at EGPH Edinburgh Airport, approaching from the north east with a heading of 239.0 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,258 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 24 at EGPH Edinburgh Airport was successful, with a touchdown speed of 128 knots and a touchdown rate of -260 feet per minute. However, the touchdown point was 250 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.3 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 24 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 7 knots from a direction of 40 degrees, with a crosswind component of 2 knots and a tailwind component of 7 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,442 meters, which was 68% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 9.8 meters from the centreline. The total flight distance was 282 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 57 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 2,334 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at Edinburgh Airport (EGPH) on runway 24, achieving a score of 91.9%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north east, heading 239.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,258 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot maintained a good threshold height and speed, touching down at 137 knots.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft landed 250 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, with a speed of 128 knots. However, the touchdown rate was slightly below average at -260 feet per minute (fpm), which could be considered fair. The runway touchdown position was also slightly misaligned by 6.3 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 24°C and a gentle wind of 7 knots at 40°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, while the tailwind component was 7 knots. These conditions likely contributed to the smooth landing.
The total landing distance was 1,442 meters, which is 68% of the runway length. This indicates that the aircraft had sufficient runway remaining for a safe stop. However, the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 9.8 meters from the centerline, which may require further attention from the pilot.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there are areas for improvement, particularly in terms of touchdown rate and runway alignment. With some adjustments to the pilot's technique, the score could potentially be improved.
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