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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.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,040 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 316 m touchdown sits inside 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 6 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The Airbus A320 then departed from runway 18L at KAUS Austin Bergstrom International Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,579 meters, which accounted for 57% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 152 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 23 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 3 knots at 99 degrees.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it started its enroute climb 1 mile north of the 02XS Seidel Ranch Airport in Austin, Texas. The climb took 13 minutes and covered a distance of 137 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,503 feet above sea level to 36,788 feet above sea level, an increase of 35,286 feet. Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started overhead Joshua, Texas, and lasted for 24 minutes, covering a distance of 654 nautical miles.
The enroute descent phase began 4 miles southeast of Britt, Iowa, and took 16 minutes to complete, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 36,987 feet above sea level to 2,132 feet above sea level, a decrease of 34,855 feet. The descent covered a distance of 115 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 12R at KMSP Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport was made from the northwest, with the aircraft heading at 121.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,290 feet above ground level and 4 nautical miles from the runway.
The landing on runway 12R was successful, with a touchdown distance of 317 meters, which was 44% of the runway length. The threshold speed was good at 137 knots, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 133 knots. The touchdown rate was firm at -300 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.7 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 14 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 4 knots at 100 degrees.
Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 914 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 63 minutes. The aircraft used 5,501 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (KMSP) on runway 12R, achieving a high score of 97.7%. The aircraft approached the runway from the northwest, heading 121.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,290 feet above ground level (agl).
The landing was executed with good threshold height, indicating that the aircraft was at the correct altitude as it touched down on the runway. The threshold speed of 137 knots was also within the acceptable range, demonstrating the pilot's ability to control the aircraft's speed during the final approach. The touchdown distance of 317 meters was also satisfactory, indicating that the aircraft was able to touch down within a reasonable distance from the runway threshold.
However, the touchdown speed of 133 knots was slightly faster than the recommended speed, which may have resulted in a firmer touchdown rate of -300 feet per minute (fpm). This could potentially have caused some stress on the aircraft's landing gear and may have affected the overall comfort of the passengers.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.7 meters from the centerline, which may have required the pilots to make some adjustments during the rollout phase. Despite this, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilots were able to maintain control of the aircraft and align it with the runway centerline during the rollout phase.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 14°C and a wind speed of 4 knots from 100°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, while the headwind component was 4 knots, which may have helped to reduce the aircraft's ground speed and make the landing more stable.
Overall, the landing was successful, and the pilots demonstrated good control and management of the aircraft during the final approach and rollout phases. However, there were some minor issues with the touchdown speed and runway alignment, which may require some adjustments to be made in future landings.
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