Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Arrival
Stop raising the nose once the sink is arrested at 19 ft, holding that pitch steady through touchdown rather than further.
What happened: The nose came up 3.6° in the flare, leaving pitch well above this type's ground attitude at touchdown. Carrying that much pitch through touchdown usually carries a bounce after it.
Watch for: Attitude indicator: hold pitch at the normal ground attitude through touchdown.
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.
Read more in Flare TimingStart to finish · 19 stages, 17 scored
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
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 3,297 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 764 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began at London Luton Airport (EGGW), where the Airbus A320 started its journey on runway 07 after a 12-minute taxiing process that covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The takeoff roll took 1,410 meters, which was 68% of the runway length. The aircraft achieved liftoff at a speed of 151 knots.
As the plane climbed from an initial altitude of 1,387 feet above sea level, it ascended to a maximum height of 34,862 feet in just 24 minutes, traveling a distance of 146 nautical miles. This notable climb began just east of the airport. Following the ascent, the aircraft engaged in a 162-minute cruise operation at a level at 1,305 nautical miles from the point where the cruise started, specifically in the vicinity of Meulebeke, a location in Flanders, Belgium.
The aircraft then commenced a descent from a height of 35,704 feet, descending to 2,577 feet, a difference of 33,128 feet, in a remarkably short 16 minutes covering a distance of 88 nautical miles. This descent commenced approximately 18 miles west of Kalymnos Island's Kalymnos Airport in Greece. Subsequently, there was a brief 3-minute cruise at an altitude of 6 miles north east of Rodos in Greece for a distance of 8 nautical miles before another final descent to Diagoras Airport on the island of Rhodes for landing purposes.
The final approach occurred on runway 24 from the east, while maintaining a heading of 250 degrees and at a height of 1,277 feet above ground level (agl) and a distance of 4 nautical miles to the airport. The aircraft began its descent to land at LGRP Diagoras Airport's runway 24. The landing occurred on a runway with a total length of 3,297 meters. The threshold height was above the target at 58 feet agl and threshold speed was also slightly higher than target speed, which was 148 knots. The touchdown point was 346 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone.
Local weather conditions during landing were significantly different to those at London Luton with a temperature of 27°C. Wind strength was also significantly stronger at 15 knots in the wind direction of 240 degrees, generating a 3-knot crosswind and a 15-knot headwind. Despite some discrepancies in the landing phase, the touchdown speed was a little fast at 135 knots, but the touchdown rate of -220 feet per minute was satisfactory, and the runway rollout alignment was excellent.
Taxiing from the runway to the parking at Diagoras Airport was completed in four minutes and was a short distance of less than one nautical mile. In total, this flight covered a distance of 1,555 nautical miles and took two hours and 17 minutes to complete, using a total of 9,076 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A320 successfully executed a landing on runway 24 at LGRP Diagoras Airport, but there were a few areas for improvement. Final approach to the runway was established from the east, with an heading of 250.0° at 4 nm and 1,277 ft above ground level (agl). This positioning was likely a standard approach vector given the airport's layout and the runway's orientation.
The aircraft touched down on the runway, with a touchdown speed of 135 kt, which was marginally fast. However, the touchdown rate of -220 fpm was classified as fair. One area for improvement was the runway touchdown position, which was slightly misaligned from the runway's centreline by 4.7 m. This suggests that the pilot may have over-corrected or under-controlled the touchdown roll in order to align with the runway centerline.
The overall performance of the aircraft during the landing was satisfactory. The threshold height at 58 ft agl was slightly above the target, and the threshold speed of 148 kt was also above the target. However, given the wind conditions, the pilots had to manage the aircraft's speed and height to ensure a safe touchdown.
Local weather conditions were conducive to a safe landing, with a temperature of 27°C and winds blowing at 15 kt at 240°. The significant headwind of 15 kt meant that the aircraft's groundspeed would have been much slower than its airspeed, which would have affected the pilots' decisions on approach speed and configuration.
The total landing distance of 1,378 m represented 42% of the runway length, which was a reasonable figure given the aircraft's size and weight. A notable positive aspect of the landing was the runway rollout alignment, which was very good, indicating that the pilots successfully controlled the aircraft's yaw and direction after touchdown.
Overall, the landing was rated 90.2%, reflecting the aircraft's satisfactory performance in the face of challenging weather conditions. While there were areas for improvement, such as the touchdown speed and touchdown position, the pilots successfully guided the aircraft to a safe touchdown.
Scroll or drag the slider to zoom · double-click to reset · hover for values