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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 53 ft off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Nothing to change in the speed, the height or the flare. Keep the landing attitude held until the mains are on, so the aircraft is not let down onto the runway in the last moment.
What happened: The touchdown rate was 235 fpm. Nothing before it explains that: threshold speed and height were within limits and the flare was flown normally.
Watch for: Touchdown rate: a little less than 235 fpm next time
Between four hundred and a thousand feet you're heavy, close to the ground and still carrying flap, and speed is the margin holding all three apart. Slow here doesn't feel like anything — the aeroplane climbs, the nose is up, nothing complains — right up until a turn, a gust or a bank tightens the wing's job and the margin is already gone. The fix is rarely "fly faster", it's lowering the nose a degree and letting the speed build before the next thing you do. Pitch buys altitude, speed buys options, and at this height options are the scarcer of the two.
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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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 12,014 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,118 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320neo taxied from the parking area to runway 18R at KDFW Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in 11 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 18R, the aircraft used 7,449 ft of runway, representing 56 % of the available length, and lifted off at 153 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 74 °F, wind from 5° at 3 kt, with a 0 kt crosswind and a 3 kt tailwind.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile southwest of KDFW, with the aircraft ascending from 1,534 ft asl to 36,005 ft asl, a gain of 34,471 ft achieved in 21 minutes while covering 129 nm.
The first cruise segment began 3 miles west of Seymour, Texas, and persisted for 46 minutes, during which 346 nm were flown at level altitude.
Descent started 13 miles east of 6CO6 Skywagon Ranch Airport, Berthoud, Colorado, with the aircraft descending from 36,002 ft asl to 10,016 ft asl, a loss of 25,986 ft in 19 minutes over a distance of 101 nm.
A brief cruise followed 2 miles southwest of 1CO8 Everitt Airport, Parker, Colorado, lasting 2 minutes and covering 4 nm.
The subsequent descent began 3 miles northwest of the same Everitt Airport, with altitude decreasing from 10,004 ft asl to 6,552 ft asl, a reduction of 3,452 ft in 5 minutes across 13 nm.
Final approach to runway 34R at KDEN Denver International Airport involved a descent from 1,232 ft agl to 28 ft agl in 86 seconds, and the aircraft scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 34R, which is 12,012 ft long, was executed with a threshold speed of 139 kt. Touchdown occurred at 1,120 ft down the runway at a speed of 138 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 79 fpm and a lateral deviation of 13 ft from the centreline. Local weather reported a temperature of 63 °F, wind from 137° at 4 kt, a 2 kt crosswind and a 3 kt tailwind.
The total landing distance recorded was 4,266 ft, representing 36 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was judged very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 12 minutes, covering 2 nm.
In total, the flight covered 605 nm, took 113 minutes, and consumed 6,747 lbs of fuel.
The final approach to runway 34R at KDEN was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits. The aircraft descended from 1,232 ft AGL to 28 ft AGL in 86 seconds, maintaining the required parameters throughout the approach.
At threshold the speed was recorded as 139 kt, described as good, and the aircraft touched down 1,120 ft down the runway. Touchdown speed was 138 kt, noted as a little fast, while the vertical rate was excellent at minus 79 fpm. The touchdown point was offset 13 ft from the centreline. Ambient conditions were 63 °F with a wind of 4 kt from 137°, a 2-kt crosswind component and a 3-kt tailwind component.
The landing covered a total distance of 4,266 ft, representing 36 % of the 12,012-ft runway length. Touchdown parameters matched the previously stated distance, speed and rate, and the slight 13-ft centreline deviation was the only noted offset.
Runway rollout alignment was recorded as very good, with the aircraft remaining on the centreline through the deceleration phase.
To refine the already high score of 98.9 %, the pilot should aim to reduce touchdown speed marginally to bring it closer to the target and fine-tune flare timing to improve centreline alignment at the point of contact.
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