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Keep the wings level on final
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Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 152 kt with 7.0° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 957 ft.
Reached 35 ft at the runway end; then climbing at 2,750 fpm on average to 957 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 2,993 m runway.
Rolled from 1,465 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 3.5 m at the widest, and lifted off 3.6 m right. Airborne 92 % of the way down the runway, past the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 180 ft below the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Outside the 1° band 3 times; furthest 1,079 m right at 4.0 nm.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 32 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 18 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between +2 kt and +16 kt on the approach speed of 135 kt.
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
4 kt across from the right, which takes about 2° of crab to hold the centreline at 132 kt. Touched down with the nose 3° into wind, wings level.
Wind 060° at 18 kt · 17 kt head · 4 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
From 116 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 30 s, an average deceleration of 0.16 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 41 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 340 m in, close to the ideal 305 m.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 1,524 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 670 fpm at 38 ft to 270 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 1.5° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,561 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2.8 m left of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 3.5 m left at the widest.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The 340 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 to the runway at EDDB Berlin Brandenburg Airport, taking 6 minutes and covering 1 nautical mile. The departure roll took place on runway 07L, with a takeoff distance of 1,255 meters, which is 42% of the runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 153 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it encountered local weather conditions of 17°C temperature and winds of 7 knots at 119 degrees. The crosswind was 5 knots, and the headwind was 4 knots. The enroute climb started 1 mile southwest of Bohnsdorf, Germany, and reached an altitude of 33,995 feet above sea level, an increase of 32,827 feet in 24 minutes, covering 124 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, starting overhead Erfurt, Germany, and lasting 2 minutes, covering 12 nautical miles. It then began a descent from 34,151 feet to 33,104 feet, a decrease of 1,047 feet in 2 minutes, covering 12 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting overhead Altenfeld, Germany, and lasting 7 minutes, covering 52 nautical miles.
The aircraft continued its journey, entering a climb phase from 33,466 feet to 35,172 feet, an increase of 1,706 feet in 3 minutes, covering 25 nautical miles. It then entered another level cruise phase, starting 2 miles south of Buch am Wald, Germany, and lasting 37 minutes, covering 253 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began a descent from 34,872 feet to 3,912 feet, a decrease of 30,959 feet in 21 minutes, covering 112 nautical miles. It then entered another level cruise phase, starting 13 miles southeast of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France, and lasting 3 minutes, covering 13 nautical miles.
The final descent took place from 3,912 feet to 792 feet, a decrease of 3,120 feet in 4 minutes, covering 9 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 04L at LFMN Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport, heading 48.0 degrees at 3 nautical miles and 776 feet above ground level.
The landing took place on runway 04L, with a runway length of 2,561 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 137 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 340 meters, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 132 knots. The touchdown rate was fair at -270 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.5 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 14°C temperature and winds of 18 knots at 60 degrees. The crosswind was 5 knots, and the headwind was 17 knots. The total landing distance was 1,186 meters, which is 46% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxiied to the parking from the runway, taking 3 minutes and covering less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 619 nautical miles, taking 113 minutes, and the aircraft used 5,771 kilograms of fuel.
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