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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 4.8 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 35 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 35 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 35 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
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 2,026 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,026 m of the 2,914 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 729 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 15 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, Vueling's EC-MGZ, then departed from runway 03L at Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (LGAV). The takeoff distance was 2,160 meters, which accounted for 67% of the runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 173 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 18 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 4 knots coming from a direction of 269 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a tailwind of 2 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile east of Spata in Attica, Greece. The climb took 21 minutes and covered a distance of 115 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,285 feet above sea level to 34,582 feet above sea level, an increase of 33,297 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 2 miles west of Kato Achaia in Western Greece. This phase lasted for 109 minutes and covered a distance of 778 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 77 miles northeast of Mao in the Comunitat Autonoma de les Illes Balears, Spain. The descent took 28 minutes and covered a distance of 115 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 34,445 feet above sea level to 2,535 feet above sea level, a decrease of 31,911 feet.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 7 miles south of Arenys de Mar in Catalunya, Spain. This phase lasted for only 3 minutes and covered a distance of 13 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, starting 4 miles southeast of el Besos i el Maresme in Catalunya, Spain. The descent took 2 minutes and covered a distance of 6 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 2,333 feet above sea level to 1,306 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,027 feet.
The final approach to runway 24R at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (LEBL) was made from the northeast, with the aircraft heading 246.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,284 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was successful, with the aircraft touching down on the runway at a speed of 130 knots and a rate of -115 feet per minute. The touchdown point was 310 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 19 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 10 knots coming from a direction of 40 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 4 knots and a tailwind of 9 knots. The total landing distance was 1,942 meters, which accounted for 67% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also very good.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,038 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 183 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 7,886 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The aircraft, Vueling EC-MGZ, successfully landed at LEBL Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport, achieving a score of 95.8%. The final approach to runway 24R was initiated from the north east, with a heading of 246.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,284 feet above ground level (agl).
The aircraft's approach and landing performance were satisfactory, with a threshold height slightly above the target at 59 feet agl. However, the threshold speed was good at 142 knots, indicating a well-executed approach. The touchdown point was 310 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is a relatively safe distance. The touchdown speed of 130 knots was also within the acceptable range, and the touchdown rate of -115 feet per minute (fpm) was smooth, indicating a controlled descent.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 19°C and a wind speed of 10 knots at 40°. The crosswind component was minimal at 4 knots, while the tailwind component was 9 knots. These conditions did not appear to have a significant impact on the landing performance.
The total landing distance of 1,942 meters was 67% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, indicating that the aircraft was well under control during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing performance of Vueling EC-MGZ was satisfactory, with a high score of 95.8%.
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