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Ground control varies with speed, full authority at walking pace, progressively reducing as groundspeed rises. The aircraft becomes twitchy at any speed, every small pedal input swings the nose, which can encourage large-amplitude leg inputs that no real aircraft would accept.
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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 1,617 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,617 m of the 3,894 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 481 m touchdown sits inside 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 12 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, Vueling EC-MGZ, then departed from runway 07 at LFPO Paris-Orly Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,714 meters, which accounted for 59% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 156 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 11 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 8 knots at a direction of 12 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 7 knots and a headwind of 4 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, which started overhead Villeneuve-le-Roi in the Ile-de-France region of France. The climb took 16 minutes and covered a distance of 97 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from 1,296 feet above sea level to 31,507 feet above sea level, an increase of 30,211 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which began 2 miles north of Premery in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region of France. This phase lasted for 61 minutes and covered a distance of 446 nautical miles. The enroute descent then started 1 mile north of Capalbio Scalo in the Toscana region of Italy. The descent took 23 minutes and covered a distance of 49 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from 32,102 feet above sea level to 1,300 feet above sea level, a decrease of 30,802 feet.
The final approach to runway 16L at LIRF Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport was made from the north, with the aircraft heading at 163.0 degrees and being 4 nautical miles away from the runway. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 10 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 3 knots at a direction of 78 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 0 knots. The aircraft landed on runway 16L, which had a length of 3,894 meters. The touchdown point was 65 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 132 knots, which was considered good. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -292 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 4.4 meters. The total landing distance was 1,536 meters, which accounted for 39% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 10 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The total flight distance was 603 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 123 minutes. The aircraft used 4,579 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
Aircraft Vueling EC-MGZ successfully landed at LIRF Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport on runway 16L. The aircraft's final approach was conducted from the north, heading 163.0° at an altitude of 1,281 feet above ground level (agl) and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The pilot demonstrated good control and precision during the approach, achieving a score of 98.2%.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 65 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is slightly beyond the expected threshold. However, the touchdown speed of 132 knots was within the acceptable range, indicating that the pilot maintained control and managed the descent effectively. The touchdown rate of -292 feet per minute (fpm) was fair, suggesting that the aircraft could have been brought down more smoothly.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.4 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment during the approach. Nevertheless, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained control and corrected the alignment quickly after touchdown.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 10°C and a wind speed of 3 knots from a direction of 78°. The crosswind component was minimal, at 3 knots, while the headwind component was zero. The total landing distance of 1,536 meters was 39% of the runway length, which is a reasonable distance considering the aircraft's size and the runway's length of 3,894 meters.
Overall, the landing was successful, and the pilot demonstrated good control and precision during the approach and touchdown. However, there is room for improvement in terms of touchdown rate and alignment.
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