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Track the centreline through touchdown using small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: The aircraft touched down off the centreline at 5.3 m, and drifting off centreline at touchdown usually carries through into the rollout, as it did here with alignment reaching 4.5 m.
Watch for: Watch runway centreline position, keeping deviation inside the limit through touchdown and rollout.
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed 49 kt FAST on the reference speed of 140 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,225 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 434 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, the Airbus A320 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 16 minutes and covered a distance of 7 nautical miles. As it reached the runway, the aircraft started its departure roll on runway 24, accelerating to a liftoff speed of 161 knots. The takeoff distance of 1,906 meters, which accounted for 60% of the runway, was achieved in a relatively smooth manner.
As the aircraft climbed to its enroute level, it began its ascent from 1,006 feet above sea level to 34,008 feet, a vertical increase of 33,002 feet in 18 minutes, covering a distance of 109 nautical miles. The climb was initiated 1 mile northwest of Aalsmeerderbrug, a small town in the Netherlands. The aircraft then entered a cruise phase, maintaining a steady altitude for 11 minutes as it covered 73 nautical miles. This was followed by a series of descents and level cruises, with the aircraft descending from 33,820 feet to 7,016 feet in 21 minutes, covering 119 nautical miles. The final descent phase saw the aircraft touch down on runway 09 at Liverpool John Lennon Airport, with a touchdown distance of 437 meters and a speed of 137 knots.
The landing was executed with a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 140 knots. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, and the runway rollout alignment was perfect. The total landing distance of 1,181 meters, which accounted for 53% of the runway, was achieved with a fair touchdown rate of -255 feet per minute. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area, a process that took 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 346 nautical miles, and the aircraft used 2,849 kilograms of fuel during the journey, which lasted a total of 73 minutes.
The aircraft touched down on runway 09 at EGGP Liverpool John Lennon Airport with a good threshold height, indicating a well-executed approach. The threshold speed of 140 kt was within acceptable limits, demonstrating the pilot's ability to manage the aircraft's descent and speed. As the aircraft made contact with the runway, the touchdown distance of 437 m was satisfactory, but the touchdown speed of 137 kt was slightly above the optimal range, resulting in a fair touchdown rate of -255 fpm.
Despite the slightly fast touchdown speed, the aircraft maintained excellent runway alignment, with a very good touchdown on the centreline. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 14 °C and a gentle headwind of 2 kt, contributed to a smooth landing. The crosswind of 6 kt from the left was effectively managed, allowing the aircraft to maintain its intended path.
The rollout phase was flawless, with the aircraft staying perfectly aligned with the centreline. The total landing distance of 1,181 m, accounting for 53% of the runway length, was within acceptable limits. Overall, the landing was highly satisfactory, with a score of 99.6% reflecting the pilot's skill and attention to detail.
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