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Maintain the centreline
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Make small rudder corrections to track the centreline, aiming at a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: You drifted off the runway centreline during the takeoff roll.
Watch for: Runway centreline position, nosewheel on centreline.
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,985 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 305 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to runway 07C at Frankfurt-Am-Main Airport (EDDF) in 21 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 07C, the aircraft accelerated through a take-off distance of 2,268 m, representing 57 % of the runway length, and lifted off at 170 kt. Ambient conditions were 33 °C with a wind of 11 kt from 060°, including a 2 kt cross-wind component and an 11 kt head-wind.
Climb commenced overhead the departure airport, climbing from 1,299 ft asl to 35,007 ft asl-a gain of 33,708 ft-over 22 minutes while covering 143 nm.
The first cruise segment began 1 mile west of Nordstemmen in Lower Saxony and continued for 137 minutes, during which the aircraft flew 953 nm at level altitude.
Descent started 6 miles east of Tervola, Finland, with the aircraft descending from 35,017 ft asl to 2,915 ft asl, a loss of 32,102 ft, in 15 minutes while traversing 80 nm.
A brief second cruise phase was initiated 11 miles north of Rovaniemi Airport (EFRO), lasting 3 minutes and covering 9 nm before the final approach began.
The final approach to runway 21 at EFRO was flown from the north-east, on a heading of 217.0°, at 4 nm and 1,311 ft agl.
Landing on runway 21 was achieved with a threshold speed of 133 kt; touchdown occurred at 304 m down the runway at 129 kt, with a firm rate of minus 365 fpm and a lateral deviation of 4.8 m from the centreline. The total landing distance recorded was 1,308 m, equivalent to 44 % of the runway length, under weather conditions of 16 °C and a wind of 3 kt from 228° (cross-wind 1 kt, head-wind 3 kt).
Runway rollout was described as very good, with the aircraft remaining well aligned throughout the deceleration phase.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking stand in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 1,194 nm, required 187 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 7,023 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 established the final approach to runway 21 at EFRO Rovaniemi Airport from the north-east, tracking a heading of 217.0° at 4 nm and 1,311 ft agl. Local weather was 16 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 228°, providing a 1 kt crosswind component and a 3 kt headwind component.
Threshold height was good and the threshold speed was good at 133 kt as the aircraft crossed the runway threshold.
Touchdown occurred 304 m down the runway; the touchdown speed of 129 kt was a little fast while the touchdown rate was firm at minus 365 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 4.8 m from the centreline.
The total landing distance measured 1,308 m, representing 44 % of the 2,985 m runway, and the runway rollout alignment was very good.
Reduce the touchdown speed slightly to bring it closer to the target and refine lateral control to eliminate the 4.8 m offset; the 96.8 % score indicates the overall landing was strong, requiring only these minor refinements.
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