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Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 13 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 13 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 13 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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: off the centreline.
At the 500 ft gate: off the centreline.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,054 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,054 ft of the 9,200 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,944 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 9 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The Airbus A321 then departed from runway 24L at Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX), with a takeoff distance of 5,908 feet, which accounted for 62% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 165 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 66°F temperature and a wind speed of 3 knots at 249°. The crosswind was 1 knot, while the headwind was 2 knots. The enroute climb began 1 mile west of KLAX and saw the aircraft ascend from 1,022 feet above sea level to 23,997 feet, an increase of 22,975 feet in 13 minutes, covering a distance of 82 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 2 miles northeast of Lytle Creek, California, and lasted for 509 minutes, covering a distance of 2,166 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 1 mile southeast of Leyden, Massachusetts, and descended from 24,087 feet to 1,405 feet in 15 minutes, covering a distance of 74 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 15R at Logan International Airport (KBOS) was made from the northwest, with the aircraft heading at 134.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,370 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 15R, which had a length of 9,200 feet, was successful, with a threshold height that was good and a threshold speed of 138 knots. The touchdown point was 1,575 feet beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 130 knots and a smooth touchdown rate of -136 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 20 feet from the centerline, but the runway rollout alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 30°F temperature and a wind speed of 2 knots at 160°, with a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 1 knot. The total landing distance was 4,785 feet, accounting for 52% of the runway.
After landing, the aircraft taxiied to the parking area, a process that took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 2,332 nautical miles, taking a total of 318 minutes and using 32,845 pounds of fuel.
The Airbus A321 successfully landed at KBOS Logan International Airport on runway 15R, achieving a score of 90.0%. The aircraft approached the runway from the northwest, heading 134.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,370 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot maintained a good threshold height, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 138 knots.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft landed 1,575 feet beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 130 knots. The touchdown rate was smooth, at -136 feet per minute (fpm). However, there was a slight misalignment of the runway touchdown position, being 20 feet off the centerline. The local weather conditions were relatively calm, with a temperature of 30°F, a wind speed of 2 knots at 160°, and a crosswind of 1 kt and headwind of 1 kt.
The total landing distance was 4,785 feet, which accounted for 52% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was successful, with the pilot demonstrating good control and adherence to standard procedures.
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