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Departure
Rotate sooner, bringing the nose up at 144 kt rather than letting speed build further.
What happened: You lifted off at 163 kt against a rotation target of 144 kt, rotating late in the ground roll.
Watch for: Watch airspeed and rotate at the target of 144 kt.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Stop the rotation once the sink is arrested at 0.3 ft, holding the normal landing attitude instead of continuing to pull back.
What happened: The flare pitch reached 1.6°, well above this type's ground attitude, and touchdown followed at a sink rate of 345 fpm. Over-rotating the flare like this usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown.
Watch for: Attitude indicator: hold the normal landing attitude once sink is arrested at 0.3 ft.
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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,279 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,279 ft of the 11,466 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,238 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing Cologne Bonn Airport, the Airbus A319 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 11 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. As it reached the runway threshold, the aircraft accelerated down runway 31R, lifting off at a speed of 163 knots after a takeoff distance of 6,269 feet, which equated to 50% of the available runway length. The local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 64°F and a gentle headwind of 6 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb approximately 1 mile east of Eil, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The climb phase saw the aircraft ascend from an initial altitude of 1,233 feet above sea level to a cruising altitude of 36,958 feet, a vertical increase of 35,724 feet in 19 minutes, covering a distance of 136 nautical miles. Following a 106-minute cruise phase, during which the aircraft maintained a steady altitude and covered a distance of 850 nautical miles, the enroute descent phase commenced 5 miles northwest of Anavra, Thessaly, Greece. The descent saw the aircraft decrease in altitude from 37,018 feet to 1,504 feet in 20 minutes, covering a distance of 110 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, it began its final approach to runway 21R from the northeast, aligning itself with the runway at a height of 1,199 feet above ground level. The landing was executed with a threshold speed slightly above the target value of 134 knots, and the touchdown distance of 1,254 feet was within acceptable limits. The touchdown speed of 128 knots was a little fast, but the runway touchdown alignment was very good. Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance of 1,107 nautical miles was completed in 162 minutes, with the aircraft consuming 12,658 pounds of fuel.
The aircraft touched down on runway 21R at LGAV Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport with a firm touchdown rate of -351 fpm, slightly above the target speed of 128 kt. The touchdown distance of 1,254 ft was within acceptable limits, and the runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating precise control during the final stages of the approach. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed of 134 kt was slightly above the target, but still within a safe margin.
As the aircraft rolled out, it maintained perfect alignment with the centreline, demonstrating excellent control and coordination. The total landing distance of 5,030 ft was 44% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range for a commercial airliner. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 68 °F and a light headwind of 1 kt, contributed to a smooth and stable approach.
The overall performance of the landing was excellent, with a score of 98.6%. The approach quality was good, with a steady descent and a stable rate of descent. The touchdown characteristics were firm, but the speed was a little fast. However, the runway rollout alignment was perfect, and the overall control and coordination of the aircraft were impressive. The crew's ability to manage the aircraft's speed and position during the final stages of the approach was commendable, resulting in a safe and efficient landing.
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