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Improve the rollout
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,344 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 472 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 9 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 30 at Bilbao Airport (LEBB) in Spain. The takeoff distance was 1,703 meters, which is 80% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 159 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 9 knots from a direction of 290 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 9 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile east of Erandio, Spain. The climb took 21 minutes and covered a distance of 88 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,064 feet above sea level to 35,161 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 2 miles southwest of Mimizan, France. This phase lasted for 22 minutes and covered a distance of 167 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 2 miles east of Dissay, France. The descent took 20 minutes and covered a distance of 122 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 35,584 feet to 3,934 feet.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started overhead Ablis, France. This phase lasted for only 2 minutes and covered a distance of 6 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, starting overhead Rochefort-en-Yvelines, France. The descent took 4 minutes and covered a distance of 12 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 3,937 feet to 1,567 feet.
The final approach to runway 06 at Paris-Orly Airport (LFPO) was made from the southwest, with a heading of 62.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,271 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 06, which has a length of 3,344 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 145 knots.
The touchdown point was 55 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 134 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was hard at -450 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 15.3 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 14 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 20 knots from a direction of 26 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 12 knots and a headwind of 16 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,056 meters, which is 32% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 15.1 meters from the centerline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 9 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 403 nautical miles, and the flight took 86 minutes to complete. The aircraft used 3,681 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed at LFPO Paris-Orly Airport, but with some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The final approach was initiated from the southwest, heading 62.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,271 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 06, which has a length of 3,344 meters.
The threshold height was satisfactory, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 145 knots. This may indicate that the aircraft was not fully configured for landing, or that the pilots may have been experiencing some difficulty in controlling the descent. The touchdown point was 55 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which suggests that the pilots may have been slightly off-target in their landing approach.
The touchdown speed of 134 knots was a little faster than the ideal speed, which may have contributed to a hard touchdown rate of -450 feet per minute (fpm). This is a relatively high rate of descent, which can put additional stress on the aircraft's landing gear and may increase the risk of damage.
In addition to the deviations in speed and touchdown point, the runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 15.3 meters from the centerline. This suggests that the pilots may have been experiencing some difficulty in aligning the aircraft with the runway during the final approach. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 14°C and winds of 20 knots at 26°, may have contributed to this difficulty.
The total landing distance of 1,056 meters was 32% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 15.1 meters from the centerline, which suggests that the pilots may have been experiencing some difficulty in controlling the aircraft's roll-out after touchdown.
Overall, while the landing was successful, there were several notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters. These deviations may indicate that the pilots require additional training or practice to improve their landing skills, or that the aircraft may require some adjustments to its systems or configuration to improve its performance during landing approaches.
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