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Departure
Rotate sooner, bringing the nose up at 150 kt rather than letting speed build further.
What happened: You lifted off at 185 kt against a rotation target of 150 kt, rotating late in the ground roll.
Watch for: Watch airspeed and rotate at the target of 150 kt.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 328 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 517 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,850 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 741 m past the threshold — beyond 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 10 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A320, then departed from runway 36R at KDFW Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,635 meters, which is 40% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 185 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 7 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 19 knots at a direction of 340 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 17 knots. The aircraft began its enroute climb 1 mile south east of Grapevine, Texas, and climbed from an altitude of 1,442 feet above sea level to 30,981 feet above sea level, an increase of 29,539 feet, in 14 minutes and covering a distance of 90 nautical miles.
After reaching the cruising altitude, the aircraft entered a level cruise, starting 5 miles west of the Hawk Ranch Airport in Hawkins, Texas. This cruise lasted for 11 minutes and covered a distance of 92 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 5 miles south west of the Saint James Parish Hospital Heliport in Lutcher, Louisiana, and descended from 30,997 feet above sea level to 2,053 feet above sea level, a decrease of 28,945 feet, in 16 minutes and covering a distance of 84 nautical miles.
The aircraft entered another level cruise, starting 3 miles north east of the Summerville Airstrip in Le Compte, Louisiana, and lasted for 4 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 32 at KAEX Alexandria International Airport was made from the south east, heading 324.0 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,323 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 32 at KAEX Alexandria International Airport was successful, with a runway length of 2,850 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 138 knots. The touchdown point was 326 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 136 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was hard at -458 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 8 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 15 knots at a direction of 349 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 7 knots and a headwind of 14 knots. The total landing distance was 1,266 meters, which is 44% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 5 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 283 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 61 minutes. The aircraft used 2,254 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at KAEX Alexandria International Airport, achieving a score of 91.0%. The aircraft approached the runway from the southeast, heading 324.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,323 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was made to runway 32, which has a length of 2,850 meters.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down slightly beyond the touchdown zone, 326 meters past the designated area. The touchdown speed of 136 knots was slightly above the target speed, indicating a potential for a harder landing. The touchdown rate of -458 feet per minute (fpm) was also considered hard, which may have contributed to the slightly fast touchdown speed.
Despite these minor issues, the runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway during the landing. The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 8°C and a wind speed of 15 knots from 349°. The crosswind component was 7 knots, while the headwind component was 14 knots, which may have affected the aircraft's approach and landing.
The total landing distance of 1,266 meters was 44% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, indicating that the aircraft maintained its alignment with the runway during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft achieving a high score despite some minor issues with touchdown speed and rate. The good runway touchdown and rollout alignments, combined with the relatively short landing distance, suggest that the pilot's skills and the aircraft's performance were well-suited to the conditions at KAEX Alexandria International Airport.
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