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Hold the approach aim point and let the aircraft settle onto 457 m instead of holding it off in the flare.
What happened: Touchdown point came 138 m past the target, landing at 595 m against the 457 m aim point, with threshold speed and the flare both within limits.
Watch for: Touchdown distance marker: 457 m from the threshold.
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 1,590 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,590 m of the 4,134 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 595 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to runway 27 at VTSP Phuket International Airport in 12 minutes, covering 3 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 27, the aircraft used a takeoff distance of 1,419 m 47 % of runway and lifted off at 161 kt; local weather reported a temperature of 31 °C, wind 4 kt at 239 °, with a 2 kt crosswind component and a 4 kt headwind.
Climb commenced overhead VTSP, ascending from 1,033 ft asl to 33,010 ft asl, an increase of 31,977 ft in 19 minutes while covering 122 nm.
The first cruise segment began 8 miles north of Ban Na San, lasted 30 minutes and traversed 213 nm at level flight.
Descent phase one started 29 miles east of VTW6 Pranburi, descending from 33,015 ft asl to 11,007 ft asl, a loss of 22,007 ft in 12 minutes and covering 79 nm.
A brief cruise followed 6 miles north-west of Chon Buri, lasting 2 minutes and covering 9 nm.
Descent phase two began 3 miles north-west of Bang Pakong, dropping from 11,010 ft asl to 1,335 ft asl, a decrease of 9,675 ft in 10 minutes over 41 nm.
Final approach to runway 01R at VTBS Suvarnabhumi Airport was conducted from the south, on a heading of 14.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,319 ft agl.
Landing on runway 01R, whose length is 4,134 m, occurred with a threshold speed of 139 kt; touchdown was 185 m beyond the touchdown zone at 133 kt, a touchdown rate of minus 213 fpm, and alignment was perfect. Local weather at the time was temperature 28 °C, wind 2 kt at 130 °, with a 1 kt crosswind and a 1 kt tailwind.
The runway rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,515 m 37 % of runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 474 nm, lasted 84 minutes, and consumed 3,934 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 established the final approach to runway 01R at VTBS Suvarnabhumi Airport from the south, maintaining a heading of 14.0° at 4 nm and 1,319 ft agl.
At threshold the aircraft presented a good height and the threshold speed was good at 139 kt.
Touchdown occurred 185 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 133 kt, noted as a little fast, and the vertical rate was fair at minus 213 fpm; runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The total landing distance measured 1,515 m, representing 37 % of the 4,134 m runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
To tighten the landing envelope, reduce the touchdown speed toward the target VREF and aim to arrest the aircraft within the designated touchdown zone rather than beyond it. This will further improve the already strong score of 96.8 %.
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