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Apply small rudder corrections at touchdown, aiming at a point at the far end of the runway, to stay on the centreline.
What happened: Touchdown drifted 4.8 m off the centreline, and landings like this usually carry that drift into the rollout, where the alignment error grew to 5.1 m.
Watch for: Runway centreline: aircraft tracking directly over it through touchdown and rollout.
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,757 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 407 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 28R at Dublin Airport, a movement that lasted 6 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 28R, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 160 kt and became airborne after a takeoff distance of 944 m, representing 36 % of the runway. Local weather at the time was temperature 20 °C, wind 30 kt from 290°, with a cross-wind component of 8 kt and a head-wind component of 29 kt.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile north-west of Dublin, with the aircraft ascending from 1,229 ft asl to 37,721 ft asl, an increase of 36,492 ft achieved in 21 minutes while covering 159 nm.
Level cruise began about 1 mile south-east of Burry Port, Wales, and was maintained for 79 minutes, during which 659 nm were flown.
Descent started roughly 1 mile west of Pino Torinese, Italy, with the aircraft descending from 37,151 ft asl to 1,344 ft asl, a loss of 35,807 ft in 24 minutes over a distance of 121 nm.
The final approach to runway 28 at Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport was executed from the east, on a heading of 286.0°, at 4 nm and 1,314 ft agl.
Landing on runway 28, which is 2,757 m long, was recorded with a threshold speed reported as good at 135 kt. Touchdown occurred 409 m down the runway at a speed of 130 kt, described as a little fast, with a touchdown rate of minus 292 fpm and a runway touchdown position offset by 4.8 m from the centreline. Local weather at the destination was temperature 29 °C, wind 8 kt from 270°, with a cross-wind component of 2 kt and a head-wind component of 8 kt.
The total landing distance was 1,091 m, representing 40 % of the runway, and the runway rollout alignment was described as very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In summary, the flight covered a total distance of 945 nm, taking 134, and consumed 5,462 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 established the final approach to runway 28 at LIMJ Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport from the east on a heading of 286.0° while 4 NM out and 1,314 ft AGL, with ambient temperature 29 °C, wind 8 kt from 270° and a 2 kt cross-component; the approach remained stabilized throughout.
At threshold the aircraft presented a good height and the threshold speed was good at 135 kt, indicating the flare was initiated within the expected parameters.
Touchdown occurred 409 m down the runway at a speed of 130 kt, noted as a little fast, with a fair vertical rate of minus 292 fpm; the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 4.8 m from the centreline and the total landing distance measured 1,091 m, representing 40 % of the 2,757 m runway.
Rollout alignment was very good, with the aircraft remaining on the centreline for the remainder of the deceleration phase.
Refine speed control to achieve the target VREF and reduce the slight centreline offset observed at touchdown; these adjustments will bring the already high score even closer to optimal performance.
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