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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 5.1 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Ground control varies with speed, full authority at walking pace, progressively reducing as groundspeed rises. The aircraft becomes twitchy at any speed, every small pedal input swings the nose, which can encourage large-amplitude leg inputs that no real aircraft would accept.
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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 3,807 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 522 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A321 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Birmingham International Airport, taking 6 minutes and covering a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 33, with a takeoff distance of 1,597 meters, which was 69% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 144 knots, and the local weather conditions were a temperature of 4°C, with a wind speed of 9 knots at 259°.
As the aircraft climbed, it started its enroute climb 1 mile south west of Chelmsley Wood, Solihull, England, and reached an altitude of 5,714 feet above sea level, an increase of 4,376 feet in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, flying overhead Fillongley, Warwickshire, England, for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 8 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began another climb phase, this time from an altitude of 5,702 feet to 30,477 feet, an increase of 24,775 feet in 16 minutes, covering a distance of 122 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, flying overhead Eythorne, Kent, England, for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 14 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began another climb phase, this time from an altitude of 30,447 feet to 31,333 feet, an increase of 886 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 14 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, flying 7 miles north of Grand-Fort-Philippe, Hauts-de-France, France, for 11 minutes, covering a distance of 94 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its descent phase, starting 1 mile north east of Rixensart, Wallonia, Belgium, and descending from 31,256 feet to 21,841 feet, a decrease of 9,415 feet in 5 minutes, covering a distance of 45 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, flying 1 mile west of Louveigne, Wallonia, Belgium, for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 28 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began another descent phase, this time from an altitude of 21,646 feet to 6,516 feet, a decrease of 15,131 feet in 11 minutes, covering a distance of 44 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, flying 2 miles south east of Engelskirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 8 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began another descent phase, this time from an altitude of 6,436 feet to 2,901 feet, a decrease of 3,536 feet in 3 minutes, covering a distance of 12 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, flying overhead Opladen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its final descent phase, starting 1 mile north east of Nippes, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, and descending from 2,805 feet to 1,656 feet, a decrease of 1,150 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 13L at Cologne Bonn Airport, flying from the north west at a heading of 138.0°, at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,396 feet above ground level.
However, the aircraft was
The Airbus A321 successfully landed at EDDK Cologne Bonn Airport, achieving a score of 96.7%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north-west, heading 138.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,396 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was made to runway 13L, which has a length of 3,807 meters.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down slightly beyond the designated touchdown zone, 98 meters past the threshold. The touchdown speed of 133 knots was slightly above the target speed, indicating a slightly fast touchdown. The touchdown rate of -273 feet per minute (fpm) was considered fair. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 6.0 meters.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 1°C and a wind speed of 12 knots from a direction of 150°. The crosswind component was minimal at 3 knots, while the headwind component was 12 knots, which likely contributed to the aircraft's slightly fast touchdown speed.
The total landing distance of 1,407 meters was 37% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing distance. The runway rollout alignment was very good, suggesting that the aircraft's brakes were applied smoothly and effectively to bring the aircraft to a stop.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft achieving a high score despite some minor deviations from the target parameters.
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