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Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 27 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 27 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 27 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
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 1,552 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,552 m of the 2,794 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 619 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 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, an Airbus A320, then departed from runway 02 at LPPT Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport). The takeoff distance was 2,083 meters, which accounted for 67% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 163 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 18 degrees Celsius and winds of 8 knots at 250 degrees. The crosswind was 6 knots, while the tailwind was 5 knots. As the aircraft took off, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead Camarate, a location in the Distrito de Lisboa, Portugal. The climb took 17 minutes and covered a distance of 116 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from 1,354 feet above sea level to 32,199 feet above sea level, an increase of 30,845 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which began 2 miles south of Alcantara, a location in the Extremadura region of Spain. This phase lasted for 41 minutes and covered a distance of 321 nautical miles. The enroute descent phase started 13 miles east of Cullera, a location in the Comunitat Valenciana region of Spain. The descent took 20 minutes and covered a distance of 68 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from 32,081 feet above sea level to 1,298 feet above sea level, a decrease of 30,783 feet.
The final approach to runway 24 at LEIB Ibiza Airport was made from the north-east, with a heading of 242.0 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,271 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 24, which had a length of 2,794 meters. The threshold height was above the target, while the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 141 knots. The touchdown point was 196 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 132 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was smooth at -120 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.8 meters from the centreline, and the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 13.6 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 17 degrees Celsius and winds of 17 knots at 250 degrees. The crosswind was 2 knots, while the headwind was 17 knots. The total landing distance was 1,465 meters, which accounted for 52% of the runway.
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 513 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 91 minutes. The aircraft used 3,809 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed on runway 24 at LEIB Ibiza Airport, but the landing was not without some minor issues. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the north east, heading 242.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,271 feet above ground level. The final approach was executed at a height above the threshold, which was 64 feet, exceeding the target height.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's speed was slightly above the target at 141 knots, and the touchdown speed was a little fast at 132 knots. However, the touchdown rate was smooth at -120 feet per minute, indicating a controlled descent. The touchdown point was 196 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which may have been due to the slightly fast touchdown speed.
The runway touchdown position was also misaligned by 13.8 meters from the centreline, which could have been a result of the crosswind or pilot error. The local weather conditions were moderate, with a temperature of 17°C and a wind speed of 17 knots at 250°. The crosswind was minimal at 2 knots, while the headwind was 17 knots, which may have contributed to the slight misalignment.
The total landing distance was 1,465 meters, which is 52% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 13.6 meters from the centreline, which may have been due to the same factors that caused the initial misalignment.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some minor issues that need to be addressed to improve the aircraft's performance and safety. The pilots may need to adjust their approach and touchdown speeds to achieve a more precise touchdown and alignment with the runway centreline.
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