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Departure
Hold the nose down until the speed reaches 140 kt, then rotate.
What happened: You started the rotation at 96 kt, 44 kt before the 140 kt rotation speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 140 kt at rotation
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Track the centreline through touchdown using small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: The aircraft touched down off the centreline at 14 m, and drifting off centreline at touchdown usually carries through into the rollout, as it did here with alignment reaching 4.7 m.
Watch for: Watch runway centreline position, keeping deviation inside the limit through touchdown and rollout.
A typical trainer rotates in the mid-50s of knots - a 172 at around 55 KIAS, climbing out at a Vy in the low 70s, though check your own POH rather than memorising Cessna's numbers - and the transferable rule is that Vr sits just above the stall speed in takeoff configuration. Rotate early because "it felt ready" and the aircraft lifts off inside ground effect, where induced drag is reduced, then climbs out of it into more drag. On a marginal-performance day the result is an aircraft that lifts off and then refuses to climb, sagging back towards the runway.
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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 3,203 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 413 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 27 at KSAN San Diego International Airport, a movement that lasted 75 minutes and covered 9 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 27, the A220-300 accelerated over a takeoff distance of 1,088 m, representing 47 % of the runway, and lifted off at 121 kt. Ambient conditions were 26 °C with a wind of 8 kt from 252°, including a 4 kt crosswind component and a 7 kt headwind.
The climb commenced 1 mile west of KSAN, climbing from 1,034 ft asl to 28,945 ft asl, an increase of 27,911 ft achieved in 16 minutes while covering 94 nm.
Level cruise began 1 mile north-west of Lakewood, California, and persisted for 16 minutes, during which the aircraft flew 121 nm.
Descent operations started 12 miles west of KFOW Fort Irwin Airport, descending from 29,000 ft asl to 11,486 ft asl, a loss of 17,514 ft in 12 minutes and spanning 73 nm.
A second cruise segment was initiated 3 miles south-east of Blue Diamond, Nevada, lasting 23 minutes and covering less than 1 nm.
The subsequent descent began again 3 miles south-east of Blue Diamond, dropping from 11,468 ft asl to 3,472 ft asl, a decrease of 7,996 ft in 8 minutes while traveling 33 nm.
Final approach to runway 26L at KLAS Harry Reid International Airport was conducted from the east, on a heading of 270.0° at 4 nm and 1,350 ft agl.
Landing on runway 26L, which is 3,203 m long, was executed with a threshold speed of 133 kt. Touchdown occurred at 411 m down the runway, at 131 kt, with a firm touchdown rate of minus 334 fpm and a lateral deviation of 4.8 m from the centreline. Weather at the time was 42 °C with a wind of 13 kt from 197°, a 13 kt crosswind and a 4 kt headwind. The total landing distance recorded was 1,279 m, representing 40 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good.
In total, the flight covered 335 nm, took 58 minutes, and consumed -5,934 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A220-300 established a final approach to runway 26L at KLAS Harry Reid International Airport from the east, tracking a heading of 270.0° at 4 nm and 1,350 ft AGL. Local conditions were a temperature of 42 °C with wind 13 kt from 197°, giving a 13 kt crosswind component and a 4 kt headwind.
At threshold the aircraft presented a good threshold height and a threshold speed that was slightly below target at 133 kt. The flare was executed in line with the approach parameters.
Touchdown occurred 411 m down the runway at a speed of 131 kt, both described as good, with a firm touchdown rate of minus 334 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 4.8 m from the centreline, and the total landing distance measured 1,279 m, representing 40 % of the 3,203 m runway.
Rollout alignment was very good, and the aircraft decelerated within the remaining runway length without deviation.
Fine-tune the approach speed to meet the exact target value and adjust the final alignment to reduce the 4.8 m centreline offset. Maintaining these small corrections will help preserve the high overall score.
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