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Apply steady, continuous back pressure through the flare to arrest the sink smoothly and hold the normal profile, rather than letting it drift.
What happened: The flare did not hold its target profile, with the sink most arrested at 8 ft, and this flight then touched down at 397 fpm of sink - a firm arrival. An unsettled flare profile like this usually carries through to a firmer touchdown.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smooth, steadily decreasing sink rate through the flare to touchdown.
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 1,584 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,584 m of the 2,790 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 556 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 7 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 29 at EPWR Copernicus Wrocław Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,262 meters, which accounted for 51% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 158 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 17 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 11 knots from a direction of 260 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 9 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile east of Galow in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. The climb took 18 minutes and covered a distance of 98 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,403 feet above sea level to 33,795 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started overhead Raeckelwitz in Saxony, Germany. This phase lasted for 17 minutes and covered a distance of 106 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 2 miles east of Redekin in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The descent took 23 minutes and covered a distance of 103 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 34,128 feet to 1,318 feet.
The final approach to runway 23 at EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport was made from the north-east, with a heading of 231.0 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,266 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 23, which had a length of 2,790 meters. The threshold height was above the target, and the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 136 knots.
The touchdown point was 137 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 131 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was firm at -330 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 12 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 8 knots from a direction of 280 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 5 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,501 meters, which accounted for 54% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 4 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 316 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 71 minutes. The aircraft used 3,221 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 successfully landed at EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport, with a score of 89.7%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north east, heading 231.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,266 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was made to runway 23, which has a length of 2,790 meters.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 137 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a speed of 131 knots, which was slightly above the target speed. The touchdown rate was firm at -330 feet per minute (fpm), indicating a controlled descent. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 12°C, with a wind speed of 8 knots from 280°. The crosswind component was 6 knots, while the headwind component was 5 knots. These conditions did not appear to have a significant impact on the landing.
The total landing distance was 1,501 meters, which is 54% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the aircraft was able to touch down and come to a stop within a reasonable distance. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was successful, with the aircraft touching down within a reasonable distance and coming to a stop in a controlled manner. However, the touchdown speed was slightly above target, and the touchdown point was beyond the touchdown zone. These minor issues prevented the landing from being perfect, resulting in a score of 89.7%.
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