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Avoid steep turns at low altitude
Below a thousand feet the aeroplane is slow, heavy and close to the ground. A steep turn loses lift, raises the stall speed and flattens the climb just when the gradient matters most. A normal turn on course is a rate one — fifteen degrees or so, twenty-five at the outside, this penalty is to acknowledge when a turn has stopped being a turn and become a manoeuvre.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,195 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 370 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Airbus A321 began with a 10-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at LEBL Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport. The aircraft departed from runway 24L, with a takeoff distance of 1,429 meters, covering 54% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 150 knots, with local weather conditions indicating a temperature of 15°C, wind at 6 knots from 320°, with a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 2 knots.
The enroute climb started 1 mile southwest of the airport, climbing from 1,046 feet above sea level to 17,148 feet, covering 10 nautical miles in 8 minutes. The level cruise phase started 9 miles south of Castelldefels and lasted for 9 minutes, covering 64 nautical miles.
The descent phase began 21 miles north of Port de Soller, descending from 16,975 feet to 7,204 feet over a distance of 29 nautical miles in 6 minutes. Another level cruise phase commenced 2 miles south of Valldemossa and lasted 2 minutes, covering 9 nautical miles. The final descent phase started 1 mile east of Andratx, descending from 6,793 feet to 1,806 feet over a distance of 9 nautical miles in 5 minutes.
The landing took place on runway 06L at LEPA Palma de Mallorca Airport, with a runway length of 3,195 meters. The aircraft touched down 371 meters from the threshold at a speed of 147 knots, with a vertical speed indicator reading of -407 feet per minute. The local weather conditions at the time indicated a temperature of 14°C, wind at 4 knots from 17°, with a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 3 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,416 meters, which accounted for 44% of the runway. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance for this journey was 130 nautical miles, lasting 51 minutes and consuming 2,235 kilograms of fuel.
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