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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 16 ft off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 6,428 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 6,428 ft of the 10,463 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,118 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with taxiing from the parking area to the runway, which took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, an Airbus A319, then departed from runway 01L at PABE Bethel Airport. The takeoff distance was 3,462 feet, which accounted for 54% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 153 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were quite cold, with a temperature of 3 degrees Fahrenheit. The wind was blowing at a speed of 2 knots from a direction of 139 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 1 knot and a tailwind of 1 knot. After a successful takeoff, the aircraft began its enroute climb, which started 2 miles northwest of Bethel. The climb took 12 minutes and covered a distance of 70 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,100 feet above sea level to 28,741 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which began 18 miles east of ZNC Nyac Airport. This phase lasted for 23 minutes and covered a distance of 173 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent, which began 39 miles west of 3AK5 Drift River Airport. The descent took 25 minutes and covered a distance of 101 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 28,648 feet to 1,400 feet.
The final approach to runway 33 at PANC Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport was made from the south, with the aircraft heading 345.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,235 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was successful, with the touchdown speed being slightly above the target speed of 133 knots. The touchdown distance was good, at 1,122 feet, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 123 knots. The touchdown rate was firm at -366 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 14 feet. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were also quite cold, with a temperature of 19 degrees Fahrenheit. The wind was blowing at a speed of 10 knots from a direction of 10 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 4 knots and a headwind of 9 knots. The total landing distance was 6,145 feet, which accounted for 59% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned from the centreline by 39 feet.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, which took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 355 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 74 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 6,661 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A319 successfully landed at PANC Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, achieving a score of 94.6%. The aircraft approached the runway from the south, heading 345.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,235 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with good threshold height, indicating that the aircraft was properly configured for landing.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 132 kt, registering at 133 kt. The touchdown distance was within acceptable limits at 1,122 feet, demonstrating the pilot's ability to control the aircraft's descent. However, the touchdown speed of 123 kt was a little fast, which may have contributed to a firm touchdown rate of -366 feet per minute (fpm). This firm touchdown rate could potentially lead to a bumpy ride for passengers.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 14 feet from the centreline, which may have resulted in a slightly uneven rollout. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 19°F and a wind speed of 10 kt at 10°. The crosswind component was minimal at 4 kt, while the headwind component was 9 kt, which may have contributed to the slightly fast touchdown speed.
The total landing distance of 6,145 feet was 59% of the runway length, indicating that the aircraft was able to stop within a reasonable distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 39 feet from the centreline, which may have required the pilots to make some adjustments to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some minor deviations from the ideal performance.
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