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Departure
Lower the nose and add power to raise climb speed to 174 kt.
What happened: Climb speed was 155 kt against a target of 174 kt, running 19 kt slow through the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the climb target of 174 kt.
Arrival
Apply small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to keep the deviation within 5.4 m.
What happened: During rollout the aircraft drifted off the runway centreline, reaching a maximum deviation of 5.4 m.
Watch for: Runway centreline position, staying within 5.4 m of centreline.
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A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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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 3,092 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 305 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A321 taxied from the parking area to runway 18 at EVRA Riga International Airport, a movement that lasted 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
The departure roll on runway 18 accelerated the aircraft to a liftoff speed of 142 kt, using a takeoff distance of 1,789 m (55 % of the runway). Ambient conditions were 24 °C with wind from 200° at 5 kt, including a 1 kt crosswind component and a 5 kt headwind.
Climb commenced about 1 mile south of EVRA, where the A321 rose from 1,002 ft asl to 35,976 ft asl, an altitude gain of 34,974 ft achieved in 21 minutes while covering 119 nm.
Level cruise was established 18 miles west of Liepaja, lasting 45 minutes and encompassing 293 nm of flight.
Descent began 7 miles south-east of EKMN Kostervig Mon Airfield, with the aircraft descending from 36,014 ft asl to 1,359 ft asl, a loss of 34,655 ft over 22 minutes and a distance of 107 nm.
The final approach to runway 23 at EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport was flown from the north-east, on a heading of 230.0° at 4 nm and 1,301 ft agl.
Touchdown occurred on runway 23, whose length is 3,092 m, with a threshold speed recorded slightly above target at 139 kt. The aircraft landed 303 m beyond the threshold at a speed of 135 kt, a hard touchdown rate of minus 453 fpm, and perfect runway alignment. Local weather was 20 °C with wind from 309° at 8 kt, comprising an 8 kt crosswind and a 1 kt headwind.
The total landing distance measured 1,448 m, representing 47 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was judged very good.
After rollout, the Airbus A321 taxied from the runway to the parking area, a movement that required 5 minutes and covered 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 527 nm, required 100 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 4,552 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A321 approached runway 23 at EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport from the north-east on a heading of 230.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,301 ft agl. The final approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits, and the aircraft carried a score of 95.7 %.
During the threshold and flare segment the threshold speed was slightly above target at 139 kt and the threshold height was good. Local weather was 20 °C with wind 8 kt from 309 °, giving an 8 kt crosswind component and a 1 kt headwind component.
Touchdown occurred 303 m down the runway, a good distance, with a touchdown speed of 135 kt that was a little fast and a hard touchdown rate of minus 453 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,448 m, representing 47 % of the 3,092 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was very good.
To refine the already strong performance, attention should be given to reducing the touchdown speed toward the target and moderating the flare to achieve a softer touchdown rate, which will further improve energy management without affecting the excellent alignment already demonstrated.
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