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Arrival
Lower the nose and reduce power to re-establish a shallower descent on final toward 3°.
What happened: On final, the approach angle ran at 3.2° against a target of 3°, 0.2° steep.
Watch for: Watch the VSI and approach angle indication against 3° on final.
See Arrival Final 2
Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.
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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 1,649 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,649 m of the 2,312 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 373 m touchdown sits inside 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 5 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 23 at EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,436 meters, which accounted for 51% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 163 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 13°C and a wind speed of 7 knots at 160°. The crosswind was 7 knots, while the headwind was 2 knots. After departing from Hamburg, the enroute climb started 1 mile northwest of Winterhude, Germany. The aircraft climbed from an altitude of 1,064 feet above sea level to 31,936 feet above sea level, an increase of 30,872 feet, in 17 minutes and covering 72 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the enroute level cruise started 1 mile west of Osloss, Germany, and lasted for 30 minutes, covering 203 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 2 miles southwest of Ceska Kubice, Czech Republic. The descent from 31,853 feet above sea level to 2,704 feet above sea level, a decrease of 29,149 feet, took 19 minutes and covered 89 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 15 at LOWS Salzburg Airport was from the northwest, with a heading of 157.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,280 feet above ground level. However, the aircraft performed a go-around at 12 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 15 at LOWS Salzburg Airport was successful, with a runway length of 2,312 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 131 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 375 meters, and the touchdown speed at 126 knots was also good. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -236 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.2 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at Salzburg Airport were a temperature of 9°C and a wind speed of 2 knots at 297°, with a crosswind of 2 knots and a tailwind of 2 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,571 meters, which accounted for 68% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 380 nautical miles, taking 104 minutes, and the aircraft used 5,181 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A321 successfully landed at LOWS Salzburg Airport, achieving a high score of 98.2%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north-west, heading 157.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,280 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot maintained a good threshold height, which is a critical aspect of a safe landing.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's threshold speed was within the acceptable range, at 135 kt. The landing distance was also satisfactory, with the aircraft touching down at a distance of 375 meters from the threshold. The touchdown speed of 126 kt was also within the recommended range, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. However, the touchdown rate of -236 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair, suggesting that the pilot could have maintained a more gradual descent.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 4.2 meters, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment during the final approach. Despite this, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 9°C and a wind speed of 2 kt from 297°. The crosswind and tailwind components were both minimal, at 2 kt, which would not have significantly impacted the landing. Overall, the pilot's performance was commendable, and the aircraft landed safely within the designated runway length of 2,312 meters.
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