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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.
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 3,285 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 460 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 9 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The Airbus A321 then departed from runway 05R at Auckland International Airport (NZAA), with a takeoff distance of 1,622 meters, which accounted for 49% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 159 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 17°C temperature and a wind speed of 3 knots at 190 degrees. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the tailwind was 1 knot. The enroute climb started overhead Auckland International Airport, where the aircraft ascended from 1,045 feet above sea level to 4,969 feet, an increase of 3,924 feet in just 2 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 2 miles east of East Tamaki and lasted for 11 minutes, covering a distance of 22 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its descent 7 miles west of Rosebank, where it descended from 5,933 feet to 3,662 feet, a decrease of 2,271 feet in 2 minutes, covering 6 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise resumed 10 miles west of Titirangi and lasted for 2 minutes, covering 7 nautical miles.
The descent started again 9 miles southwest of Titirangi, where the aircraft descended from 2,980 feet to 1,306 feet, a decrease of 1,675 feet in 3 minutes, covering 8 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 05R at Auckland International Airport was from the west, with a heading of 71.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,277 feet above ground level.
However, the aircraft performed a go-around at 151 feet above ground level. The landing was eventually made on runway 05R, with a runway length of 3,285 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 134 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 461 meters, and the touchdown speed was 132 knots, which was also good. The touchdown rate was fair at -264 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the local weather conditions at the time of landing were 13°C temperature and a wind speed of 7 knots at 180 degrees, with a crosswind of 7 knots and a tailwind of 2 knots. The total landing distance was 1,187 meters, which accounted for 36% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing to the parking area from the runway took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 66 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 58 minutes. The aircraft used 2,317 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed on runway 05R at Auckland International Airport (NZAA) with a high score of 98.8%. The final approach was initiated from the west, heading 71.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,277 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft demonstrated good control and precision during the approach, ultimately touching down on the runway with a speed of 134 knots, which was within the acceptable threshold speed.
The touchdown distance of 461 meters was also within the acceptable range, indicating that the aircraft was able to maintain a stable and controlled descent. The touchdown speed of 132 knots was also good, suggesting that the pilot was able to manage the aircraft's speed effectively during the landing. However, the touchdown rate of -264 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair, indicating that the aircraft may have experienced a slightly higher-than-desired rate of descent during the final stages of the approach.
Despite the slightly higher-than-desired touchdown rate, the aircraft's runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the pilot was able to maintain a stable and controlled approach. The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were also favorable, with a temperature of 13°C and a wind speed of 7 knots from a direction of 180°. The crosswind component was 7 knots, while the tailwind component was 2 knots, which may have contributed to the slightly higher-than-desired touchdown rate.
The total landing distance of 1,187 meters was 36% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance. This suggests that the aircraft was able to maintain a high level of control and precision during the landing, and that the pilot was able to manage the aircraft's speed and descent rate effectively. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, indicating that the pilot was able to maintain a stable and controlled rollout after touchdown.
Overall, the landing was a success, with the aircraft demonstrating good control and precision during the approach and landing. While there were some minor issues with the touchdown rate, the pilot was able to manage the aircraft's speed and descent rate effectively, resulting in a safe and controlled landing.
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