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Fly a stabilized approach and flare to touch down at the target point of 457 m.
What happened: Touchdown occurred past the normal point, landing 318 m beyond the target distance. This pattern typically reduces the margin available for stopping before the runway end.
Watch for: Watch touchdown point against the 457 m marker.
Departure
Rotate the moment the speed tape reaches 154 kt, not after it.
What happened: Rotation was held until 175 kt, 21 kt past the 154 kt rotation target. Carrying that much extra speed into rotation usually adds unwanted energy right at liftoff.
Even a modest height error carries straight through to the touchdown. Geometry alone says that crossing the threshold 10 feet high on a 3° path moves your touchdown roughly 190 feet further down the runway before the flare adds anything.
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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 1,818 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,818 m of the 2,690 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 775 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to runway 25C at EDDF Frankfurt Airport, a movement that lasted 13 minutes and covered 3 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 25C, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 175 kt, using a take-off distance of 1,640 m (41 % of the runway). Local weather at the time was 26 °C with a wind of 18 kt from 219°, providing a 9 kt cross-wind component and a 16 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced overhead Frankfurt, rising from 1,261 ft asl to 20,011 ft asl - an increase of 18,750 ft - in 9 minutes while covering 52 nm.
The first cruise segment began over EDYD Garbenheimer Wiesen Airfield, lasting 3 minutes and traversing 22 nm.
Descent started 1 mile west of Biedenkopf, descending from 20,016 ft asl to 3,322 ft asl - a loss of 16,694 ft - in 22 minutes and covering 112 nm.
A brief cruise followed 2 miles south-west of Hordel, lasting 2 minutes and extending 6 nm.
The second descent began 2 miles east of EDLE Essen-Mülheim Airport, dropping from 2,997 ft asl to 1,449 ft asl - a decrease of 1,548 ft - in 2 minutes over 6 nm.
Final approach to runway 23L at EDDL Düsseldorf Airport was executed from the north-east, on a heading of 233.0° at 4 nm and 1,313 ft agl. Weather at the destination was 21 °C with a wind of 13 kt from 240°, giving a 2 kt cross-wind and a 13 kt head-wind component.
A go-around was initiated on runway 23L at an altitude of 152 ft agl, after which the aircraft re-entered the approach sequence.
Landing on runway 23L, which is 2,694 m long, the aircraft touched down with a threshold speed of 139 kt; the touchdown point was 359 m beyond the touchdown zone and the speed at touchdown was 134 kt. The descent rate at touchdown was minus 224 fpm, and runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Total landing distance recorded was 1,737 m (64 % of the runway).
Runway rollout alignment was very good as the aircraft decelerated to a stop.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 264 nm, required 66 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 2,791 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 23L at EDDL Düsseldorf Airport was flown from the north-east on a heading of 233.0° at 4 nm and 1,313 ft agl. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as stabilised, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits, and the local weather was 21 °C with a wind of 13 kt from 240°, including a 2 kt crosswind and a 13 kt headwind.
At threshold the height of 85 ft agl was significantly above target, while the threshold speed of 139 kt was good.
Touchdown occurred 359 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 134 kt that was a little fast and a touchdown rate of minus 224 fpm that was fair; runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The aircraft rolled out over a total landing distance of 1,737 m, representing 64 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
With a score of 84.9 % the landing was solid; focus on achieving the correct threshold height and reducing the touchdown point overshoot to bring the touchdown within the designated zone for further improvement.
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