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Reduce your height at the threshold
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.
At the 500 ft gate: off the runway's 3° glideslope.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,821 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,821 m of the 2,910 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 337 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 8 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 28 at Zürich Airport (LSZH) in Switzerland. The takeoff distance was 1,723 meters, which accounted for 69% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 155 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 5°C temperature and a wind speed of 2 knots from a direction of 359°. The crosswind was 2 knots, while the headwind was negligible. The enroute climb began overhead Rumlang, a town in the Kanton Zurich region of Switzerland, and continued to an altitude of 33,958 feet above sea level. This climb, which covered a distance of 131 nautical miles, took 21 minutes and involved an increase of 30,920 feet in altitude.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 1 mile northeast of Chezery, a town in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of France. This cruise phase lasted for 63 minutes and covered a distance of 399 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 13 miles east of Deltebre Airport (LEDT) in Spain. The descent, which covered a distance of 94 nautical miles, took 23 minutes and involved a decrease of 31,918 feet in altitude, from 33,658 feet to 1,740 feet above sea level.
The final approach to runway 30 at Valencia Airport (LEVC) was made from the southeast, with the aircraft heading 296.0° at an altitude of 1,522 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing on runway 30 was successful, with the aircraft touching down at a speed of 141 knots and a distance of 336 meters. The touchdown speed was a little fast, but the touchdown rate was smooth at -134 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 4.9 meters, and the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 8.2 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 9°C temperature and a wind speed of 1 knot from a direction of 161°, with no crosswind or headwind. The total landing distance was 1,738 meters, which accounted for 60% of the runway.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 5 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 633 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 119 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 5,484 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed at LEVC Valencia Airport, achieving an overall score of 86.7%. The final approach to runway 30 was conducted from the south east, with a heading of 296.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,522 feet above ground level (agl).
The aircraft touched down on the runway, with a threshold height that was excessively over target at 263 ft agl. However, the threshold speed was good at 143 knots, indicating a well-executed approach. The touchdown distance was also within acceptable limits at 336 meters, but the touchdown speed was slightly fast at 141 knots. This may have been due to the aircraft's momentum at the time of touchdown.
The touchdown rate was smooth, with a descent rate of -134 feet per minute (fpm). However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 4.9 meters. This may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's approach path or a miscalculation of the runway alignment.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 9°C and a wind speed of 1 knot from a direction of 161°. There was no crosswind or headwind component, which made the landing conditions ideal.
The total landing distance was 1,738 meters, which is 60% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the aircraft was well-controlled throughout the approach and landing phases. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 8.2 meters, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's rollout path or a miscalculation of the runway alignment.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some minor deviations from the ideal approach and landing parameters. These deviations were not significant enough to compromise the safety of the aircraft or its occupants, but they do highlight areas for improvement in the pilot's technique and the aircraft's performance.
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