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Work on the flare
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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 3,026 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 576 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Airbus A321 began at EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol with a smooth departure roll on runway 18L. The takeoff distance covered 1,314 meters, accounting for 47% of the runway, with a liftoff speed of 158 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 12°C with a wind speed of 13 knots coming from 202°, resulting in a crosswind of 4 knots and a headwind of 12 knots.
The enroute climb started 1 mile northeast of Aalsmeerderbrug and extended to an altitude of 34,132 feet above sea level, covering 132 nautical miles in 24 minutes. The level cruise phase commenced 1 mile west of Werther for a brief 2-minute duration, spanning 17 nm. Another climb phase started 2 miles south of Vlotho, reaching 36,994 feet above sea level in 4 minutes over a distance of 37 nm. The subsequent level cruise began overhead Giesen and lasted 37 minutes, covering 307 nm.
The descent phase initiated 1 mile north of Slesin, descending to 10,998 feet above sea level in 11 minutes over 79 nm. Another brief level cruise phase commenced overhead Kamienica for 2 minutes covering 11 nm. A subsequent descent began 1 mile southeast of Czastkow Polski, dropping to 4,020 feet above sea level in 9 minutes across 33 nm. A short level cruise occurred 2 miles southwest of Sobienie Jeziory lasting 7 minutes and covering 7 nm. The final descent phase began 1 mile southwest of Ostrowiec, bringing the aircraft down to 2,206 feet above sea level in 3 minutes over 7 nm.
The landing took place on runway 33 at EPWA Warsaw Chopin Airport, with the aircraft touching down 578 meters from the threshold at a speed of 141 knots and a VSI of -319 ft/m. The landing distance totaled 1,349 meters, representing 45% of the runway length. The local weather conditions at this time included a temperature of 5°C, with a light wind of 3 knots from 200° resulting in a crosswind of 2 knots and a tailwind of 2 knots.
Taxiing from the runway to the parking area took 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm. Overall, the flight covered a total distance of 641 nm, lasting 145 minutes and consuming 5,733 kg of fuel.
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