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Wait for the normal flare band and the correct speed before raising the nose, rather than starting the flare at 53 ft.
What happened: The flare began at 53 ft, 7.8 ft above the normal band, and the touchdown followed at 208 fpm. Starting the flare this early usually carries through to a firmer arrival than a flare begun in the normal band.
Watch for: Radio altimeter: hold the flare start within the normal flare band
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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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.
At the 500 ft gate: speed 7 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 146 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,748 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 502 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 26L at KATL Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport in 10 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nm.
Takeoff was executed on runway 26L with a ground roll of 1,954 m, representing 64 % of the available runway, and liftoff was achieved at 160 kt; ambient temperature was 26 °C with wind 8 kt from 300°, a 4 kt cross-wind component and a 7 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced overhead College Park, Georgia, ascending from 1,966 ft asl to 34,009 ft asl - an increase of 32,043 ft - over 24 minutes while covering 144 nm.
The first cruise segment began 4 miles south of KRNC Warren County Memorial Airport, Mc Minnville, Tennessee, and continued for 22 minutes, during which 150 nm were flown.
Descent started 4 miles south-west of Symsonia, Kentucky, dropping from 33,990 ft asl to 30,011 ft asl - a loss of 3,979 ft - in 3 minutes and spanning 24 nm.
A brief cruise followed overhead Barlow, Kentucky, lasting 3 minutes and covering 24 nm.
The next descent began 2 miles north-east of Kelso, Missouri, descending from 30,009 ft asl to 21,207 ft asl - a decrease of 8,802 ft - over 5 minutes and 32 nm.
A short cruise segment was flown 2 miles south-east of Perryville, Missouri, for 9 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Subsequent descent commenced 1 mile south-east of Perryville, Missouri, falling from 20,660 ft asl to 1,880 ft asl - a loss of 18,779 ft - in 15 minutes and traversing 70 nm.
Final approach to runway 30R at KSTL St. Louis Lambert International Airport was made from the south-east on a heading of 302.0° at 4 nm and 1,320 ft agl.
Landing on runway 30R, which is 2,748 m long, occurred with a threshold height of 57 ft agl slightly above target and a threshold speed of 140 kt; touchdown was recorded 92 m beyond the touchdown zone at 134 kt, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 403 fpm, and alignment was perfect. Local weather reported a temperature of 27 °C, wind 3 kt from 129°, no cross-wind and a 3 kt tail-wind component.
The rollout distance measured 1,397 m, representing 51 % of the runway, and runway rollout alignment remained perfect.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 455 nm, required 87 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 4,018 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A321 established a final approach to runway 30R at KSTL from the south-east on a heading of 302.0° at 4 nm and 1,320 ft agl, with temperature 27 °C, wind 3 kt from 129°, crosswind 0 kt and a 3 kt tailwind component.
At the threshold the aircraft was 57 ft agl, slightly above target, and the threshold speed was good at 140 kt as the flare commenced.
Touchdown occurred 92 m beyond the touchdown zone with a good speed of 134 kt; the touchdown rate was hard at minus 403 fpm and runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The rollout covered 1,397 m, representing 51 % of the 2,748 m runway, and rollout alignment remained perfect.
Refine the approach to achieve the target threshold height and adjust flare timing to moderate the hard touchdown rate, which will further improve the already strong 94.9 % score.
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