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A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,572 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,572 m of the 2,617 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 511 m past the threshold — beyond 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 10 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 23L at Düsseldorf Airport (EDDL), with a takeoff distance of 1,334 meters, which accounted for 56% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 156 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of Düsseldorf Airport, it encountered local weather conditions of 22°C temperature and a wind of 12 knots at 229°. The crosswind was minimal at 1 knot, while the headwind was 12 knots. The enroute climb started overhead the airport, with the aircraft ascending from 1,174 feet above sea level to 16,144 feet, an increase of 14,969 feet in 7 minutes, covering a distance of 30 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 2 miles south-east of Rhede, a town in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering 10 nautical miles. However, the aircraft soon began another climb, this time from 16,147 feet to 35,822 feet, an increase of 19,675 feet in 14 minutes, covering a distance of 91 nautical miles. This climb started 1 mile south-east of Winterswijk, a town in the Provincie Gelderland, The Netherlands.
The enroute level cruise resumed 4 miles west of Egmond aan Zee, a town in the Provincie Noord-Holland, The Netherlands, and lasted for 45 minutes, covering a significant distance of 299 nautical miles. However, the aircraft soon began its descent, starting 18 miles north of Rhyl, a town in Denbighshire, Wales. The descent from 35,861 feet to 2,968 feet, a decrease of 32,893 feet in 18 minutes, covered a distance of 81 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise was briefly resumed 6 miles east of Howth, a town in Leinster, Ireland, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering 4 nautical miles. However, the aircraft soon began its final descent, starting 2 miles north-east of Howth. The descent from 2,935 feet to 1,498 feet, a decrease of 1,438 feet in 2 minutes, covered a distance of 5 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 28L at Dublin Airport (EIDW) was made from the east, with the aircraft heading 275.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,268 feet above ground level. However, a go-around was initiated at 783 feet above ground level. The aircraft eventually landed on runway 28L, with a runway length of 2,617 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 138 knots.
The touchdown point was 96 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 134 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was firm at -348 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.6 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 15°C temperature and a wind of 19 knots at 220°, with a crosswind of 16 knots and a headwind of 11 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,492 meters, which accounted for 57% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.2 meters from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 5 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile.
In total, the flight distance was 532 nautical miles,
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed on runway 28L at Dublin Airport (EIDW) with a score of 95.0%. The final approach was initiated from the east, heading 275.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,268 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, which has a length of 2,617 meters.
The threshold height was reported as good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 138 kt. The touchdown point was 96 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight deviation from the intended landing spot. The touchdown speed of 134 kt was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was firm at -348 feet per minute (fpm).
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.6 meters from the centerline, which may have contributed to the deviation from the intended landing spot. The local weather conditions at the time of landing included a temperature of 15°C, wind speed of 19 kt at 220°, resulting in a crosswind of 16 kt and a headwind of 11 kt.
The total landing distance was 1,492 meters, which is 57% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 9.2 meters from the centerline. Despite these minor deviations, the aircraft landed safely, and the pilot's skills and experience were evident in the successful execution of the landing.
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