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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 8.1 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Apply steady, continuous back pressure through the flare to arrest the sink smoothly and hold the normal profile, rather than letting it drift.
What happened: The flare did not hold its target profile, with the sink most arrested at 0.2 ft, and this flight then touched down at 240 fpm of sink - a firm arrival. An unsettled flare profile like this usually carries through to a firmer touchdown.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smooth, steadily decreasing sink rate through the flare to touchdown.
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,547 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,547 m of the 2,738 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 412 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 9 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The Airbus A321 then departed from runway 13 at LaGuardia Airport (KLGA), with a takeoff distance of 1,348 meters, which accounted for 63% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 152 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 6°C temperature and a wind speed of 8 knots at 220°. The crosswind was 7 knots, while the tailwind was 1 knot. The enroute climb started overhead East Elmhurst, New York, where the aircraft ascended from 1,039 feet above sea level to 35,419 feet above sea level, an increase of 34,380 feet in 15 minutes, covering a distance of 95 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 1 mile north-east of Elverson Airport (KELX) in Pennsylvania, lasting 20 minutes and covering 498 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent 4 miles south-east of Mount Airy, Georgia, where it descended from 36,176 feet above sea level to 4,913 feet above sea level, a decrease of 31,263 feet in 8 minutes, covering 78 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise resumed 2 miles south of Douglasville, Georgia, lasting only 2 minutes and covering 5 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent 1 mile south-west of Chattahoochee Air Park (4GA6) in Douglasville, Georgia, where it descended from 4,932 feet above sea level to 2,294 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,638 feet in 3 minutes, covering 9 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 08L at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (KATL) was made from the west, with a heading of 90.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,254 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 08L was successful, with a runway length of 2,738 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 142 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 412 meters, but the touchdown speed of 138 knots was a little fast. The touchdown rate was firm at -308 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.9 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 11°C temperature.
The total landing distance was 1,467 meters, accounting for 54% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The aircraft then taxiied to the parking area from the runway, a process that took 7 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 694 nautical miles, taking 64 minutes, and the aircraft used 5,410 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 successfully landed on runway 08L at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (KATL) with a score of 98.7%. The aircraft approached the runway from the west, heading 90.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,254 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot executed a precise final approach, taking into account the runway's length of 2,738 meters.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's threshold height was satisfactory, and the threshold speed was maintained at 142 knots, which is within the acceptable range. The touchdown distance of 412 meters was also within the expected parameters. However, the touchdown speed of 138 knots was slightly higher than the ideal speed, indicating a minor deviation from the optimal landing procedure.
The aircraft's touchdown rate was firm at -308 feet per minute (fpm), which is a good indication of the pilot's control over the descent. Nevertheless, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.9 meters from the centerline, which may require some adjustments in the pilot's approach strategy.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 11°C, which did not pose any significant challenges to the aircraft's performance. The total landing distance of 1,467 meters was 54% of the runway's length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight.
During the rollout phase, the aircraft's alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained control over the aircraft's direction and speed. Overall, the landing was successful, and the pilot's skills and experience were evident in the execution of the final approach and touchdown.
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