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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 18 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Start the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested.
What happened: The aircraft was flown onto the runway: the nose was barely raised and little of the sink was taken out, touching down at 285 fpm.
Watch for: Pitch attitude: rising steadily through the flare until the sink is checked.
See Arrival Landing
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,006 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 329 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A319 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria. This process took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft then departed from runway 18R, with a takeoff distance of 1,617 meters, which accounted for 41% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 161 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of 31 degrees Celsius and winds of 14 knots at 220 degrees. The crosswind was 9 knots, while the headwind was 11 knots. After departing from Lagos, the aircraft began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile south of the airport and rising from 1,115 feet above sea level to 18,641 feet above sea level, an increase of 17,525 feet in 9 minutes, covering a distance of 44 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 4 miles south of Porto-Novo in Benin and lasted for 2 minutes, covering 11 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another climb, this time from 18,639 feet above sea level to 37,405 feet above sea level, an increase of 18,766 feet in 13 minutes, covering a distance of 93 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started 7 miles south east of Anloga in Ghana and lasted for 25 minutes, covering 184 nautical miles.
As the aircraft continued its journey, it began its enroute descent, starting 13 miles east of Axim in Ghana. The descent from 37,506 feet above sea level to 1,290 feet above sea level, a decrease of 36,216 feet in 23 minutes, covered a distance of 115 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 21 at Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, was made from the north, heading 202.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,266 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 21 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 326 meters, which was 37% of the runway length. The touchdown speed was 118 knots, and the touchdown rate was -182 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 10 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 26 degrees Celsius and winds of 10 knots at 220 degrees, with a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 10 knots.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, taking 2 minutes and covering less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 455 nautical miles, taking 82 minutes, and the aircraft used 2,980 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A319 successfully landed at DIAP Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport, achieving a high score of 95.8%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north, heading 202.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,266 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot executed a precise final approach, ensuring a good threshold height and speed of 128 knots upon touchdown.
Upon landing, the aircraft demonstrated a good touchdown distance of 326 meters, with a corresponding touchdown speed of 118 knots. The touchdown rate was also satisfactory at -182 feet per minute (fpm). However, there were some minor deviations from the ideal landing performance. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 10.0 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was also slightly off by 9.6 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 26°C and a moderate headwind of 10 knots from a direction of 220°. The crosswind was minimal at 3 knots, which did not significantly impact the landing performance. The total landing distance of 1,117 meters was within the acceptable range, accounting for only 37% of the runway length. Overall, the landing was considered good, with some minor deviations that did not significantly impact the overall performance.
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