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Slow down before tight turns
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.
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 3,660 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 420 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 5 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The Airbus A321 then departed from runway 24L at Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX), with a takeoff distance of 1,204 meters, which accounted for 41% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 153 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 15°C temperature and a wind speed of 9 knots at 240 degrees. The crosswind was 4 knots, while the headwind was 8 knots. The enroute climb began approximately 1 mile northwest of El Segundo, California, and involved a significant ascent from 1,150 feet above sea level to 36,797 feet above sea level, an increase of 35,647 feet in just 12 minutes. This climb covered a distance of 135 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 5 miles west of Baker, California, and lasted for 13 minutes. During this period, the aircraft covered a distance of 264 nautical miles. The enroute descent began 15 miles west of Kanosh, Utah, and involved a descent from 36,574 feet above sea level to 5,630 feet above sea level, a decrease of 30,945 feet in 16 minutes. This descent covered a distance of 127 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, Salt Lake City International Airport (KSLC), it began its final approach to runway 16R from the north, heading 175.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,398 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing on runway 16R, which had a length of 3,660 meters, was successful, with a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 142 knots. The touchdown distance was also good at 423 meters, but the touchdown speed of 136 knots was slightly fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -268 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.2 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 6°C temperature and a wind speed of 15 knots at 170 degrees, with a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 15 knots. The total landing distance was 1,410 meters, which accounted for 39% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good, and the aircraft was able to taxi to the parking area in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered a distance of 534 nautical miles and lasted for 50 minutes, using 3,364 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A321 successfully landed at Salt Lake City International Airport (KSLC) on runway 16R, achieving a high score of 98.0%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north, heading 175.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,398 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot maintained a good threshold height, which is a critical aspect of a safe landing.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's threshold speed was within the acceptable range at 142 knots. However, the touchdown speed of 136 knots was slightly faster than desired, which may have contributed to a fair touchdown rate of -268 feet per minute (fpm). The touchdown distance of 423 meters was also within the acceptable range, indicating that the pilot had sufficient control over the aircraft during the landing.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 6°C and a wind speed of 15 knots from a direction of 170°. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 15 knots, which the pilot effectively managed during the landing. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.2 meters from the centerline, but this did not appear to have a significant impact on the overall landing performance.
The total landing distance of 1,410 meters was 39% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot had maintained control over the aircraft during the rollout phase and had brought it to a safe stop.
Overall, the landing was successful, and the pilot demonstrated good skills and judgment in managing the aircraft during the approach, touchdown, and rollout phases. However, there is room for improvement in terms of touchdown speed and touchdown rate, which can be addressed through further training and practice.
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