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Reduce power earlier on final to bleed speed back to 130 kt before crossing the threshold.
What happened: You crossed the threshold at 143 kt, 13 kt above the 130 kt target.
Watch for: Airspeed, targeting 130 kt at the threshold.
See Arrival Landing
Every knot above Vref is stored kinetic energy, and energy stored at the threshold must be dissipated in ground effect before the aeroplane will stop flying. Because kinetic energy scales with the square of speed, the excess you must dissipate grows fast. At a 45-knot approach, five knots hot is over a tenth more speed and roughly a quarter more energy to get rid of in ground effect. This is why the fix is never in the flare. It was decided three miles earlier, on final, at the airspeed indicator.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,735 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,735 ft of the 12,015 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,614 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A220-300 taxied from the parking area to runway 17 at MDSD Las Américas International Airport in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 17, the aircraft used 6,684 ft of runway, representing 61 % of the available length, and lifted off at 152 kt; ambient temperature was 92 °F with a wind of 3 kt from 150°, a crosswind component of 0 kt and a headwind component of 2 kt.
Climb commenced 1 mile south of MDSD, ascending from 1,039 ft asl to 36,024 ft asl, an increase of 34,985 ft achieved in 31 minutes while covering 214 nm.
Level cruise began 35 miles south-west of MBAC Harold Charles International Airport, lasting 68 minutes and traversing 534 nm.
Descent started 5 miles east of Surfside, Florida, descending from 36,025 ft asl to 1,184 ft asl, a loss of 34,841 ft in 28 minutes over a distance of 172 nm.
The final approach to runway 36L at KMCO Orlando International Airport was executed from the south, on a heading of 360.0° at 4 nm and 1,082 ft agl.
Landing on runway 36L, which is 12,015 ft long, occurred with a threshold speed of 143 kt; the touchdown point was 244 ft beyond the touchdown zone, the touchdown speed was 138 kt, and the vertical speed was minus 246 fpm, with a lateral deviation of 16 ft from the centreline. Local weather reported a temperature of 84 °F, wind 3 kt from 50°, a crosswind of 2 kt and a headwind of 2 kt.
Runway rollout covered a total landing distance of 5,465 ft, equal to 45 % of the runway, and alignment during rollout was very good.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 10 minutes, traveling 2 nm.
In total, the flight covered 929 nm, required 144 minutes, and consumed 9,625 lbs of fuel.
The Airbus A220-300 entered the final approach to runway 36L at KMCO from the south on a heading of 360.0° at 4 nm and 1,082 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
At threshold the aircraft maintained a good height and a threshold speed of 143 kt, both described as good.
Touchdown occurred 244 ft beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 138 kt, rated good, and a vertical rate of minus 246 fpm, rated fair. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 16 ft from the centreline.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 5,465 ft, representing 45 % of the 12,015-ft runway, and rollout alignment was described as very good.
Refine the flare to achieve a slightly lower sink rate and tighten centreline tracking to reduce the 16-ft offset, which will bring the already strong performance even closer to optimal.
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