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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,002 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 425 m touchdown sits inside 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 8 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, an RJ85, then departed from runway 35L at Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,252 meters, which was 31% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 139 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of 30°C temperature and a wind of 15 knots at 10°. The crosswind was 4 knots, while the headwind was 15 knots. The enroute climb started overhead Pusignan, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France, where the aircraft climbed from 1,776 feet above sea level to 19,592 feet above sea level, an increase of 17,816 feet in 12 minutes, covering a distance of 49 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 3 miles south east of Saint-Vincent-la-Commanderie, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France, and lasted 7 minutes, covering 40 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another enroute climb 5 miles west of Orpierre, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France, where it climbed from 19,677 feet above sea level to 29,867 feet above sea level, an increase of 10,190 feet in 12 minutes, covering a distance of 80 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 18 miles south of Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France, and lasted 47 minutes, covering 299 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent 4 miles north of Argente, Aragon, Spain, where it descended from 30,018 feet above sea level to 19,953 feet above sea level, a decrease of 10,065 feet in 7 minutes, covering a distance of 46 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 3 miles south east of Canizares, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, and lasted 2 minutes, covering 10 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent 1 mile south west of Villaconejos de Trabaque, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, where it descended from 19,710 feet above sea level to 3,174 feet above sea level, a decrease of 16,536 feet in 13 minutes, covering a distance of 52 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 32R at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport was from the south east, heading 322.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,212 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 32R was successful, with a touchdown distance of 424 meters, which was good. The touchdown speed was 102 knots, which was also good, and the touchdown rate was excellent at -83 feet per minute.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 32°C temperature and a wind of 4 knots at 180°. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the tailwind was 3 knots. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.5 meters from the centreline. The total landing distance was 1,020 meters, which was 34% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was perfect.
After landing, the aircraft took 47 minutes to taxi to the parking from the runway, covering a distance of 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 586 nautical miles, taking 121 minutes, and the aircraft used 4,080 kilograms of fuel.
The aircraft in question, an RJ85, successfully landed at LEMD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport on runway 32R. The final approach was executed from the southeast, heading 322.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,212 feet above ground level. The aircraft demonstrated a high level of precision, achieving a score of 99.9%.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down at a speed of 112 knots, which was slightly below the target threshold speed. However, this did not affect the overall performance of the landing, as the touchdown distance of 424 meters was considered good. The touchdown speed of 102 knots was also within acceptable limits, and the touchdown rate of -83 feet per minute was excellent.
One minor issue was noted during the landing, as the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.5 meters from the centerline. Despite this, the runway rollout alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft's brakes were applied smoothly and effectively.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 32°C and a wind speed of 4 knots from 180°. The crosswind and tailwind components were both 3 knots, which did not pose any significant challenges for the aircraft.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft demonstrating good control and precision throughout the approach and touchdown phases. The total landing distance of 1,020 meters was 34% of the runway length, indicating that the aircraft was able to stop safely and efficiently.
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