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Arrival
Use small rudder inputs against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during rollout.
What happened: During the rollout the aircraft drifted 5.7 m off the centreline.
Watch for: Runway centreline marks: hold the aircraft tracking straight down the centreline through rollout
See Arrival Rollout
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
Read more in Crosswind Landings in the SimStart to finish · 15 stages, 13 scored
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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,092 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 399 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Edinburgh Airport, the Airbus A319 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 7 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. As the aircraft reached the end of runway 24, it initiated its departure roll, accelerating down the 903-meter stretch of the 2,400-meter runway, which represented 39% of its total length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 142 knots, overcoming the headwind of 20 knots and the crosswind of 12 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from Edinburgh, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead Ratho Station, a location in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. The aircraft ascended from an initial altitude of 1,078 feet above sea level to a cruising altitude of 36,989 feet, an increase of 35,911 feet, in 22 minutes and covering a distance of 172 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise phase followed, which lasted 23 minutes and covered 209 nautical miles, with the aircraft flying at a steady altitude 48 miles northeast of Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire, England. The enroute descent phase began 29 miles northwest of Juist, Germany, where the aircraft descended from 37,029 feet to 1,348 feet in 21 minutes and covering 137 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport, it initiated its final approach to runway 23 from the northeast, heading 231.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,293 feet above ground level and 4 nautical miles from the runway. The aircraft landed on the 3,092-meter runway, with a touchdown distance of 399 meters, representing 36% of the runway length. The touchdown speed was slightly higher than optimal at 122 knots, but the runway touchdown alignment was very good. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took 5 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 525 nautical miles, taking 80 minutes, and the aircraft used 3,131 kilograms of fuel during the journey.
The aircraft touched down on runway 23 at EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport with a good threshold height, indicating a well-executed approach. The threshold speed of 129 kt was within acceptable limits, demonstrating the pilot's ability to manage the aircraft's descent and airspeed. As the aircraft made contact with the runway, the touchdown distance of 399 m was satisfactory, but the touchdown speed of 122 kt was slightly above the recommended value, resulting in a fair touchdown rate of -280 fpm.
Despite the slightly fast touchdown speed, the aircraft maintained a very good runway touchdown alignment, indicating precise control and coordination between the pilot and the aircraft's systems. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 13 °C and wind at 9 kt from 260 °, contributed to a relatively calm landing environment. The crosswind component of 4 kt and headwind component of 8 kt were well within manageable limits, allowing the pilot to maintain control throughout the approach and landing phases.
The total landing distance of 1,111 m, which accounted for 36% of the runway length, was within acceptable limits. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, demonstrating the pilot's ability to maintain control and alignment during the critical phase of the landing. Overall, the landing was executed with a high degree of precision and control, resulting in a score of 98.2%.
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