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Maintain the centreline
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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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,651 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,651 m of the 3,346 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 328 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 8 minutes and covered a distance of 5 nautical miles. The Airbus A320 then departed from runway 33L at ORBI Baghdad International Airport, also known as New Al Muthana Air Base. The takeoff distance was 1,235 meters, which accounted for 37% of the runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 159 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were quite hot, with a temperature of 49 degrees Celsius. The wind was blowing at 13 knots from a direction of 320 degrees, resulting in a 2-knot crosswind and a 13-knot headwind. As the aircraft took off, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead Abu Ghurayb in the Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. The climb took 21 minutes and covered a distance of 127 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,149 feet above sea level to 38,208 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which began 9 miles southwest of OR0V Kut Al Hayy East in the Muhafazat Wasit, Iraq. This phase lasted for 39 minutes and covered a distance of 293 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 47 miles east of Z26T Ras Safaniya in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. The descent took 26 minutes and covered a distance of 111 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 38,748 feet to 1,596 feet.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which began 13 miles northeast of Khobar in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. This phase lasted for just 4 minutes and covered a distance of 10 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 12L at OBBI Bahrain International Airport, which it approached from the northwest. The aircraft was at an altitude of 1,264 feet above ground level and was 4 nautical miles from the runway.
The aircraft landed on runway 12L, which had a length of 3,346 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 133 knots. However, the touchdown speed was a little fast at 131 knots, and the touchdown rate was fair at -210 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.8 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance was 1,566 meters, which accounted for 47% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 18.3 meters from the centerline.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took just 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 553 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 100 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 3,940 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at OBBI Bahrain International Airport, with a score of 92.3%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north-west, heading 123.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,264 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with good threshold height, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 133 knots.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's speed was a little fast at 131 knots, but the touchdown distance was within acceptable limits at 326 meters. The touchdown rate was fair at -210 feet per minute (fpm). However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 9.8 meters, which may have contributed to the subsequent rollout alignment issues.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a high temperature of 36°C and a moderate wind of 14 knots from a direction of 90°. This resulted in a crosswind of 8 knots and a headwind of 12 knots. The total landing distance was 1,566 meters, which is 47% of the runway length of 3,346 meters.
During the rollout, the aircraft's alignment was again found to be misaligned from the centreline by 18.3 meters. This suggests that the pilot may have experienced some difficulty in maintaining a straight course during the rollout phase, possibly due to the crosswind or the initial touchdown position. Overall, the landing was considered satisfactory, but with some room for improvement in terms of touchdown speed and rollout alignment.
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