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Maintain the centreline
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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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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.
At the 500 ft gate: speed below the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,113 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 462 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A320 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at LUKK Chişinău International Airport, taking approximately 7 minutes to cover a distance of 1 nautical mile. The departure roll took place on runway 08, with the aircraft lifting off after a takeoff distance of 1,993 meters, which was 56% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 168 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 16°C, with a wind speed of 14 knots blowing from 239°. This resulted in a crosswind of 7 knots and a tailwind of 13 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead Singera, a town in the Municipiul Chisinau, Moldova. The climb took 18 minutes to reach an altitude of 36,735 feet above sea level, an increase of 35,573 feet from the initial altitude of 1,162 feet. During this phase, the aircraft covered a distance of 106 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 5 miles south east of Teplyk, a town in the Vinnytsya Oblast, Ukraine. This phase lasted for 7 minutes and covered a distance of 56 nautical miles. The enroute descent phase began 10 miles south east of Tarashcha, a town in the Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. The descent took 21 minutes to reduce the altitude from 36,761 feet to 1,851 feet, a decrease of 34,910 feet. During this phase, the aircraft covered a distance of 60 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 08 at UKKK Ihor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) was made from the west, with the aircraft heading 85.0° at an altitude of 1,269 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing took place on runway 08, which had a length of 2,113 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 131 knots. The touchdown distance was 462 meters, and the touchdown speed was 122 knots, both of which were considered good. The touchdown rate was firm at -316 feet per minute.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 12°C, with a wind speed of 10 knots blowing from 15°. This resulted in a crosswind of 9 knots and a headwind of 3 knots. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 3.7 meters. The total landing distance was 1,236 meters, which was 58% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
The taxiing from the runway to the parking area took approximately 5 minutes to cover a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 231 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 61 minutes. The aircraft used 1,925 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at UKKK Ihor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) with a score of 96.8%. The aircraft approached the runway from the west, heading 85.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,269 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with a good threshold height, indicating that the aircraft was properly configured for landing.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft demonstrated good performance, with a threshold speed of 131 knots and a touchdown speed of 122 knots. The touchdown distance of 462 meters was also within acceptable limits. However, the touchdown rate of -316 feet per minute (fpm) was slightly firm, suggesting that the aircraft may have touched down with a slightly higher rate of descent than desired.
Despite a slight misalignment of 3.7 meters from the centerline, the runway touchdown position was generally good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 12°C and a wind speed of 10 knots from a direction of 15°. The crosswind component was 9 knots, while the headwind component was 3 knots.
The total landing distance of 1,236 meters was 58% of the runway length, indicating that the aircraft was able to stop within a reasonable distance. The runway rollout alignment was very good, suggesting that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway centerline during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was considered good, with the aircraft demonstrating good performance and control throughout the approach and touchdown phases. However, the slightly firm touchdown rate and slight misalignment from the centerline are areas for improvement.
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