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Rotate the moment the speed tape reaches 128 kt, not after it.
What happened: Rotation was held until 142 kt, 14 kt past the 128 kt rotation target. Carrying that much extra speed into rotation usually adds unwanted energy right at liftoff.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the 128 kt rotation target.
See Departure Roll
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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 328 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A319 departed from runway 23 at EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport, achieving liftoff at 143 kt after a take-off roll of 702 m, which represented 23 % of the available runway. Ambient conditions were 24 °C with a wind of 21 kt from 259°, providing a 19 kt head-wind component and a 10 kt cross-wind.
Climb commenced one mile north-west of Winterhude, where the aircraft rose from 1,005 ft asl to 2,960 ft asl, an altitude gain of 1,955 ft over two minutes while covering eight nautical miles.
Level cruise began overhead Wandsbek and continued for three minutes, during which the aircraft traversed eleven nautical miles at a constant altitude.
Descent was initiated one mile north-east of Wohldorf-Ohlstedt, with the aircraft descending from 2,274 ft asl to 1,318 ft asl, a loss of 956 ft in two minutes while covering three nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 23 was flown from the north-east on a heading of 230.0° at four nautical miles out and 1,271 ft agl. Weather at the time was 22 °C with a wind of 19 kt from 270°, giving a 15 kt head-wind and a 12 kt cross-wind.
Landing on runway 23, which is 3,092 m long, was executed with a threshold speed slightly above the target at 120 kt. Touchdown occurred 328 m down the runway at 112 kt, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 416 fpm and perfect alignment. The total landing distance recorded was 1,006 m, representing 33 % of the runway length.
Rollout proceeded with very good alignment, completing the ground run within the recorded landing distance.
In total, the flight covered 27 nm, required eleven minutes, and consumed -2,540 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A319 approached runway 23 at EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport from the north-east on a heading of 230.0 °, 4 nm out and 1,271 ft agl. Local weather was 22 °C with wind 19 kt from 270 °, giving a 12 kt crosswind component and a 15 kt headwind. The final approach speed was slightly above target at 120 kt.
Threshold height was good and the aircraft crossed the threshold at the expected point. The threshold speed remained slightly above target at 120 kt as noted.
Touchdown occurred 328 m down the runway at a speed of 112 kt, both described as good. The vertical speed on touchdown was hard at -416 fpm, while runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The aircraft rolled out over a total landing distance of 1,006 m, representing 33 % of the 3,092 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was very good.
To refine the already strong performance, reduce the hard touchdown rate by adjusting the flare to achieve a gentler vertical speed, and aim to bring the approach speed closer to the target to further optimise the landing envelope.
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