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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 5.2 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 18 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 18 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 18 ft to touchdown.
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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.
One stabilised approach gate: seven 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.
At the 500 ft gate: wings not level.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,640 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,640 m of the 2,312 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 421 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A321 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Düsseldorf Airport, taking approximately 9 minutes and covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft then departed from runway 23L, with a takeoff distance of 1,253 meters, which accounted for 52% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 160 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of Düsseldorf Airport, it encountered local weather conditions of 14°C temperature and a wind speed of 21 knots at 249 degrees. The crosswind was 6 knots, while the headwind was 20 knots. The enroute climb started overhead the airport, with the aircraft ascending from 1,112 feet above sea level to 34,230 feet above sea level, an increase of 33,118 feet in 22 minutes, covering a distance of 139 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its descent, first from 34,488 feet above sea level to 32,923 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,565 feet in 2 minutes, covering 11 nautical miles. This was followed by another climb from 32,936 feet above sea level to 33,962 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,027 feet in 2 minutes, covering 13 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a level cruise, lasting 12 minutes and covering 84 nautical miles, before beginning another descent from 33,734 feet above sea level to 5,076 feet above sea level, a decrease of 28,657 feet in 12 minutes, covering 75 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, lasting 2 minutes and covering 7 nautical miles, before beginning its final descent from 5,015 feet above sea level to 1,837 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,178 feet in 4 minutes, covering 8 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 33 at Salzburg Airport was made from the south east, with the aircraft heading 338.0 degrees at 1 nautical mile and 407 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 33 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 422 meters and a touchdown speed of 143 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was smooth at -105 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 14°C temperature and a wind speed of 15 knots at 310 degrees, with a crosswind of 7 knots and a headwind of 13 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,560 meters, accounting for 67% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also very good. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area, taking less than 1 minute and covering less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 346 nautical miles, taking 63 minutes, and the aircraft used 3,334 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A321 successfully landed at LOWS Salzburg Airport, achieving a high score of 99.3%. The aircraft approached the runway from the south east, heading 338.0° at 1 nautical mile and 407 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot maintained a good threshold height, which is a crucial aspect of a safe landing.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's threshold speed was within the acceptable range at 148 knots. However, the touchdown speed of 143 knots was slightly faster than ideal, which may have resulted in a slightly longer rollout distance. The touchdown rate of -105 feet per minute (fpm) was smooth, indicating a controlled descent.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were moderate, with a temperature of 14°C and a wind speed of 15 knots from 310°. This resulted in a crosswind of 7 knots and a headwind of 13 knots, which the pilot effectively managed during the landing. The runway length at LOWS Salzburg Airport is 2,312 meters, providing a sufficient margin for the aircraft to land safely.
The total landing distance of 1,560 meters was 67% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was successful, and the pilot demonstrated excellent skills and judgment in managing the aircraft during the approach and landing phases.
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