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Slow down before tight turns
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: 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.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,614 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 409 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 5 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 31 at LaGuardia Airport (KLGA) in New York. The takeoff distance was 1,279 meters, which was 60% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 154 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 8 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 13 knots at 298 degrees. The crosswind was minimal at 1 knot, while the headwind was 13 knots. After departing from KLGA, the aircraft began its enroute climb, which started overhead the airport and took the aircraft up to a height of 34,832 feet above sea level. This climb, which covered a distance of 121 nautical miles, took 13 minutes and involved an increase of 33,797 feet in altitude.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 3 miles east of Johnsons Airport (DE09) in Delaware. This phase of the flight lasted for 27 minutes and covered a distance of 713 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 50 miles east of Hutchinson Island South in Florida. This descent took the aircraft down from a height of 35,062 feet above sea level to 1,306 feet above sea level, a decrease of 33,756 feet in altitude, in 15 minutes and covered a distance of 119 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 08L at Miami International Airport (KMIA) was made from the west, with the aircraft heading at 87.0 degrees and at an altitude of 1,286 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 08L, which had a length of 2,614 meters. The threshold height at 55 feet above ground level was slightly above the target, but the threshold speed was good at 142 knots. The touchdown distance was also good at 411 meters, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 136 knots. The touchdown rate was firm at -316 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 8.0 meters from the centreline, and the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 7.8 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 28 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 7 knots at 130 degrees, with a crosswind of 5 knots and a headwind of 5 knots.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, which took 5 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 962 nautical miles, and the flight took a total of 65 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 7,254 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed at Miami International Airport (KMIA) on runway 08L, achieving a score of 96.0%. The final approach was initiated from the west, heading 87.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,286 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft's approach to the runway was precise, with a threshold height slightly above the target, indicating a minor deviation from the ideal landing configuration.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's speed was a little fast at 136 knots, which may have contributed to a firm touchdown rate of -316 feet per minute (fpm). However, the touchdown distance of 411 meters was within acceptable limits, demonstrating the pilot's ability to control the aircraft's descent and maintain a stable approach. The threshold speed of 142 knots was good, indicating that the pilot had successfully managed the aircraft's airspeed during the final approach.
The landing distance of 1,314 meters was 50% of the runway length, which is a reasonable outcome given the aircraft's size and weight. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 8.0 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment during the final approach. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 7.8 meters from the centerline, indicating that the pilot may have experienced some difficulty in maintaining a straight course during the rollout phase.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 28°C and a wind speed of 7 knots from 130°. The crosswind and headwind components were both 5 knots, which is relatively light and should not have significantly impacted the landing. Overall, the landing was successful, and the pilot demonstrated good control and management of the aircraft during the final approach and touchdown phases.
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