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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 10 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 181 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 444 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,284 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 746 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
This flight was operated by an Airbus A320 aircraft from Copenhagen Kastrup Airport (EKCH) in Denmark to Heydar Aliyev International Airport (UBBB) in Azerbaijan. The taxiing process from the parking to the runway took approximately 9 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles.
As the aircraft departed from runway 04R at EKCH Airport, it required a takeoff distance of 1,935 meters, which accounted for 59% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 172 knots, which indicates a smooth and controlled takeoff.
The initial climb started about 1 mile northeast of EKCH Airport, rising from an initial altitude of 1,015 feet above sea level to a maximum altitude of 27,484 feet above sea level. This climb of 26,469 feet took place over a duration of 16 minutes and covered a distance of 80 nautical miles.
After reaching the cruising altitude, the aircraft transitioned to a level cruise and remained in this configuration for an extended period of 224 minutes, which covered a distance of 1,586 nautical miles. This indicates a significant amount of time spent at a steady cruising altitude, suggesting a long-distance flight.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its descent from 27,380 feet above sea level to a lower altitude of 6,953 feet above sea level over a duration of 13 minutes, covering a distance of 65 nautical miles.
Following this initial descent, the aircraft transitioned to a shorter level cruise, lasting approximately 8 minutes, as it covered a distance of 26 nautical miles. It then commenced a second descent from an altitude of 6,742 feet above sea level to 1,315 feet above sea level over a period of 7 minutes and covering 21 nautical miles.
The aircraft made a final approach to runway 35 at UBBB Airport from a southern heading of 359.0 degrees, at an altitude of 4 nautical miles and 1,308 feet above ground level.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on runway 35 at UBBB Airport, which had a length of 3,284 meters. The landing performance was as follows: the touchdown point was located 280 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, the touchdown speed was slightly above target at 130 knots, and the touchdown rate was firm at -303 feet per minute.
Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, which took approximately 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
Overall, this flight took a total distance of 1,788 nautical miles and utilized 13,255 kilograms of fuel over its approximately 284-minute duration.
The Airbus A320 aircraft has successfully landed at UBBB Heydar Aliyev International Airport on runway 35, with a final approach from the south at a heading of 359.0 degrees and at 4 nautical miles from the airport. Upon analysis, the landing performance of the aircraft has been evaluated, and it has scored an overall grade of 85.0%.
Upon further inspection, it was noted that the final approach was executed at an altitude of 1,308 feet above ground level (agl), with an approach speed that was slightly above the target value. Notably, the threshold height at 91 feet agl was significantly above the desired level, which could have implications for the pilots' ability to navigate the aircraft to the runway centerline.
At landing, the aircraft was observed to have touched down approximately 280 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is considered to be slightly beyond the optimal touchdown point. Furthermore, the touchdown speed of 130 knots was slightly above the target value, which has an implication for the touchdown rate of the aircraft. Fortunately, the touchdown rate was firm at -303 feet per minute (fpm), indicating a controlled descent.
It is also noted that the runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating excellent alignment of the aircraft's path with the centerline of the runway. Additionally, the local weather conditions at the time of landing contributed to a smooth landing, with a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and wind conditions that resulted in a significant headwind of 18 knots and a crosswind of 10 knots.
The aircraft's total landing distance of 1,241 meters represents 38% of the runway length, which is a reasonable figure. The runway rollout alignment was found to be perfect, indicating that the pilots maintained precise control over the aircraft's movement during the deceleration phase. Overall, considering all the factors, the landing performance of the Airbus A320 aircraft has been deemed satisfactory with a score of 85.0%.
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