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Departure
Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive rate of climb is confirmed after liftoff.
What happened: The landing gear was never raised during the initial climb and was still down when the climb ended.
Watch for: Landing gear lever: UP promptly after confirming a positive rate of climb.
Arrival
Track the centreline through touchdown using small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: The aircraft touched down off the centreline at 10 m, and drifting off centreline at touchdown usually carries through into the rollout, as it did here with alignment reaching 7.4 m.
Watch for: Watch runway centreline position, keeping deviation inside the limit through touchdown and rollout.
The rudder input is a changing profile through the roll rather than one that is held. So the demand on your right foot starts large at power application, eases as speed builds and the rudder gains authority, then jumps again at rotation.
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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 152 m above the runway. The 305 m gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 152 m gate: centreline 6.9° off, against a 1° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,813 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 338 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Auckland International Airport, the Airbus A320 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took approximately 6 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. Upon reaching runway 05R, the aircraft initiated its departure roll, utilizing 1,570 meters, or 48% of the runway's length, to achieve liftoff at a speed of 161 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 18°C, with a gentle headwind of 4 knots and a crosswind of 2 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of Auckland, it began its enroute climb, ascending from an initial altitude of 291 meters above sea level to a cruising altitude of 11,479 meters, a vertical gain of 11,187.9 meters, in just 20 minutes and covering a distance of 122 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise phase followed, lasting 45 minutes and spanning 336 nautical miles, as the aircraft flew northwest of New Plymouth. The subsequent enroute descent phase saw the aircraft descend from 11,580 meters to 430 meters above sea level, a decrease of 11,150.4 meters, in 29 minutes and covering 144 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 05 at Queenstown International Airport was initiated from the west, with the aircraft maintaining a heading of 79.0° at 1 nautical mile and 72.2 meters above ground level.
The Airbus A320 landed on runway 05 at Queenstown International Airport, utilizing 63% of the runway's 1,771-meter length, with a touchdown distance of 345 meters and a touchdown speed of 130 knots. The touchdown rate was perfect at -0.0 meters per second, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 10.1 meters. Following a smooth rollout, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took approximately 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 607 nautical miles, with a total flight time of 104 minutes and a fuel consumption of 3,291 kilograms.
The final approach to runway 05 at NZQN Queenstown International Airport from the west was executed with good quality, with the aircraft established on the localizer at 1 nm and 72.2 m above ground level, heading 79.0°. The approach was conducted in a 3 kt headwind and a 2 kt crosswind, with a temperature of 13 °C. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was slightly below the target at 131 kt.
The aircraft touched down on the runway at a speed of 130 kt, which was good, and the touchdown distance was 345 m, also good. The touchdown rate was perfect at -0.0 m/s, indicating a smooth touchdown. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 10.1 m from the centreline. The total landing distance was 1,116 m, which was 63% of the runway length. The rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.4 m from the centreline.
Overall, the landing was executed well, with a score of 96.3%. The good threshold height, touchdown speed, and touchdown distance were notable aspects of the landing. However, the misaligned touchdown position and rollout alignment were areas for improvement. Despite these minor issues, the landing was safe and efficient, and the aircraft was able to come to a stop within a reasonable distance.
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