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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 11 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Hold the aim point and wait for the speed to bleed before raising the nose, starting the flare within the normal band instead of 73 ft.
What happened: The flare began at 73 ft, 28 ft earlier than the normal band.
Watch for: Radio altimeter: start the flare within the normal flare band
See Arrival Landing
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 3,516 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 615 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A320 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at KPSP Palm Springs International Airport. This process took 12 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft then departed from runway 13R, with a takeoff distance of 1,529 meters, which was 91% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 148 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of a temperature of 44 degrees Celsius and winds of 5 knots at 124 degrees. The crosswind was 2 knots, and the headwind was 5 knots. After departing from KPSP, the aircraft began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile northwest of Cathedral City, California. The climb took 20 minutes and covered a distance of 108 nautical miles, with the aircraft ascending from 1,377 feet above sea level to 38,940 feet above sea level, an increase of 37,562 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, starting 3 miles west of the Little Buttes Antique Airfield in Lancaster, California. This phase of the flight lasted 25 minutes and covered a distance of 138 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 6 miles northwest of the Roberts Army Heliport in Camp Roberts, San Miguel, California. The descent took 22 minutes and covered a distance of 123 nautical miles, with the aircraft descending from 39,433 feet above sea level to 1,824 feet above sea level, a decrease of 37,609 feet.
As the aircraft approached its destination, San Francisco International Airport (KSFO), it began its final approach to runway 28R from the southeast, heading 306.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,781 feet above ground level. However, the aircraft was required to perform a go-around at 488 feet above ground level. The aircraft then landed on runway 28R, which had a length of 3,516 meters. The local weather conditions at KSFO were a temperature of 19 degrees Celsius and winds of 22 knots at 309 degrees, with a crosswind of 5 knots and a headwind of 22 knots.
The touchdown point was 191 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 131 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was good at -183 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.8 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance was 1,055 meters, which was 30% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area, taking 8 minutes and covering less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 384 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 98 minutes. The aircraft used 3,424 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed on runway 28R at San Francisco International Airport (KSFO) with a score of 93.8%. The aircraft approached the runway from the southeast, heading 306.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,781 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot maintained a good threshold height, which is a critical aspect of a safe landing.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's threshold speed was within the acceptable range at 134 knots. However, the touchdown speed of 131 knots was slightly faster than desired, indicating that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to achieve a smoother touchdown. The touchdown rate of -183 feet per minute (fpm) was good, indicating that the aircraft was able to absorb the impact of touchdown without excessive deceleration.
The touchdown point was 191 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is a relatively minor deviation. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.8 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight drift or crosswind effect. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 19°C and a wind speed of 22 knots from 309°. The crosswind component was minimal at 5 knots, while the headwind component was 22 knots, which helped to reduce the landing distance.
The total landing distance of 1,055 meters was 30% of the available runway length, which is a relatively short landing distance. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase and bring it to a stop in a safe and controlled manner. Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some minor deviations from the ideal touchdown and rollout performance.
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