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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 17 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 284 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 356 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 2,566 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,566 m of the 3,002 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 959 m past the threshold — beyond 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 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 22R at HESH Sharm El Sheikh International Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,804 meters, which accounted for 59% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 161 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 30 degrees Celsius, a wind speed of 6 knots at 149 degrees, with a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 2 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of HESH Sharm El Sheikh International Airport, it began its enroute climb, which started 1 mile south west of the airport. The climb took 21 minutes, during which the aircraft ascended from 1,129 feet above sea level to 32,270 feet above sea level, an increase of 31,142 feet. The enroute climb covered a distance of 94 nautical miles.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 19 miles north of HE29 Abu Rudeis Abu Rudeis. This phase lasted for 167 minutes, during which the aircraft covered a distance of 1,241 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another enroute climb, this time from 30,779 feet above sea level to 34,731 feet above sea level, an increase of 3,952 feet, which took 5 minutes and covered 38 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 39 miles east of LIYY Aviosuperficie Privata Avielsar Villaputzu and lasted for 82 minutes, during which the aircraft covered a distance of 556 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its enroute descent, which started 3 miles south of Bronchales. The descent took 23 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from 35,125 feet above sea level to 3,169 feet above sea level, a decrease of 31,955 feet. The enroute descent covered a distance of 88 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 32R at LEMD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport was made from the south east, heading 322.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,208 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 32R, which had a length of 3,002 meters, was characterized by a threshold height that was above the target, and a threshold speed that was slightly above the target at 141 knots. The touchdown point was 547 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 135 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -247 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.8 meters from the centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 10 degrees Celsius, a wind speed of 10 knots at 259 degrees, with a crosswind of 8 knots and a headwind of 4 knots. The total landing distance was 2,488 meters, which accounted for 83% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 12.9 meters from the centreline.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 2,025 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 309 minutes. The aircraft used 14,288 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed on runway 32R at LEMD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, achieving an overall score of 80.3%. The final approach to the runway was initiated from the southeast, heading 322.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,208 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 547 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is slightly off-target. The touchdown speed of 135 knots was a bit faster than the target speed, indicating that the pilot may have applied a bit too much reverse thrust or failed to fully flare the aircraft before touchdown. The touchdown rate of -247 feet per minute (fpm) was considered fair, suggesting that the pilot managed to control the descent effectively.
The runway touchdown position was also slightly misaligned by 6.8 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment during the final approach. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 10°C and a wind speed of 10 knots from 259°. The crosswind component was 8 knots, while the headwind component was 4 knots.
The total landing distance of 2,488 meters was 83% of the available runway length, indicating that the pilot managed to bring the aircraft to a stop within a reasonable distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 12.9 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment during the rollout phase.
Overall, while the landing was not perfect, the pilot managed to bring the aircraft to a safe stop within the available runway length. However, there is room for improvement in terms of touchdown speed, alignment, and rollout alignment to achieve a higher score.
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