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Departure
Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive climb is confirmed, before reaching the target retraction height.
What happened: Gear retraction was delayed, with the gear not coming up until 511 ft agl.
Watch for: Landing gear: up by the normal retraction gate
Arrival
Fly a steeper descent on final so you cross the threshold at 50 ft agl instead of 108 ft agl.
What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 108 ft agl against a 50 ft agl target, well above the normal profile. The touchdown point was also long at 1,148 m against a 457 m target, a pattern often seen after high threshold crossings.
Watch for: Radio altimeter against the 50 ft threshold crossing target on short final.
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed 9 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 135 kt.
At the 500 ft gate: speed 8 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 135 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,786 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,786 m of the 3,889 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,148 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320neo taxied from the parking area to runway 24 at EGPH Edinburgh Airport, a movement that lasted 8 minutes and covered 5 nm.
The aircraft commenced its departure roll on runway 24, using 1,059 m (45 % of the runway) before rotation at 134 kt. Local conditions were 13 °C, wind 16 kt from 229°, with a 3 kt cross-wind component and a 16 kt head-wind.
Climb began overhead Ratho Station, climbing from 1,093 ft asl to 15,137 ft asl, an altitude gain of 14,044 ft achieved in 4 minutes while covering 16 nm.
Level cruise was established 1 mile south of Caldercruix, lasting 2 minutes and spanning 8 nm.
A subsequent climb started 1 mile south-west of Bargeddie, rising from 15,714 ft asl to 33,833 ft asl, a gain of 18,119 ft in 10 minutes over 64 nm.
Descent commenced 5 miles west of Silloth, descending from 33,501 ft asl to 32,995 ft asl, a loss of 506 ft in 2 minutes while covering 10 nm.
The aircraft then entered a level cruise 2 miles east of Dearham, which persisted for 13 minutes and covered 91 nm.
Descent resumed 2 miles south-west of Knutsford, dropping from 32,993 ft asl to 7,494 ft asl, a decrease of 25,498 ft over 18 minutes and 90 nm.
A further cruise segment began 1 mile east of Croughton, lasting 7 minutes and encompassing 30 nm.
Descent continued 1 mile north of Sarratt, falling from 6,681 ft asl to 2,501 ft asl, a loss of 4,180 ft in 5 minutes across 19 nm.
The final level cruise was overhead City of Westminster, lasting 3 minutes and covering 8 nm.
At London Heathrow Airport the flight executed a go-around on runway 27R at an altitude of 195 ft agl.
Subsequent final approach to runway 27R descended from 1,284 ft agl to 138 ft agl in 116 seconds, with the aircraft scoring on the stabilisation gates.
Touchdown occurred on runway 27R, whose length is 3,889 m; the threshold height at 108 ft agl was noted as excessively over target, while the threshold speed of 129 kt was within expectations. The aircraft touched down 721 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 120 kt, with a vertical rate of minus 257 fpm, and a lateral deviation of 3.8 m from centreline. Local weather reported 18 °C, wind 9 kt from 209°, with an 8 kt cross-wind and 5 kt head-wind.
The total landing distance measured 1,636 m, representing 42 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was slightly off centreline by 7.9 m.
After landing, the Airbus A320neo taxied from the runway to the parking area, a movement that took 8 minutes and covered 2 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 396 nm, required 91 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 2,879 kg of fuel.
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