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Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: off the centreline.
At the 500 ft gate: off the centreline.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,812 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 223 m touchdown sits inside 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 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 26L at EDDM Munich Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,868 meters, which accounted for 47% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 167 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 26 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 8 knots from a direction of 298 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 4 knots and a headwind of 6 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead Hallbergmoos in Bavaria, Germany. The climb took 29 minutes and covered a distance of 196 nautical miles, with the aircraft ascending from 2,520 feet above sea level to 36,291 feet above sea level, an increase of 33,772 feet.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started overhead Benedikt in Slovenia and lasted for 102 minutes. During this period, the aircraft covered a distance of 822 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another climb, this time from 36,759 feet above sea level to 38,725 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,966 feet, in just 3 minutes and covering a distance of 28 nautical miles. The climb started 2 miles southwest of LGRD Maritsa Air Base on the island of Rhodes in Greece.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 22 miles east of Faliraki in Greece and lasted for 20 minutes. During this period, the aircraft covered a distance of 159 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 37 miles northwest of Polis in Cyprus. The descent took 19 minutes and covered a distance of 97 nautical miles, with the aircraft descending from 38,679 feet above sea level to 745 feet above sea level, a decrease of 37,934 feet.
The final approach to runway 22 at LCLK Larnaca International Airport was made from the northeast, with the aircraft heading 216.0 degrees at an altitude of 728 feet above ground level and 2 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on runway 22, which had a length of 2,812 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 130 knots. The touchdown distance was 223 meters, and the touchdown speed was 125 knots, both of which were good. However, the touchdown rate was hard at -473 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown alignment was very good, and the local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 36 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 12 knots from a direction of 139 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 12 knots and a headwind of 1 knot. The total landing distance was 1,352 meters, which accounted for 48% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also very good.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,309 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 182 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 9,258 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed at Larnaca International Airport (LCLK) on runway 22, achieving a high score of 95.4%. The final approach was initiated from the north-east, heading 216.0° at 2 nautical miles and 728 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft's approach was characterized by a good threshold height, indicating that the pilots maintained a safe altitude prior to touchdown.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down at a speed of 130 knots, which was within the acceptable threshold speed range. The touchdown distance of 223 meters was also satisfactory, demonstrating the pilots' ability to control the aircraft's descent and maintain a stable approach. However, the touchdown rate of -473 feet per minute (fpm) was considered hard, suggesting that the pilots may have applied a bit too much reverse thrust or braking during the landing roll.
Despite the hard touchdown rate, the runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway centerline at the moment of touchdown. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were hot, with a temperature of 36°C, and a moderate headwind of 1 knot. The crosswind component was 12 knots, but the pilots were able to manage it effectively, resulting in a very good runway rollout alignment.
The total landing distance of 1,352 meters was 48% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the pilots demonstrating good control and management of the aircraft throughout the approach and landing phases.
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