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Improve the rollout
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 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 3,671 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 479 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320neo taxied from the parking area to runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport in less than 1 minute and covered less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 23L the aircraft accelerated over a takeoff distance of 947 m, representing 26 % of the runway, and lifted off at 154 kt. Ambient conditions were 20 °C with wind 23 kt at 310 °, a cross-wind component of 20 kt and a head-wind component of 12 kt.
Enroute climb commenced overhead NZAA, climbing from 918 ft asl to 1,548 ft asl, an increase of 630 ft in 1 minutes while covering 4 nm.
Level cruise began 2 miles south of NZAA, persisted for 4 minutes and spanned 10 nm.
The final approach to runway 23L was executed from the east on a heading of 250.0 °, intercepting the glide path at 3 nm and 930 ft agl.
Landing on runway 23L, whose length is 3,671 m, was achieved with a threshold speed of 129 kt. Touchdown occurred 57 m beyond the touchdown zone at 119 kt and a descent rate of minus 154 fpm; the touchdown point was offset 4.6 m from the centreline. Weather at the time was 17 °C with wind 15 kt at 321 °, a cross-wind of 15 kt and a head-wind of 5 kt. The total landing distance recorded was 796 m, equivalent to 22 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was noted as slightly misaligned by 9.6 m from the centreline.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered a distance of 18nm, taking 7 and used 323 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320neo approached runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport from the east on a heading of 250.0° at 3 nm and 930 ft agl; the final approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1 000 ft gate with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was good at 129 kt; the aircraft continued the flare and touched down 57 m beyond the touchdown zone with a touchdown speed of 119 kt that was good and a touchdown rate of minus 154 fpm that was good, while the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.6 m from centreline.
The landing covered a total distance of 796 m, representing 22 % of the 3 671 m runway, and the touchdown speed and rate remained within the expected parameters; the aircraft maintained the required aim point approximately 300 m (1 000 ft) in from the threshold.
During rollout the aircraft’s alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.6 m from centreline; the runway conditions and wind were 15 kt from 321° with a 5 kt headwind component and a temperature of 17 °C.
Minor refinements should focus on improving centreline tracking to reduce the 4.6 m touchdown offset and the 9.6 m rollout deviation, which will further enhance the already strong 95.9 % score.
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