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Ease the nose up sooner to lift off at 156 kt instead of letting speed build on the ground.
What happened: The aircraft lifted off at 175 kt, 19 kt above the target liftoff speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 156 kt at liftoff
See Departure Roll
A typical trainer rotates in the mid-50s of knots - a 172 at around 55 KIAS, climbing out at a Vy in the low 70s, though check your own POH rather than memorising Cessna's numbers - and the transferable rule is that Vr sits just above the stall speed in takeoff configuration. Rotate early because "it felt ready" and the aircraft lifts off inside ground effect, where induced drag is reduced, then climbs out of it into more drag. On a marginal-performance day the result is an aircraft that lifts off and then refuses to climb, sagging back towards the runway.
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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 3,123 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 329 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 10 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 36L at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (LEMD). The takeoff distance was 1,839 meters, which was 55% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 175 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 2°C, with a wind speed of 2 knots from a direction of 350°. The crosswind component was negligible, while the headwind component was 1 knot. The aircraft began its enroute climb 2 miles south east of San Sebastian de los Reyes, climbing from an altitude of 3,019 feet above sea level to 33,143 feet above sea level, an increase of 30,124 feet in 23 minutes. This climb phase covered a distance of 128 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 3 miles north east of Monroy and lasted for 5 minutes. During this phase, the aircraft covered a distance of 40 nautical miles. The enroute descent phase began 7 miles north east of Alburquerque, where the aircraft descended from 33,153 feet above sea level to 1,631 feet above sea level, a decrease of 31,521 feet in 22 minutes. This descent phase covered a distance of 105 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 20 at Lisbon Portela Airport (LPPT) was made from the north, with a heading of 203.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,272 feet above ground level. However, the aircraft was required to execute a go-around at an altitude of 33 feet above ground level. The aircraft then landed on runway 20, which had a length of 3,123 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 144 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 326 meters, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 141 knots. The touchdown rate was firm at -312 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 9°C, with a wind speed of 2 knots from a direction of 280°. The crosswind component was 1 knot, while the headwind component was negligible. The total landing distance was 1,113 meters, which was 36% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect.
The final phase of the flight involved taxiing to the parking from the runway, which took 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 290 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 76 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 3,640 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 successfully landed at LPPT Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) on runway 20, achieving a high score of 97.6%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north, heading 203.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,272 feet above ground level (agl).
The landing was executed with precision, with a good threshold height and speed. The threshold speed, which is the speed at which the aircraft touches down on the runway, was maintained at 142 kt, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. The touchdown distance, which is the distance between the point where the aircraft touches down and the beginning of the runway, was also good at 326 meters.
However, there was a slight deviation in the touchdown speed, which was recorded at 141 kt, slightly above the ideal speed. This resulted in a firm touchdown rate of -312 feet per minute (fpm), indicating a relatively steep descent. Despite this, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was well-aligned with the runway.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 9°C and a wind speed of 2 kt from 280°. This resulted in a negligible crosswind component of 1 kt and a headwind of 0 kt. The total landing distance, which is the distance between the point where the aircraft touches down and the end of the runway, was 1,113 meters, accounting for 36% of the runway length.
The rollout alignment, which refers to the aircraft's alignment with the runway during the rollout phase after touchdown, was also perfect. Overall, the landing was executed with precision and control, resulting in a high score of 97.6%.
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