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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 12 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Track the centreline through touchdown using small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: The aircraft touched down off the centreline at 17 m, and drifting off centreline at touchdown usually carries through into the rollout, as it did here with alignment reaching 18 m.
Watch for: Watch runway centreline position, keeping deviation inside the limit through touchdown and rollout.
Ground control varies with speed, full authority at walking pace, progressively reducing as groundspeed rises. The aircraft becomes twitchy at any speed, every small pedal input swings the nose, which can encourage large-amplitude leg inputs that no real aircraft would accept.
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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.
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.
Touched down 611 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 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 23L, the aircraft accelerated over a takeoff distance of 1,180 m, representing 32 % of the runway length, and lifted off at 157 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 16 °C with wind from 180° at 7 kt, including a 6 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
The climb began approximately 1 mile south-west of NZAA, where the airplane rose from 969 ft asl to 1,522 ft asl, an increase of 554 ft achieved in 1 minute while covering 4 nm.
Level cruise commenced about 2 miles south of the airport and was maintained for 4 minutes, during which the flight covered 11 nm.
In the final approach segment, the aircraft descended from 1,398 ft agl to 58 ft agl in 103 seconds and was recorded as having scored on the stabilisation gates.
The landing on runway 23L, whose total length is 3,671 m, occurred with a threshold height at 58 ft agl slightly above target and a threshold speed of 142 kt, also slightly above target. Touchdown was 192 m beyond the designated touchdown zone, with a speed of 123 kt and a firm touchdown rate of minus 312 fpm. The touchdown point was misaligned by 18.2 m from the centreline.
Rollout continued for a total landing distance of 1,067 m, representing 29 % of the runway, and the aircraft’s path remained misaligned by 18.4 m from the centreline during the rollout.
Overall, the flight covered 21 nm, required approximately 8 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 5,540 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320neo conducted a stabilised approach to runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits as assessed at the 1,000 ft gate. Descent progressed from 1,398 ft agl to 58 ft agl in 103 seconds, and the local weather was 15 °C with wind 7 kt from 220°, including a 4 kt cross-wind and a 6 kt head-wind.
At the threshold the aircraft was slightly above the target height of 58 ft agl and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 142 kt. The flare resulted in a touchdown point 192 m beyond the touchdown zone, a touchdown speed of 123 kt that was judged good, and a firm touchdown rate of minus 312 fpm. Runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 18.2 m from the centreline.
Touchdown occurred with the aircraft 192 m beyond the designated zone, maintaining the good speed of 123 kt and the firm rate of minus 312 fpm, but the centreline deviation of 18.2 m persisted at the moment of wheel-strike.
Rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,067 m, representing 29 % of the 3,671 m runway, and the aircraft remained misaligned by 18.4 m from the centreline during the rollout. The overall landing received a score of 88.2 %.
Focus on improving centreline tracking during the final approach and touchdown to reduce the 18-meter lateral deviation observed at both wheel-strike and rollout. Maintaining the current speed and flare technique will preserve the good touchdown speed and rate while alignment is refined.
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