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Departure
Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive rate of climb is confirmed after liftoff.
What happened: The landing gear was never raised during the initial climb and was still down when the climb ended.
Watch for: Landing gear lever: UP promptly after confirming a positive rate of climb.
Arrival
Add power on final to hold 136 kt across the threshold.
What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 123 kt, 13 kt below VREF, and low energy like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown at 227 fpm.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 136 kt at the threshold
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.
Read more in The Stabilised ApproachStart to finish · 21 stages, 19 in the score
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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: glideslope 4.3° against the runway's 3°, centreline 1.5° off, against a 1° limit and speed 51 kt FAST on the reference speed of 136 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,641 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 342 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 23L at EGCC Manchester Airport, a movement that lasted 11 minutes and covered 5 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 23L, the Airbus A320neo accelerated to a take-off distance of 1,432 m, representing 50 % of the runway, and rotated at 158 kt; ambient temperature was 19 °C with a wind of 13 kt from 189°, a 9 kt cross-wind component and a 10 kt head-wind.
Climb commenced overhead Mobberley, lifting the aircraft from 1,189 ft asl to 16,710 ft asl, an increase of 15,521 ft achieved in 6 minutes while covering 29 nm.
The first cruise segment began 1 mile east of Audley, persisting for 12 minutes and spanning 53 nm.
Descent started 1 mile south of Royal Leamington Spa, lowering the flight from 16,510 ft asl to 7,030 ft asl, a decrease of 9,480 ft in 8 minutes over 37 nm.
A subsequent cruise phase over Aylesbury lasted 8 minutes and covered 34 nm.
The next descent, over City of Westminster, reduced altitude from 6,996 ft asl to 6,372 ft asl, a loss of 624 ft in 2 minutes while traveling 6 nm.
Cruising again over Richmond took 2 minutes and encompassed 5 nm.
A further descent over EGLL London Heathrow Airport lowered the aircraft from 6,585 ft asl to 3,004 ft asl, a decrease of 3,582 ft in 3 minutes across 13 nm.
The following cruise segment, situated 1 mile south-west of Chessington, lasted 3 minutes and covered 12 nm.
Descent over Brixton Hill brought the aircraft from 2,796 ft asl to 1,907 ft asl, a reduction of 889 ft in 3 minutes, covering 9 nm.
On final approach to runway 27L at EGLL London Heathrow, the aircraft descended from 1,973 ft agl to 52 ft agl in 95 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 27L was executed with a runway length of 3,641 m; the threshold speed was slightly below target at 123 kt, touchdown occurred 342 m down the runway at 118 kt, and the touchdown rate was minus 227 fpm, with very good runway-touchdown alignment. Local weather reported a temperature of 15 °C, wind 11 kt from 210°, a 9 kt cross-wind and a 6 kt head-wind. Total landing distance measured 836 m, representing 23 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 210 nm, required 55 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 1,789 kg of fuel.
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