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Departure
Ease the nose up sooner to lift off at 137 kt instead of letting speed build on the ground.
What happened: The aircraft lifted off at 164 kt, 27 kt above the target liftoff speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 137 kt at liftoff
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Arrival
Raise the nose more slowly in the flare and stop as soon as the sink is checked; if it balloons, hold the attitude.
What happened: The flare ballooned, with 275 fpm of sink returning after the arrest; a balloon like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown, as it did here at 423 fpm.
Watch for: The runway ahead: the aircraft still sinking gently towards it through the flare, never rising.
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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 2,152 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,152 m of the 3,331 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,234 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 9 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The Airbus A320 then departed from runway 29 at Calgary International Airport (CYYC), with a takeoff distance of 1,146 meters, which accounted for 47% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 164 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of 11 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 22 knots at 280 degrees. The crosswind was 8 knots, while the headwind was 21 knots. After departing from Calgary, the enroute climb began 1 mile west of the airport, with the aircraft ascending from 4,416 feet above sea level to 22,984 feet above sea level, an increase of 18,568 feet in just 5 minutes, covering a distance of 24 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 4 miles southeast of Bishell's Airport (CGB2) and lasted for 20 minutes, covering a distance of 59 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 5 miles east of Lacombe Airport (CEG3), descending from 24,013 feet above sea level to 3,799 feet above sea level, a decrease of 20,214 feet in 18 minutes, covering a distance of 53 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 20 at Edmonton International Airport (CYEG) was made from the northeast, with the aircraft heading 221.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,457 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 20 was successful, with the aircraft touching down 789 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 118 knots, which was a little fast, while the touchdown rate was firm at -334 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.8 meters from the centerline, but the runway rollout alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 2 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 7 knots at 260 degrees, with a crosswind of 5 knots and a headwind of 5 knots. The total landing distance was 2,043 meters, which accounted for 61% of the runway.
After landing, the aircraft taxiied to the parking area, a process that took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 145 nautical miles, taking 44 minutes, and the aircraft used 1,559 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 aircraft successfully landed at Edmonton International Airport (CYEG) on runway 20, but with some areas for improvement. The final approach was initiated from the northeast, heading 221.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,457 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, but the touchdown point was 789 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight deviation from the intended landing spot.
The threshold height at 145 feet agl was significantly higher than the target, suggesting that the aircraft may have been too high during the final approach. However, the threshold speed was satisfactory at 122 knots, indicating that the pilot maintained a suitable speed for landing. The touchdown speed of 118 knots was slightly faster than the ideal, which may have contributed to the firm touchdown rate of -334 feet per minute (fpm).
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.8 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to the crosswind or pilot error. The local weather conditions were relatively calm, with a temperature of 2°C and winds of 7 knots at 260°. The crosswind and headwind components were both 5 knots, which may have affected the aircraft's alignment during landing.
The total landing distance of 2,043 meters was 61% of the runway length, indicating that the aircraft was able to stop within a reasonable distance. The runway rollout alignment was very good, suggesting that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase. Overall, while the landing was successful, there are areas for improvement, particularly in terms of threshold height and touchdown speed.
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