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Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 9.8 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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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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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 2,144 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 322 m touchdown sits inside 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 14 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles. The Airbus A319 then departed from runway 23 at Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,607 meters, which was 50% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 171 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of -10°C, with a wind speed of 18 knots at 250°.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile west of the airport and reaching an altitude of 36,996 feet above sea level. This climb phase covered a distance of 134 nautical miles and took 19 minutes to complete, with an increase in altitude of 35,383 feet. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, which started 5 miles east of Camden East Airstrip in Ontario and lasted for 47 minutes, covering a distance of 431 nautical miles.
The enroute descent phase began overhead New Maryland in New Brunswick, with the aircraft descending from 37,020 feet to 2,009 feet above sea level. This descent phase took 23 minutes to complete and covered a distance of 156 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 5 miles east of Charlottetown Airport in Prince Edward Island and lasted for 10 minutes, covering a distance of 8 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 03 at Charlottetown Airport was made from the south, with the aircraft heading at 9.0° and at an altitude of 1,410 feet above ground level. The landing was made on the runway, which had a length of 2,144 meters. The threshold height was above the target, but the threshold speed was good at 135 knots. The touchdown distance was also good at 321 meters, and the touchdown speed was 127 knots.
However, the touchdown rate was very hard at -576 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.6 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of -6°C, with a wind speed of 10 knots at 230°. The crosswind was 7 knots, and there was a tailwind of 8 knots. The total landing distance was 1,059 meters, which was 49% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 15.3 meters from the centreline.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 739 nautical miles, and the flight took 113 minutes to complete. The aircraft used a total of 4,038 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A319 aircraft successfully landed at CYYG Charlottetown Airport, but with some notable areas for improvement. The final approach to runway 03 was initiated from the south, with a heading of 9.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,410 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft's performance during the landing was satisfactory, with a threshold speed of 135 knots, which is within the acceptable range.
However, the threshold height at 68 feet agl was above the target, indicating that the aircraft may have been slightly high during the approach. The touchdown distance of 321 meters was good, and the touchdown speed of 127 knots was also within the acceptable range. Nevertheless, the touchdown rate was very hard at -576 feet per minute (fpm), which may have put additional stress on the aircraft's landing gear.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.6 meters from the centreline, which may have contributed to the subsequent rollout alignment issues. The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of -6°C and winds of 10 knots at 230°. The crosswind component was 7 knots, while the tailwind component was 8 knots.
The total landing distance of 1,059 meters was 49% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range. However, the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 15.3 meters from the centreline, indicating that the aircraft may have deviated from the centreline during the rollout phase. Overall, while the landing was successful, there are areas for improvement, particularly with regards to the touchdown rate and rollout alignment.
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